Construction Employment Declined in 30 States Between August 2011 and 2012

Construction employment declined in 30 states from August 2011 to August 2012 and in 26 states in the past month, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials noted that construction employment declined in most states even as long term infrastructure programs and tax measures languish. “Construction employment continues to decline in many states as key tax and infrastructure decisions languish in Washington,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “Thousands more construction workers could be employed today in states across the country if we had long-term federal tax and infrastructure programs in place.” Read the full press release here. The news was covered by covered in the Richmond Times Dispatch, again in the Richmond Times Dispatch, local TV in Richmond and New Mexico, the Des Moines Register, the Albuquerque Journal, the News & Observer, the Lowell Sun, Citrus County Chronicle, Phoenix Business Journal, Columbia Regional Business Report, Wichita Business Journal, New Mexico Business Weekly, San Antonio Business Journal, Triangle Business Journal, Mohawk Valley Business Journal and the South Coast Business Bulletin.