The construction industry in Idaho is a leader in workforce expansion and has seen significant growth over the past decade. From 2014 to 2023, employment has almost doubled and added nearly 31,000 workers [2]. This was despite being interrupted by a short recession. For industry growth to have occurred, there had to be available workers to meet the demand.
First, it’s important to note where the construction labor demand is located in Idaho, taking industry job postings and geography into consideration. The job posting demand for commercial, residential and infrastructure construction occupations has been concentrated mostly in Ada, Bonneville, Bannock, Canyon, Kootenai and Twin Falls counties the past 10 years, shown in Figure 1 [1]. Naturally, construction sector growth has also been more prevalent in these same counties where the majority of the population growth for the state has occurred.
