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General contractors by US metro, 2022

The US had 209,456 general contractors with paid staff in 2022, employing 882,519 people at an average of $68,679 a year. 92% have fewer than 10 staff and the average has 4.2 people. New York has the most of the big metros listed here, with 16,875.

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General contractors in the biggest US metros

MetroBusinessesEmployeesAvg payUnder 10 staffRank of 387
New York16,87561,355$68,52893%1st
Los Angeles7,60434,333$68,65791%2nd
Chicago6,62517,864$61,32596%3rd
Boston4,09516,943$87,71493%5th
Miami3,98418,511$73,01492%7th
Philadelphia3,96815,225$68,05692%8th
Washington3,86419,272$80,81591%9th
Atlanta3,59014,812$87,26693%10th
Dallas3,19520,166$114,16189%11th
Houston2,65916,618$106,46791%14th

Each metro page adds the size mix, a calculator for what your team's admin hours cost at local pay, and the jobs general contractors hand to AI first.

Where these numbers come from

The U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 (released 2024), NAICS 2361 (Residential building construction). Businesses with paid employees only. More metros are added as each set is checked. Page checked 2026-11-12.

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