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According to the most recent data from the American Community Survey, the median age of construction workers is now 41, while first-line supervisors in construction trades have a median age of 46. The aging construction workforce has contributed to workforce shortages within the industry, making it more important for contractors to court young talent. Maine holds the oldest median age of construction workers, at 47, followed by New Hampshire at 46 and West Virginia at 45. On the other end of the spectrum, construction workers in the central U.S. are younger than average, with around half in North Dakota and Alaska under 36 and half of all construction workers in Oklahoma and Utah under 38. New York’s median age falls between 41 and 44. By occupation, first-line supervisors of construction trades, extraction workers and construction managers had the oldest median age at 46. Helpers had the youngest median age at 30, followed by those who do solar-photovoltaic installations, with a median age of 33. Click here to read more.