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High pay attracts workers, but construction’s employment gap widens

June 9, 2022

Via: Construction Dive

For hourly workers in the trades, pay rose in May by 6.3% year over year, the highest increase since December 1982, according to Simonson. As those wages increased though, earnings in the overall private sector rose 6.5%. The slightly higher […]


Construction Processes, Financial

Nonresidential construction remains unchanged in April

June 4, 2018

Via: BDCNetwork

Nonresidential construction spending remained unchanged in April on a monthly basis, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data released today. However, year-over-year spending was up a sturdy 6.1%. Private sector spending increased 0.8% […]