Career Atlas USA

Best States for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

Ranked by the Career Atlas Opportunity Score, not raw pay — a high-paying state with few jobs or a high cost of living can rank below a more balanced one.

  1. 1Alaska82.2 / 100
  2. 2North Dakota79.1 / 100
  3. 3Washington73.9 / 100
  4. 4West Virginia71.9 / 100
  5. 5Wyoming69.8 / 100
  6. 6Louisiana69.6 / 100
  7. 7Iowa65.8 / 100
  8. 8Oklahoma61.5 / 100
  9. 9Montana61.4 / 100
  10. 10New Mexico61.2 / 100
  11. 11Massachusetts59.2 / 100
  12. 12Colorado58.6 / 100
  13. 13North Carolina58.6 / 100
  14. 14Kansas58.5 / 100
  15. 15Wisconsin58.5 / 100

Also see highest-paying states (ranked by salary alone).