Forty-one US states added construction jobs between October 2016 and October 2017, while 26 states added construction jobs between September and October, continuing a pattern of widespread but uneven growth in industry employment, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data.
California added the most construction jobs (44,400 jobs, 5.7 percent) during the past year, while Nevada (10,600 jobs, 13.6 percent) added the highest percentage.
Nine states and the District of Columbia shed construction jobs between October 2016 and October 2017. Missouri lost the highest number of construction jobs (-5,800 jobs, -4.8 percent), while Iowa (-5,300 jobs, -6.6 percent) lost the highest percentage.
Among the 26 states that added construction jobs between September and October, Florida added the most jobs and the highest percentage (23,800 jobs, 4.8 percent).
Twenty-three states and D.C. lost construction jobs between September and October, while construction employment was unchanged in Kansas. Louisiana lost the most construction jobs for the month (-3,300 jobs, -2.2 percent), while Nebraska (-1,800 jobs, -3.4 percent) lost the highest percentage.