Staton McGowin went house hunting seven years ago but couldn’t afford the monthly mortgage payments on his $18-an-hour construction worker salary. Now 29 and an electrical engineer, McGowin’s ...

A 2025 report ranked Illinois as the highest-paying state for construction workers based on cost-adjusted wages.

Associated Builders and Contractors estimates an over half-million construction worker shortage in 2022. Meanwhile, demand for construction workers is only expected to rise beyond this year, ...