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Texas Construction Workers Rank Near Bottom Nationally for Real Wages Despite Building Boom

October 4, 20262 Mins read14
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A Construction Coverage analysis of federal wage and cost data ranked Texas second-to-last among the states for cost-adjusted construction pay, with Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin all clustered near the bottom of the national large-metro field.

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