Twenty-five States and D.C. Add Jobs in August

Construction jobs were added in half the states in August, while the number of states with year-over-year job gains rose to 10 from just six in July, AGC reported in an analysis of state employment data released Tuesday by the Labor Department. The number of states that increased construction employment over 12 months was the largest since October 2008. Read AGC's press release here. The news was covered by the Chicago Sun-Times, Dayton Business Journal, Atlanta Business Chronicle and South Florida Business Journal, among others. For more information, contact Ken Simonson at simonsonk@agc.org.