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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 245 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN MAY 2016 AND 2017 EVEN AS MANY FIRMS STRUGGLE TO FIND QUALIFIED WORKERS

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. and Lake Charles, La. Have Largest Year-over-Year Gains; Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Danville, Ill. Experience Biggest Declines for the Year

FORTY-TWO STATES ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS BETWEEN MAY 2016 & 2017 BUT 25 STATES AND D.C. LOSE JOBS FROM APRIL TO MAY AS FIRMS STRUGGLE TO FIND WORKERS

California and Rhode Island Add Most Jobs for the Year; Missouri and D.C. Have Largest Drops; Louisiana Tops Monthly List; Pennsylvania and Wyoming Have Biggest Decreases for the Month

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES BY 11,000 IN MAY TO EIGHT-YEAR HIGH BUT LABOR SHORTAGES LIKELY LIMITED NUMBER OF NEW JOBS BEING ADDED

Contractors Struggle to Fill Jobs as Weekly Hours Reach Highest May Level Since Series Began in 2006; Association Officials Urge Greater Public-Sector Support for Career and Technical Education Programs