Tag: construction employment

April 5, 2024

Construction employment jumped in March as the industry added a robust 39,000 jobs during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. The figure marked construction’s 12th consecutive monthly increase. The latest BLS report on the nation’s employment, issued […]

February 2, 2024

Construction employment remained on its upward trend, adding 11,000 jobs last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, with the industry recording its 10th consecutive monthly increase. Architectural, engineering and related services, which are categorized separately from construction, posted an […]

September 1, 2023

Construction employment kept on its recent upward path in August, as the industry gained a solid 22,000 jobs with increases in nearly all industry sectors, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. The bureau’s latest monthly report on U.S. employment, […]

August 4, 2023

Construction employment continued its upward movement in July as the industry added 19,000 jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. The bureau’s latest monthly look at U.S. employment, released on Aug. 4, also showed that construction’s July jobless rate […]

April 7, 2023

Construction’s employment picture was mixed in March, as the industry recorded its first overall monthly job losses in 14 months, but also posted declines in its unemployment rate. The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly employment report, released on April […]

March 13, 2023

Construction employment continues to record solid gains, with 24,000 new jobs in February and increases in all industry sectors, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. BLS also says in its latest monthly employment report, released March 10, that construction’s jobless […]

February 10, 2023

The five states with the lowest NSA unemployment rates were: Colorado (1.2%). Tennessee (2%). Utah (2.1%). Florida (2.2%). Nebraska (2.6%). All except Utah posted their lowest December NSA unemployment rate on record. The bottom five states were: Alaska (13.3%). Wyoming […]

January 6, 2023

Construction posted its eighth straight monthly jobs gain, recording a strong increase of 28,000 positions in December, but the industry’s unemployment rate showed mixed results, the Labor Dept.’s Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. In its latest monthly look at […]

August 19, 2022

The construction unemployment rate hovered in June below 2% in 10 states, but was at a high of 6.5% in New Mexico, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data by the Associated Builders and Contractors. Overall, the […]

July 8, 2022

Buoyed by continued gains among nonresidential specialty trade contractors, overall construction employment increased by 13,000 jobs during June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The industry’s unemployment rate decreased slightly, to 3.7%, from May’s 3.8% rate. One industry economist believes […]

January 7, 2022

Construction employment continues to rise, as the industry added 22,000 jobs in December, the industry’s fourth monthly increase in a row, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. The BLS report, released on Jan. 7, showed nearly all construction segments […]

October 27, 2021

Construction employment carries with it a perception that the work does not pay well or is more likely to be affected by an economic downturn than other fields. These fears are not entirely unfounded, said Priya Kapila, compensation practice leader […]

August 24, 2021

Construction employment in July remained below the levels reached before the pre-pandemic peak in February 2020 in 36 states, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government employment data released today. Association officials said construction […]

August 17, 2021

Diversity programs, an equity index and increased recruitment efforts are among the tools that transportation agencies and other groups are using to improve diversity in the infrastructure workforce, according to comments from participants on a webinar panel in July hosted […]

August 3, 2021

Although national construction employment increased by 233,000 from June 2020, seasonally adjusted construction employment remained below its February 2020 peak by 238,000, or 3.1%, according to the ABC report. Construction employment is unlikely to grow in many parts of the […]

July 29, 2021

Construction employment declined or stagnated in 101 metro areas between February 2020, the last month before the pandemic, and last month, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government employment data released today. Association officials […]

July 19, 2021

Construction employment in June remained below the levels reached before the pre-pandemic peak in February 2020 in 39 states, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government employment data released today. Association officials noted that […]

June 30, 2021

Construction employment declined in 91 metro areas and was stagnant in another 24 between February 2020, the last month before the pandemic, and May 2021, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government employment data […]

June 7, 2021

Construction employment declined for the third time in the past four months in May as nonresidential contractors coped with lengthening and unpredictable delivery times that limited their ability to start or complete projects, according to an analysis by the Associated […]

May 24, 2021

Construction employment in April remained below the pre-pandemic high set in February 2020 in 36 states and the District of Columbia, despite increases from March to April in 26 states, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of […]