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North Carolina construction wages
Average private construction pay, Q4 2025
- The average private construction worker in North Carolina earned $1,666 per week (about $41.65/hour) in Q4 2025, per the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.
- That is +4.7% versus a year earlier.
- North Carolina ranks #21 of 51 states for average construction pay, against a U.S. average of $1,634/week.
Avg weekly wage
$1,666
≈ $41.65/hr · +4.7% YoY
National rank
#21
of 51 · US avg $1,634
Construction employers
35,913
establishments, Q4 2025
This is the market average - the required rate is separate
The figure above is the average private construction wage across North Carolina - useful context for what building trades pay locally. The prevailing wage a public project requires is a different number, set per county and classification: see North Carolina prevailing wage for the state's law, determinations, and lookup steps.
The official source: binding Davis-Bacon and Service Contract Act wage determinations are published by the U.S. Department of Labor at SAM.gov Wage Determinations. This site indexes them and links every determination to its official document - the determination incorporated into a contract governs.
Source: BLS QCEW, private construction (NAICS 1012), statewide, Q4 2025 (the newest quarter BLS has published for North Carolina). Download all states (CSV).