Year over year, total jobs in architectural and engineering services were up 2%, and, while construction employment was stagnant from May to June, ConstructConnect noted that year to date, the industry has seen a net job gain of 46,000.
Year over year, construction employment has outpaced that of the overall economy two-fold. As a result, the industry unemployment construction rate has fallen to an unusually low rate of 4.6%, down from 8.2% in 2014.
