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01/31/2023 Construction Employment Increases In 268 Of 358 Metro Areas From December 2021 To 2022 As Demand Outpaces Labor Supply In Some Markets
01/24/2023 Construction Employment Increases In 30 States And D.C. Between November And December, While 40 States Add Jobs Since December 2021
01/19/2023 Construction Association And Coalition Of Employer Groups Files Suit To Block Biden Administration’s Unlawful New Waters Of The U.S. Rule
01/18/2023 Overall Costs For Construction Materials Decline Steeply In December But Contractors Remain Wary Costs Will Go Up Again In The Year Ahead
01/06/2023 Construction Adds 28,000 Employees In December And Raises Pay 6.1 Percent As Sector’s Unemployment Rate Hits Record December Low Of 4.4 Percent
01/04/2023 Construction Firms Look To Public Sector Demand As Outlook For Private-Sector Projects Dims In 2023; 69 Percent Of Firms Plan To Hire In The New Year
01/03/2023 Construction Spending Edges Up 0.2 Percent In November As Homebuilding Drop, Stalled Public Projects Offset Most Private Nonresidential Gains
12/21/2022 Construction Employment Grows in 268 of 358 Metro Areas From November 2021 to 2022 as Demand Outpaces Labor Supply in Some Markets
12/16/2022 Construction Employment Increases in 38 States Between October And November, While 42 States Add Jobs Since November 2021
12/09/2022 Construction Materials Costs Rise 10.1 Percent Between November 2021 And November 2022 With Double-Digit Increases In Numerous Building Products