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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…

Minority Of Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs From August 2024 To August 2025 As Tariffs, Worker Shortages, Financing Costs Slow Demand Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, Va.-W.Va. and Washington, D.C.-Md. Top Lists of Yearly Job Gains, While New York City and Baton Rouge, La. Have Worst Declines; Fewest Areas Since 2021 Had Increases   For the first time since 2021, fewer…

New Bipartisan Legislation Will Help Address Construction Workforce Shortages That Are The Leading Cause Of Project Delays Construction Officials Say New Legislation from Congressman Lloyd Smucker Establishing a Visa Program for Construction Industry Offers a Good Short-Term Solution to Severe Workforce Shortages   The Associated General Contractors of America’s chief executive officer, Jeffrey D. Shoaf,…

Construction Jobs Increase In 28 States And D.C. Between August 2024 And August 2025, While 19 States Add Construction Jobs In Latest Month Texas and New Mexico Have Highest 12-Month Gains, While California and Nevada Have the Worst Yearly Declines; Florida and Mississippi Top Monthly Gainers; Nevada Has the Worst Number and Percent of Losses…

Construction Material Costs Continue To Accelerate In August Amid “Extreme” Price Hikes For Steel, Aluminum And Lumber After New Tariffs New AGC-NCCER Survey Finds Two in Five Contractors Have Raised Prices in Response to Tariffs On Key Construction Materials, with Most Expecting Costs to Climb Further in the Months Ahead The producer price index for materials…

Association Survey Finds Tariffs, Other Policy Shifts Leading to Project Cancellations and Delays, While Substantial Share of Firms Reports Disruptions from Stepped-Up Immigration Enforcement Activity Construction sector employment declined by 7,000 positions in August and has remained little changed since December, according to an analysis of new government data the Associated General Contractors of America released…

Construction Spending Edges Down By 0.1 Percent In July As Declines In Nonresidential And Multifamily Projects Top Growth In Public Outlays Association Survey Finds Tariffs, Labor Shortages and Other Challenges Have Caused Owners to Cancel, Defer, or Shrink Project Starts as Construction Officials Push for Policy Certainty & Workforce Support Spending on projects underway in…