Career Atlas

Skilled Trades & Manufacturing

building and construction

Learned from 331 real résumés for this role.

Across 331 real U.S. résumés for a building and construction, the most distinctive skills are Carpentry, Plumbing and Osha — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Carpentry
9% have it · 142.4× vs average
Plumbing
8% have it · 105.8× vs average
Osha
8% have it · 98.0× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

carpentry
142.4×
9% · N=31
plumbing
105.8×
8% · N=27
osha
98.0×
8% · N=26
construction
53.5×
39% · N=130
builder
74.8×
4% · N=14
safety procedures
68.4×
3% · N=10
construction management
56.0×
4% · N=12
contractors
42.9×
8% · N=27
regulations
34.9×
16% · N=52
safety
23.5×
27% · N=90
power
28.0×
11% · N=36
building
17.1×
85% · N=282
inspections
32.9×
5% · N=16
safe
24.2×
11% · N=35
estimates
38.5×
2% · N=8

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

Not enough dated career history yet to show real next moves for this role.

We show honest gaps instead of guessing.

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

Not enough dated career history yet to show feeder roles.

We show honest gaps instead of guessing.

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Building And Construction need?

In 331 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Carpentry (9% have it), Plumbing (8% have it), Osha (8% have it), Construction (39% have it), Builder (4% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Building And Construction roles move on to next?

Not enough dated career history exists yet for this role to show real next moves, so we say so rather than invent a path.

What roles lead into Building And Construction?

Not enough dated career history exists yet to show which roles feed into this one, so we show an honest empty state.

Does this page show Building And Construction salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 331 of them are Building And Construction résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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