The construction industry added 9,000 jobs in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
On a year-over-year basis, industry employment increased by 258,000 jobs, an increase of 3.2%.
The majority of the increase came from nonresidential construction employment, which increased by 7,800 positions.
The construction unemployment rate fell to 5.2% in April as unemployment across all industries rose from 3.8% in March to 3.9% in April.
“Based on ABC’s Construction Confidence Index, there is more hiring to come,” said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu.
The full report from ABC can be found here.
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