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In May, not seasonally adjusted (NSA) construction unemployment rates were down in 24 states on a year-over-year basis, according to analysis released today by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). At the same time, the construction industry employed 192,000 more workers than in May 2016, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),…
Investment in construction projects continues to drive construction employment as forty-two states added jobs between May 2016 and 2017. From April to May 2017, twenty-five states and D.C. lost jobs. Many construction firms continue to report struggles finding employees, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data recently released….
Construction employment increased in 217 out of 358 metro areas between April 2016 and April 2017, declined in 89 and stagnated in 52, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Several areas in North Carolina and South Carolina were among the top MSAs. Association…
This is the first in a series of articles about our two-state region’s labor shortage issues and workforce needs. When asked about their No. 1 business concern, both general and specialty contractors from across the Carolinas overwhelmingly give the same answer: the current and future workforce shortage. There are simply not enough people with the…
March not seasonally adjusted (NSA) construction unemployment rates were down in nationally and in 27 states and unchanged in two on a year-over-year basis, according to analysis released today by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). Construction employment in the Carolinas held steady. The national NSA construction unemployment rate of 8.4 percent was down 0.3 percent…
Construction employment increased in 224 out of 358 metro areas between March 2016 and March 2017, declined in 92 and stagnated in 42, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Based on percent change in construction employment, the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson was ranked as the #12…
Seventy-three percent of construction firms plan to expand their payrolls in 2017 as contractors expect private and public sector demand to grow in all market segments, according to survey results released today by the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real Estate. Despite the general optimism outlined in Expecting a Post-Election Bump:…
