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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 244 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN MARCH 2015 AND 2016 AS MANY AREAS BENEFIT FROM GROWING PROJECT DEMAND

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine and El Centro, Calif. Top Growth List; Odessa, Texas, and Bloomington, Ill. Have Largest Declines as Energy Producing Areas Continue to See Drops in Construction Jobs

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES IN 44 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OVER LATEST 12 MONTHS; 28 STATES ADD JOBS FROM FEBRUARY TO MARCH

California and Hawaii Add Most Jobs for the Year, North Dakota Has Biggest Actual and Percentage Declines; West Virginia and Pennsylvania Top Monthly List of Gainers, Arkansas and California Have Largest One-Month Decreases

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 234 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN FEBRUARY 2015 AND 2016 AS DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO GROW

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine and Monroe, Mich. Top Growth List; Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, and Bloomington, Ill. Have Largest Declines, Many Energy-Producing Metro Areas Experience Big Losses

CONSTRUCTION FIRMS ADD 37,000 JOBS IN MARCH AND OVER 300,000 FOR THE PAST YEAR AS SPENDING INCEASES IN FEBRUARY FROM A YEAR AGO IN ALL MAJOR CATEGORIES

Construction Jobs Growing at Twice the Rate of Total Nonfarm Jobs as Sector’s Unemployment Rate Hits 10-Year March Low; Several Spending Segments Jump 20 Percent for the Year Despite Dip in Monthly Total