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Construction Jobs Added in Two-Thirds of Metro Areas

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, Calif. and Worcester, Mass. Post Largest Year-over-Year Increases; Nassau County-Suffolk County, N.Y. and Evansville, Ind.-Ky. Experience the Worst Declines over 12 Months

November 30, 2021

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Between October 2020 and October 2021, nearly two out of three U.S. metro areas added construction jobs.

Prices for Construction Materials Increase, Materials Not Delivered on Time

Construction Officials Call for Immediate Removal of Tariffs on Key Construction Materials, Urge Congress and the Administration to Take Steps to Repair “Every Level” of the Supply Chain

September 10, 2021

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The prices contractors pay for construction materials continued to increase in August while many firms report struggles to get those materials delivered on time.

Construction Workforce Shortages Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels

Eighty-Nine Percent of Contractors Are Having a Hard Time Finding Craft Workers, While 88 Percent of Firms Are Experiencing Project Delays and 93 Percent Are Affected by Rising Materials Prices

September 8, 2021

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AGC and Autodesk's survey results underscore how the coronavirus pandemic has created constraints on the demand for work even as it limits the number of workers available to hire.

Construction Spending Diverges in December

Demand for Nonresidential Construction and Public Works Will Decline Amid Ongoing Pandemic Concerns, Worsening State and Local Budgets as Association Officials Call for New Recovery Measures

February 12, 2021

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Construction spending in December exhibited sharply varied trends, with downturns from a year earlier in every private category, mixed results for public construction, and double-digit increases in residential construction, according to an analysis by AGC.

AGC Officials to Release New COVID-19 Data

October 27, 2020

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On Wednesday, October 28 at 2 p.m. EDT, the Associated General Contractors of America will release new data showing the ongoing impacts of the coronavirus on the construction sector and its impacts on metro area construction employment.

Construction Employment Declined in 39 States Between August 2019 and 2020

September 30, 2020

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Thirty-nine states lost construction jobs between August 2019 and August 2020 while 31 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between July and August according to an analysis of Labor Department data released by the Associated General Contractors of America.

Construction Employment Increased by 16,000 Jobs, Yet Contractor Pessimism Increases

September 22, 2020

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Construction employment increased by 16,000 jobs in August, but the gains were concentrated in housing, while the infrastructure and nonresidential building construction sector lost 11,000 jobs.

Construction Spending Decreases

August 5, 2020

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Construction spending declined for the fourth consecutive month in as decreases in single-family, highway and educational projects outweighed increases in several private nonresidential categories.

62 Percent of Metros Shed Construction Jobs From June 2019 to June 2020

New York City and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. Have Worst 12-Month Losses, While Austin and Walla Walla, Wash. Top Job Gainers; 81 Percent of Metros Add Construction Jobs from May to June

July 30, 2020

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Construction employment decreased in 225, or 62 percent, out of 358 metro areas between June 2019 and last month despite widespread increases from May to June, according to an analysis of new government data that the Associated General Contractors of America released yesterday.