Forty-one states added construction jobs between June 2016 and June 2017 amid continuing widespread demand for construction services, while 25 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between May and June, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released today.
California added the most construction jobs (46,500 jobs, 6.0 percent) during the past year. Rhode Island added the highest percentage of new construction jobs during the past year.
Eight states and the District of Columbia shed construction jobs between June 2016 and June 2017. The District lost the highest percentage for the year (-5.7 percent, -900 jobs), while Missouri (-2.6 percent, (-3,100 jobs) lost the largest number of construction jobs.
Between May and June, California had the largest numerical increases (8,100 jobs, 1.0 percent), while New Jersey had the largest percent gain for the month.
Twenty-one states lost construction jobs between May and June. Georgia had the largest numerical loss (-4,000 jobs, -2.2 percent), while Wisconsin (-2,700 jobs, -2.4 percent) lost the highest percentage of construction jobs for the month.
Construction employment was unchanged for the month in Arkansas, Maine, New Mexico and North Dakota.