Construction Employment Unchanged in April, Says ABC
WASHINGTON, May 7—Construction industry employment remained unchanged in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the last year, the industry has added 917,000 jobs, recovering 82.4% of the jobs lost during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nonresidential construction lost 2,900 jobs in April, driven entirely by losses among nonresidential specialty trade contractors (-11,800). This decline was offset by gains in heavy and civil engineering (+6,300) and nonresidential building (+2,600).