Nonresidential Construction Employment Increases, Says ABC

The construction industry added 13,000 jobs on net in June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has risen by 292,000 jobs, an increase of 4.0%.

Nonresidential construction employment increased by 16,500 positions on net, with all three subsectors showing positive growth. Nonresidential specialty trade added 11,400 net new jobs, while heavy and civil engineering added 4,500. Nonresidential building also added 600 new positions.

The construction industry unemployment rate dropped slightly to 3.7% in June. Unemployment across all industries remained unchanged for the fourth consecutive month at 3.6%.

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