Highway, Street & Bridge Construction Industry - Market Size, Trends, and Growth - 2025-2030

Industry Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the construction of highways (including elevated), streets, roads, airport runways, public sidewalks, or bridges. The work performed may include new work, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repairs. Specialty trade contractors are included in this industry if they are engaged in activities primarily related to highway, street, and bridge construction (e.g., installing guardrails on highways). Illustrative Examples: Airport runway construction Highway line painting Causeway construction Painting traffic lanes or parking lot lines Culverts, highway, road, and street, construction Pothole filling, highway, road, street, or bridge Elevated highway construction Resurfacing, highway, road, street, or bridge Guardrail construction Sign erection, highway, road, street, or bridge
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Market Size and Industry Forecast

This research report analyzes the market size and trends in the Highway, Street and Bridge Construction industry. It shows overall market size from 2020 to the present, and predicts industry growth through 2030. Revenues data include both public and private companies.

	Historical					Forecasted
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
Market Size (Total Revenue)
% Growth Rate
Number of Companies
Total Employees
Average Revenue per Company
Average Employees per Company

Source: U.S. government financial data



Advanced econometric models forecast five years of industry growth based on short- and long-term trend analysis. Market size includes revenue generated from all products and services sold within the industry.

Geographic Breakdown by U.S. State

Market size by state reveals local opportunity through the number of companies located in the region. Each state's growth rate is affected by regional economic conditions. Data by state can be used to pinpoint profitable and nonprofitable locations for Highway, Street & Bridge Construction companies in the United States.

Distribution by Company Size

Company Size	All Industries	Highway, Street & Bridge Construction
Small Business (< 5 Employees)
Small Business (5 - 20)
Midsized Business (20 - 100)
Large Business (100 - 500)
Enterprise (> 500)

Highway, Street & Bridge Construction Industry Income Statement (Average Financial Metrics)

Financial statement analysis determines averages for the following industry forces:

• Cost of goods sold
• Compensation of officers
• Salaries and wages
• Employee benefit programs
• Rent paid
• Advertising and marketing budgets

The report includes a traditional income statement from an "average" company (both public and private companies included).

	Industry Average	Percent of Sales
Total Revenue
Operating Revenue
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
Gross Profit
Operating Expenses
Operating Income
Non-Operating Income
Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT)
Interest Expense
Earnings Before Taxes
Income Tax
Net Profit

Financial Ratio Analysis

Financial ratios allow a company's performance to be compared against that of its peers.

Financial Ratio	Industry Average
Profitability Ratios
Profit Margin
ROE
ROA
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
Quick Ratio
Activity Ratios
Average Collection Period
Asset Turnover Ratio
Receivables Turnover Ratio
Inventory Conversion Ratio

Highway, Street & Bridge Construction Industry Compensation and Salary Surveys

Title	Percent of Workforce	Bottom Quartile	Average (Median) Salary	Upper Quartile
Management Occupations	6%
Chief Executives	0%
General and Operations Managers	2%
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	6%
Construction and Extraction Occupations	66%
Supervisors of Construction and Extraction Workers	8%
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	8%
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	8%
Construction Trades Workers	55%
Construction Laborers	25%
Construction Laborers	25%
Construction Equipment Operators	19%
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	5%
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	14%
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	11%
Motor Vehicle Operators	8%
Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers	8%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	8%

Government Contracts

The federal government spent an annual total of $2,022,443,908 on the highway, street & bridge construction industry. It has awarded 6,604 contracts to 1,090 companies, with an average value of $1,855,453 per company.

Top Companies in Highway, Street & Bridge Construction and Adjacent Industries

Company	Address	Revenue ($ Millions)