Data Sources

State Construction Employment

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics - Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State & Metro Area)

State Construction Spending

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis - Regional Economic Accounts

State Construction Compensation

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics - Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Number and Size of Firms by State

U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

State Population

U.S. Census Bureau 

Construction Materials Costs

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics - Producer Price Indexes

Housing Prices

Federal Housing Finance Agency – www.fhfa.gov

Home Sales

National Association of Realtors – www.realtor.org

Personal Income

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis – http://www.bea.gov/regional/index.htm

State Revenues

Rockefeller Institute – www.rockinst.org