What’s the Construction Job Market Like in Raleigh Right Now, and What Are Typical Salaries?

Raleigh is in a strong hiring cycle. The metro has stayed above pre-pandemic construction employment levels and is outperforming most U.S. metros. National demand is acute, with hundreds of thousands of open construction positions and a persistent skilled labor shortage across the industry. Locally, heavy civil, site development, data center, and wastewater work are among the most active sectors. Roles in demand include project managers, superintendents, estimators, project engineers, and skilled trades. Pay moves based on project size and complexity, sector, years of experience, licenses and certifications, and willingness to travel. Data center work, for example, tends to run above comparable work in other sectors. Amundson Group places construction professionals across North and South Carolina and serves clients nationwide from our Houston headquarters. For current pay ranges by role, see our Construction Placement Pay Index at https://amundsongroup.com/construction-pay-index/