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Construction Employment Decreases By 11,000 In December, Ends Year Little Changed As Owners Delay Committing To Nonresidential Projects Employment Data Echoes Findings in Construction Association’s New 2026 Outlook, Which Shows Most Contractors Have “Dampened” Expectations for Most Market Segments Amid Economic, Labor Worries   Construction employment declined by 11,000 positions in December, with modest decreases…

Contractors Have ‘Dampened’ Expectations For 2026, Apart From Data Centers And Power Projects, Amid Worries About The Economy, Policy Uncertainties New Industry Outlook Shows Most Contractors Have Been Affected by Tariffs and One-in-Three Have Felt the Impacts of Enhanced Immigration Enforcement, Yet Most Firms Plans to Add Staff If They Can Find Workers Construction contractors…

Construction Jobs Increase In 32 States And D.C. Between November 2024 And November 2025; 26 States And D.C. Add Construction Jobs In November Texas and Iowa Have Highest 12-Month Gains, While New York and New Jersey Have the Worst Yearly Declines; Minnesota and Idaho Top Lists of Monthly Gainers; Arizona and Alabama Experience the Worst…

Construction Employment Diverges In September As Half Of Metro Areas Add Employees, While Headcount Stalls Or Shrinks In The Other Half Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, Va.-W.Va. and Washington, D.C.-Md. Top Lists of Yearly Job Gains, While New York City Experiences Largest Construction Job Loss from September 2024 to September 2025   Construction employment trends were evenly split between metro areas…

Construction Firms Add 28,000 Jobs In November, Outpacing Overall Job Growth Rates As Nonresidential Segment Continues To Lead Gains Construction Employment Growth Outpaces Overall Nonfarm Payrolls; Average Wages in Construction Rise to $37.83 an Hour as Labor Market Remains Tight Amid a Shrinking Pool of Authorized Workers   Construction employment increased by 28,000 positions in…

Construction Jobs Increase In 27 States & D.C. Between September 2024 & September 2025; 31 States & D.C. Add Construction Jobs In September Texas and New Mexico Have Highest 12-Month Gains, While New York and New Jersey Have the Worst Yearly Declines; Texas and Michigan Top Monthly Gainers; Florida and Mississippi Have the Worst Losses…

Construction Input Costs Rise Again In September As Metals, Diesel And Concrete Products Drive Year-over-year Increases Contractors Face Renewed Cost Pressures as Key Materials Show Firming Prices Across 2025 The producer price index for materials and services used in nonresidential construction rose 0.2 percent in September and 3.2 percent from September 2024, according to an analysis by…

Construction Firms Add 19,000 Jobs In September, Craft Workers’ Wages Rise To $37.64 As Firms Try To Retain Workers Amid Market Uncertainty Monthly Increase in Nonresidential Hiring Outpaces Smaller Gains in Residential Construction; Overall Industry Unemployment Rate Edges Up, However, but Stays Below Overall National Rate   Construction employment increased by 19,000 positions in September…

Construction Spending Rises 0.2 Percent In August As Residential Gains Outweigh Decreases Among Nonresidential Segments Delayed Construction Spending Data Shows Impacts of Economic Uncertainty on Demand for Construction Following the Government Shutdown, Tariff Threats, and a Shrinking Labor Market Construction spending increased 0.2 percent from July to August as a pickup in multifamily residential building…

Construction Officials Urge Congress to Pass a Clean Continuing Resolution to Reopen the Government and Keep Vital Construction Projects Underway The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Jeffrey D. Shoaf, issued the following statement today regarding the ongoing federal government shutdown:   “The federal government shutdown that started earlier this week…