Construction employment was at 6.91 million in August, an increase of 28,000 month-over-month and 214,000 year-over-year, according to The Associated General Contractors of America.
The number of unemployed persons whose last job was in construction was 448,000, the lowest August total for the category since 2000.
"With such a small pool of unemployed construction workers available, it is no wonder that 70 percent of the respondents to the association's workforce survey released this week said they were having trouble filling a variety of hourly craft positions," said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist, in a statement.
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