Seasonally adjusted construction employment rose year-over-year from June 2023 to June in 35 states, declined in 14 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.), and was unchanged in Rhode Island, according to Associated General Contractors of America’s (AGC) analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data posted July 19.
The most jobs were again added in Texas (36,100, 4.4 percent), Florida (29,900, 4.8 percent), and Michigan (14,400, 7.6 percent), followed by Nevada (12,800 jobs, 11.5 percent). Alaska again had the largest percentage increase (19.5 percent, 3,300 jobs), followed by Nevada and Hawaii (10.5 percent, 4,000).
New York again lost the most jobs (-5,400, -1.4 percent), followed by Colorado (-4,200, -2.3 percent), and Maryland (-4,200, -2.6 percent). D.C. had the largest percentage loss (-4.7 percent, -700 jobs), followed by Maine (-3.8 percent, -1,300), Maryland, and Colorado.
For June, construction employment rose in 29 states, declined in 17 states and D.C., and was unchanged in Alaska, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
Texas added the most jobs (5,100 or 0.6 percent), followed by Ohio (3,600, 1.5 percent), Florida (3,400, 0.5 percent), and Nevada (3,300, 2.7 percent). Nevada had the largest percentage gain, followed by Ohio and Tennessee (1.3 percent, 2,000).
New York lost the most construction jobs from May to June (-4,400 or -1.1 percent), followed by Colorado (-1,100, -0.6 percent), Georgia (-700, -0.3 percent), Illinois (-600, -0.3 percent), and Maine (-600, -1.8 percent).
Vermont lost the highest percentage of jobs (-1.9 percent, -300 jobs), followed by Maine, North Dakota (-1.4 percent, -400), D.C. (-1.4 percent, -200), and New York. For D.C., Delaware, and Hawaii, BLS posts combined totals for mining, logging, and construction; AGC treats the changes as all from construction.
