Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023
47-4031 Fence Erectors
Erect and repair fences and fence gates, using hand and power tools.
National estimates for Fence Erectors
Industry profile for Fence Erectors
Geographic profile for Fence Erectors
National estimates for Fence Erectors:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Fence Erectors:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 21,470 |
5.9 % |
$ 22.43 |
$ 46,650 |
1.3 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Fence Erectors:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 15.44 |
$ 17.90 |
$ 21.35 |
$ 24.49 |
$ 30.85 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 32,120 |
$ 37,220 |
$ 44,410 |
$ 50,950 |
$ 64,170 |
Industry profile for Fence Erectors:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Fence Erectors are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Fence Erectors, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Fence Erectors:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Other Specialty Trade Contractors |
17,420 |
2.24 |
$ 22.66 |
$ 47,130 |
| Building Material and Supplies Dealers |
960 |
0.08 |
$ 19.73 |
$ 41,050 |
| Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors |
650 |
0.07 |
$ 19.11 |
$ 39,750 |
| Building Finishing Contractors |
420 |
0.05 |
$ 20.47 |
$ 42,590 |
| Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only) |
310 |
0.09 |
$ 31.21 |
$ 64,920 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Fence Erectors:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Other Specialty Trade Contractors |
17,420 |
2.24 |
$ 22.66 |
$ 47,130 |
| Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only) |
310 |
0.09 |
$ 31.21 |
$ 64,920 |
| Building Material and Supplies Dealers |
960 |
0.08 |
$ 19.73 |
$ 41,050 |
| Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction |
80 |
0.07 |
$ 29.06 |
$ 60,440 |
| Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors |
650 |
0.07 |
$ 19.11 |
$ 39,750 |
Top paying industries for Fence Erectors:
Geographic profile for Fence Erectors:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Fence Erectors are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Fence Erectors, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Fence Erectors:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
3,090 |
0.17 |
1.22 |
$ 23.86 |
$ 49,630 |
| Texas |
2,270 |
0.17 |
1.18 |
$ 19.19 |
$ 39,920 |
| Florida |
1,760 |
0.18 |
1.30 |
$ 23.26 |
$ 48,380 |
| New York |
900 |
0.10 |
0.68 |
$ 22.88 |
$ 47,590 |
| Washington |
710 |
0.20 |
1.44 |
$ 22.47 |
$ 46,740 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Fence Erectors:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Montana |
410 |
0.83 |
5.84 |
$ 24.67 |
$ 51,320 |
| Wyoming |
150 |
0.54 |
3.80 |
$ 19.27 |
$ 40,070 |
| Alaska |
140 |
0.46 |
3.22 |
$ 27.18 |
$ 56,540 |
| New Mexico |
350 |
0.41 |
2.89 |
$ 19.51 |
$ 40,580 |
| Iowa |
510 |
0.33 |
2.34 |
$ 21.41 |
$ 44,540 |
Top paying states for Fence Erectors:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New Jersey |
320 |
0.08 |
0.53 |
$ 33.87 |
$ 70,450 |
| Utah |
(8) |
(8) |
(8) |
$ 28.42 |
$ 59,120 |
| Ohio |
600 |
0.11 |
0.78 |
$ 27.70 |
$ 57,620 |
| South Carolina |
110 |
0.05 |
0.34 |
$ 27.32 |
$ 56,830 |
| Alaska |
140 |
0.46 |
3.22 |
$ 27.18 |
$ 56,540 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Fence Erectors:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
750 |
0.08 |
0.56 |
$ 27.83 |
$ 57,880 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
710 |
0.18 |
1.27 |
$ 20.75 |
$ 43,160 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
700 |
0.11 |
0.80 |
$ 23.83 |
$ 49,570 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
500 |
0.16 |
1.12 |
$ 18.72 |
$ 38,940 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
450 |
0.27 |
1.91 |
$ 21.81 |
$ 45,360 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
410 |
0.17 |
1.20 |
$ 27.08 |
$ 56,320 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
380 |
0.14 |
0.97 |
$ 23.98 |
$ 49,880 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
350 |
0.23 |
1.63 |
$ 23.46 |
$ 48,790 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
340 |
0.16 |
1.14 |
$ 23.98 |
$ 49,870 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
270 |
0.10 |
0.69 |
$ 17.91 |
$ 37,250 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Fence Erectors:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Pittsfield, MA |
30 |
0.88 |
6.25 |
$ 21.34 |
$ 44,390 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA |
90 |
0.64 |
4.51 |
$ 20.49 |
$ 42,630 |
| Anchorage, AK |
90 |
0.55 |
3.91 |
$ 27.52 |
$ 57,240 |
| Dover, DE |
40 |
0.55 |
3.88 |
$ 21.26 |
$ 44,220 |
| Greeley, CO |
60 |
0.55 |
3.87 |
$ 21.42 |
$ 44,550 |
| Sioux Falls, SD |
80 |
0.46 |
3.28 |
$ 23.94 |
$ 49,800 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
40 |
0.43 |
3.04 |
$ 21.25 |
$ 44,190 |
| Yakima, WA |
40 |
0.42 |
2.97 |
$ 20.58 |
$ 42,800 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA |
60 |
0.37 |
2.65 |
$ 19.20 |
$ 39,930 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
140 |
0.35 |
2.50 |
$ 21.87 |
$ 45,480 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Fence Erectors:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
(8) |
(8) |
(8) |
$ 29.28 |
$ 60,910 |
| Columbus, OH |
110 |
0.10 |
0.73 |
$ 28.51 |
$ 59,300 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
750 |
0.08 |
0.56 |
$ 27.83 |
$ 57,880 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
160 |
0.14 |
1.00 |
$ 27.53 |
$ 57,250 |
| Anchorage, AK |
90 |
0.55 |
3.91 |
$ 27.52 |
$ 57,240 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
410 |
0.17 |
1.20 |
$ 27.08 |
$ 56,320 |
| Salt Lake City, UT |
(8) |
(8) |
(8) |
$ 27.01 |
$ 56,170 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
(8) |
(8) |
(8) |
$ 26.39 |
$ 54,880 |
| Santa Rosa, CA |
50 |
0.26 |
1.86 |
$ 25.24 |
$ 52,500 |
| Reno, NV |
90 |
0.34 |
2.39 |
$ 25.08 |
$ 52,170 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Fence Erectors:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Fence Erectors:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Fence Erectors:
About May 2023 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(8) Estimate not released.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024
United States Department of Labor
