Construction Employment Flat or Down in 112 of 358 Metro Areas Between June 2021 and 2022

Construction employment fell in 61 and was unchanged in another 51 out of 358 metro areas between June 2021 and June 2022, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment data. Association officials noted that employment was falling or stagnant in nearly one-third of metro areas.

“Construction employment likely would have expanded in more metro areas if firms had the materials they need and the workers they want,” said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association’s chief executive officer. “The impacts of these labor and materials shortages are becoming increasingly widespread, as communities and developers scale back construction ambitions to cope with the fact construction costs more and takes longer to complete.”

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas added the most construction jobs (26,600 jobs or 13 percent), followed by Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (10,500 jobs, 7 percent); Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, Illinois. (8,000 jobs, 6 percent) and Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colorado (7,700 jobs, 7 percent). Grants Pass, Oregon had the highest percentage gain (25 percent, 300 jobs), followed by Cheyenne, Wyoming (21 percent, 800 jobs), and Decatur, Illinois (20 percent, 700 jobs).

The largest losses were in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (-5,600 jobs, -7 percent), followed by Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, New Jersey (-2,700 or -9 percent); Richmond, Virginia (-1,500 jobs, -4 percent) and Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, Maryland (-1,300 jobs, -4 percent). The largest percentage declines were in Bergen-Hudson-Passaic and Gadsden, Alabama (-9 percent, -100 jobs) followed by Ithaca, New York (-8 percent, -100 jobs).

 

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