Tag: jobs

January 24, 2018

Forty-two states added construction jobs between December 2016 and December 2017, while 32 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between November and December, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department […]

May 17, 2017

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released its April jobs report, revealing that employment in the construction industry increased by 5,000 jobs (seasonally adjusted). While the economy added 211,000 jobs, total specialty trade employment contracted nominally, shedding 1,500 positions in […]

April 26, 2017

NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, recently released its annual study “Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate” in which it details the development, construction, and ongoing operations of new commercial real estate in the U.S. The study shows office, […]

April 25, 2017

February’s mild weather led to a surge in early hiring for the year, which diminished March’s typical seasonal job increases, AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson said in a release. He added that only Massachusetts and Texas set March hiring records in […]

April 5, 2017

The governments of both the U.S. and Canada are expressing their determination to proceed with amplified infrastructure spending programs. A related question that is often being asked is, “How much extra employment will be created?” Two approaches to an answer […]

November 30, 2016

Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico joined 36 other states that all posted employment gains between June 2015 and June 2016. Despite this long-term positive growth, the month-over-month employment figures are less positive: 25 states, including New Mexico, lost construction jobs […]

November 23, 2016

Thirty-nine state added construction jobs between July 2015 and July 2016 while construction employment only increased in 23 states and the District of Columbia between June and July, according to analysis of Labor Department data released today by the Associated […]