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ARLINGTON, VA. – Construction employment rose in 232, or 65 per cent, of 358 metro areas between July 2023 and July 2024, according to anAssociation officials noted that their latest workforce survey shows contractors are still eager to hire more employees but face difficulty finding qualified workers.
“It is heartening that nearly two-thirds of metro areas have added construction workers in the past year,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “But contractors’ struggles to fill open positions suggest many more metros would have job gains if there were enough qualified applicants available.”
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Tex. added the most construction jobs between July 2023 and July 2024, followed by Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nev. ; Baton Rouge, La. ; Northern Virginia ; and Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Fla. . The largest percentage gain, 19 per cent, occurred in Anchorage, Alas., which added 2,400 jobs. The pickup in Anchorage was followed by 17 per cent gains in Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, Ala. and Danville, Ill. .
Construction employment declined over the year in 74 metro areas and was unchanged in 52 areas. The largest job loss occurred in New York City , followed by Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. ; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. ; and Orange-Rockland-Westchester, N.Y. .St. Thomas contractor fined after truss falls, injuring workerClimate and Construction: Natural gas bans hit a legal shut-off valveCanadian construction spared in TFW crackdownU.S.
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