Colorado › Occupations › SOC 47-0000 · One of the 22 major groups
Construction and Extraction Occupations
Across the 53 of this group's 60 occupations with published Colorado employment, 134,950 Coloradans work in construction and extraction occupations (7 more occupations have no published Colorado estimate, so the true total is somewhat higher). Weighted by those published jobs, the group's mean exposure score is 9.7 of 100, and 0.0% of the jobs are in occupations where most or a large minority of tasks overlap with AI capabilities assessed in 2023.
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers; Construction Laborers; Electricians — the largest of this group's 60 occupations in Colorado.
Every statewide figure on this page is computed directly on published BLS OEWS Colorado state data — a different basis from the county estimates elsewhere on this site, which model occupation mixes from industry mix. The one county table below is labeled accordingly.
- Published CO employment
- 134,950 across 53 of 60 occupations · OEWS 2025
- Employment-weighted mean score
- 9.7 0–100 scale · published statewide data only
- High + substantial share
- 0.0% of the group's published jobs · score ≥ 45 of 100
- CO median wages
- $37,450–$123,360 range across the 57 occupations with published medians · annual, 2025
Plate I
Tier mix within the group
How this group's 60 occupations — and its 134,950 published Colorado jobs — split across the four task-overlap tiers (cuts at 60/45/30 on the 0–100 score scale).
| Tier | Occupations | Published CO jobs | Share of published jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| high overlap | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| substantial overlap | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| some overlap | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| little overlap | 60 | 134,950 | 100.0% |
Plate II
The ten largest occupations in this group
| Occupation | Tier | Score | CO jobs | CO median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | little overlap | 23.3 | 21,380 | $81,230 |
| Construction Laborers | little overlap | 2.5 | 18,680 | $47,900 |
| Electricians | little overlap | 14.6 | 17,010 | $62,230 |
| Carpenters | little overlap | 8.9 | 12,740 | $62,830 |
| Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators | little overlap | 8.7 | 11,700 | $62,620 |
| Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters | little overlap | 6.4 | 10,080 | $63,240 |
| Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers | little overlap | —‡ | 5,140 | $60,700 |
| Construction and Building Inspectors | little overlap | 28.2 | 3,700 | $79,950 |
| Painters, Construction and Maintenance | little overlap | 2.9 | 3,480 | $52,970 |
| Roofers | little overlap | —‡ | 3,340 | $51,750 |
‡ the published rating is zero — below measurable task overlap, a rating floor rather than a claim of total safety; exact values are in the downloads.
Plate III
Where this work concentrates
The six counties where this group is the largest share of local jobs. These county figures are estimates — modeled from each county's industry mix, not published counts (how county estimates are built) — and a share of a small county's job base can rank above a metro county's much larger absolute employment.
| County | Est. share of county jobs | Est. group jobs | Data quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elbert | 15.5% | 794 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Rio Blanco | 10.9% | 313 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| Garfield | 10.5% | 2,936 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Weld | 9.9% | 12,261 | Full |
| Moffat | 9.9% | 451 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Montrose | 8.7% | 1,519 | Partially imputed estimate |