Construction and Skilled Trades

KEY STATISTICS

22,765
Total Jobs

+40.1%
Total Job Growth
from 2010-2020

1,993
Establishments

$68,779
Average Earnings
(National average $70,704)

Equally well-versed in comfortable residential dwellings and state-of-the-art commercial buildings, Macomb County’s construction industry is one of its most dynamic sectors. Sticking with Macomb County’s tradition of excellence in building, quality craftsmanship is not just a feature of advanced manufacturing, aerospace and defense, or automotive. From cement to carpentry and much more in between, local contractors provide top-notch trade services to provide the highest quality results. First class schools, resilient utility and transportation infrastructure, cutting-edge industrial and office workplaces, single-family and multi-family homes are the basic building blocks of healthy and thriving communities, and Macomb County’s construction industry and skilled trades is crucial in quite literally building it all from the ground up. Demonstrating its importance to the local economy, construction was Macomb County’s fifth most productive sector in 2020, accounting for just over five percent of the total Gross Regional Product.

STAFFING PATTERNS

A skilled trades powerhouse, Macomb County’s economy features over 20,000 people employed in the skilled construction trades. Regional job concentration per capita for “Skilled Trades- Construction” is 1.05 times the national job concentration. In other words, there are five percent more “Skilled Trades- Construction” workers in this region than we would expect to find on average. Whether you own a world-class mobility company, are a member of the armed services relocating, or have a growing family, Macomb County has the people necessary to make it your business or personal home.

EMPLOYMENT TRENDS

GEOGRAPHICAL ADVANTAGE

Macomb County is a prime place for construction companies to ply their trades. With a steadily growing population and 1.9 percent industrial vacancy rates, the demand for new housing units and industrial buildings is high.

Affirming its position as a premier place to live, work, and play, Macomb County saw positive population growth every year of the past decade, and since 2010, has netted an additional 36,889 people. Respectively, the county experienced a 28 percent increase in people aged 25-29 and 13 percent growth in people aged 30-34, paving the way for a new generation of homeowners.

Ten years of solid growth in key industry sectors like advanced manufacturing, aerospace, defense, medical device manufacturing, food processing, and transportation, warehousing, and logistics coupled with a 1.9 percent industrial vacancy rate has made Macomb County a prime location for industrial developments. In the last five years alone, Macomb County’s construction industry has built over 23 million square feet of new industrial space, bringing the total industrial square footage in the county to 129 Million square feet.

LOCAL SUCCESS IN CONSTRUCTION AND SKILLED TRADES