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AGC Reports that 29 States Add Construction Jobs from March to April

  • Ashley Slovinski
  • May 21, 2010

Seasonally adjusted construction employment rose from March to April in 29 states, decreased in 18 and held steady in three, plus the District of Columbia, according to an AGC press release . Seventeen of the states with monthly increases also added construction jobs from February to March. Increases in stimulus–funded projects and growing demand for single family construction helped facilitate this boost in construction employment.

Kansas experienced the highest monthly increase in construction employment, followed by North Dakota, Wyoming, Oklahoma and Massachusetts. Maine experienced the highest monthly decline, followed by Vermont, Rhode Island, Hawaii and South Carolina.

The press release also noted that the number of states with year–over–year job gains rose to four. This was led by a jump of 8.1 percent in North Dakota. Contractors also added jobs from April 2009 to April 2010 in Kansas, Alaska, and Arkansas.

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