Top 50 U.S. construction companies by craft employee retention 🏆

January, 2025

Today’s skilled labor shortage makes excelling at sourcing and retaining skilled workers more essential than ever.

That’s why we’re excited to release this report highlighting the top 50 U.S. craft employers by retention. Our hope is that it can help craft labor decision-makers design strategies that foster stronger, more stable workforces.

Our analysis is based on job histories reported by over 120,000 craft workers in their Skillit profiles, covering more than 60,000 employers nationwide.

Congrats! 🎉

To the top 50 U.S. contractors by retention ranked by average tenure across all craft employees on Skillit


🥇 McCarthy Building Companies : 4.32

🥈 AECOM : 4.25

🥉 Swinerton : 4.00

4. Brasfield & Gorrie : 3.75

5. Anderson Columbia Co., Inc. : 3.69

6. The Beck Group : 3.08

7. Matrix Service Company : 3.03

8. Mortenson : 3.02

9. CORE Construction : 3.01

10. GE Johnson Construction Company : 3.00

11. Walsh Group : 2.99

12. Williams Brothers Construction : 2.98

13. Day & Zimmermann : 2.97

14. Barton Malow : 2.92

15. Messer Construction Co. : 2.89

16. Moss Construction : 2.75

17. Bechtel : 2.67

18. DPR Construction : 2.52

19. Blue Ridge Power : 2.40

20. Entact : 2.13

21. Turner Construction Company : 2.11

22. Skyline Construction : 2.09

23. Flatiron Construction : 2.52

24. Balfour Beatty US : 2.08

25. Kokosing : 2.52

26. Bartlett Cocke : 1.96

27. Zachry Group : 1.94

28. Fluor : 1.81

29. Kraemer North America : 1.80

30. Miron Construction : 1.76

31. Fagen, Inc. : 1.63

32. Allied Power : 1.58

33. GLDD : 1.57

34. Graycor : 1.52

35. BL Harbert International : 1.50

36. Weeks Marine : 1.49

37. JE Dunn Construction : 1.48

38. Austin Industries : 1.42

39. MasTec : 1.42

40. EMCOR Group : 1.41

41. Black & Veatch : 1.39

42. Wood PLC : 1.38

43. FCI Constructors : 1.33

44. Kiewit Corporation : 1.26

45. S&B Engineers : 1.25

46. Triton Construction : 1.22

47. Power Construction : 1.17

48. CBRE : 1.16

49. Stellar : 1.14

50. Robins & Morton : 1.08

Suggestions for using this report

Interestingly, our analysis shows that company revenue has no significant impact on retention (correlation coefficient: 0.0036, p-value: 0.98). Instead, factors like company culture, management practices, and workplace conditions are the key drivers of long-term employee satisfaction. Here’s how HR leaders can leverage this report to improve retention within their own organizations:

  • Benchmark your performance: Compare your company’s craft worker retention rates to those in the Top 50. This can help you identify gaps and set realistic improvement targets.

  • Study best practices: Research the companies on the list. What do they prioritize? How do they foster loyalty among their craft workforce? Use these insights to audit your own practices.

  • Survey your workforce: Gather feedback from your craft workers to understand what they value most in their roles. Use these findings to align with the factors driving retention at top employers.

  • Focus on actionable changes: Prioritize areas like safety, career development, pay transparency, and workplace culture, all proven retention drivers that go beyond the balance sheet.

  • Track progress: Use Skillit’s data tools to monitor how changes to your policies and practices influence retention over time.

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