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Texas and Alaska Have Highest Number and Percent of 12-Month Gains, While California and Maryland Lag; Florida and Minnesota Top Lists of Numerical and Percentage Monthly Gains, While Indiana Has Worst Losses Construction employment increased in 41 states and the District of Columbia in November from a year earlier, while 23 states and D.C. added construction…

Contractors Continue to Hire Workers as Association Urges Incoming Trump Administration to Accelerate Federal Reviews so Construction Can Start on Infrastructure and Other Construction Projects Construction sector employment rose by 10,000 jobs in November with moderate increases in both residential and nonresidential jobs, according to an analysis of new government data the Associated General Contractors of America…

Construction Spending Climbs to $2.174 Trillion Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate as Federal Projects Get Mired in Red Tape and Private Sector Demand for Certain Types of Projects Slows or Shrinks Construction spending increased 0.4 percent from September to October as a pickup in single- and multifamily residential building outweighed declines in public outlays and mixed…

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii Have Highest Number And Percentage of Job Gains, While New York City and Duluth, Minn.-Wis. Experience Worst Job Losses Construction employment rose in 238, or 66 percent, of 358 metro areas between October 2023 and October 2024, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new…

Texas and Alaska Top Lists of Numerical and Percentage 12-Month Gains, While New York and Oregon Lag; Louisiana Posts Highest Number and Percent of Monthly Increases, While Florida and Iowa Have Worst Losses Construction employment increased in 41 states in October from a year earlier, while 33 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs…

Fri, 11/01/2024 – 12:30 Average Construction Worker Pay Hits $36.23 an Hour, Outpacing Private Sector Total by 18.9 Percent; Outlays Rise for Infrastructure and Data Centers, But Decline for Most Private Nonresidential Categories Construction sector employment rose by 8,000 jobs in October following a small increase in spending in September as the industry hiked hourly…

Tue, 10/29/2024 – 12:14 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Anchorage, Alaska Have Highest Number and Percentage of Job Gains over 12 Months, While New York City and Bloomington, Ill. Experience Worst Year-over-Year Job Losses Construction employment rose in 227, or 63 percent, of 358 metro areas between September 2023 and September 2024, according to an analysis by…

Texas and Alaska Top Lists of Numerical and Percentage 12-Month Gains, While New York and Oregon Lag; Texas and Ohio Post Highest Monthly Increases, While Tennessee and North Dakota Have Worst Losses Construction employment increased in 40 states in September from a year earlier, while 24 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between…

Average Construction Pay Hits $35.92 an Hour, Topping Private Sector Total by 18 Percent, but Low Unemployment Rate and High Level of Job Openings Show Contractors Seek to Hire Even More Workers Construction sector employment rose by 25,000 jobs in September as both nonresidential and residential contractors added workers at a faster clip than other…