ACOG: Construction employment rises

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Forty-five states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between August 2017 and August 2018, while 33 states added construction jobs between July and August, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released today. Association officials welcomed the job gains but noted that the numbers would have been higher if contractors could only find more qualified workers to hire. 
Texas added the most construction jobs during the past year (56,100 jobs, 7.9 percent). Other states adding a large number of new construction jobs for the past 12 months include California (40,400 jobs, 5.0 percent), Florida (39,300 jobs, 7.7 percent), Georgia (18,900 jobs, 10.4 percent), Arizona (14,900 jobs, 10.2 percent) and Michigan (14,600 jobs, 8.9 percent). New Hampshire added the highest percentage of new construction jobs during the past year (11.3 percent, 3,000 jobs), followed by Nevada (11.2 percent, 9,300 jobs), Georgia, Arizona, Oregon (9.2 percent, 9,100 jobs) and Michigan. Construction employment reached a record high in five states: Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington.
Only three states shed construction jobs between August 2017 and 2018, while construction employment was unchanged in Alaska and Pennsylvania. The largest and steepest percentage losses occurred in New Jersey (-6,600 jobs, -4.2 percent), followed by Kentucky (-2,600 jobs, -3.4 percent) and Missouri (-1,000 jobs, -0.8 percent).
California had the largest one-month job gain (5,200 jobs, 0.6 percent) among the 33 states that added construction jobs between July and August, followed by Florida (3,600 jobs, 0.7 percent) and Washington (2,900 jobs, 1.4 percent). North Dakota added the highest percentage of construction jobs for the month (2.6 percent, 700 jobs), followed by five states with a 1.4 percent increase: Washington, Minnesota (1,700 jobs), Iowa (1,100 jobs), Montana (400 jobs) and New Hampshire (400 jobs).
From July to August, construction employment declined in 15 states and D.C. but was unchanged in Alaska and Delaware. Pennsylvania lost the most construction jobs (-1,900, -0.7 percent), followed by Kentucky (-1,400 jobs, -1.8 percent) and Illinois (-1,200 jobs, -0.5 percent). Kentucky lost the highest percentage of construction jobs in August, followed by Arkansas (-1.1 percent, -600 jobs), Pennsylvania and Maine (-0.7 percent, -200 jobs).
Association officials noted that a survey the group released in late August found that 80 percent of construction firms are having a hard time finding qualified workers to hire. As a result, the association is calling on federal officials to double funding for career and technical education within five years, enact immigration reform and expand apprenticeship and other job training opportunities.

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