The construction industry had 246,000 job openings on the last day of June, a 14,000, or 5.8%, increase from the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
On a year-over-year basis, construction job openings were down 13.7%, representing 39,000 fewer jobs.
“While industrywide job openings increased in June, the share of all construction positions that are unfilled remains low by recent standards,” Associated Builders and Contractors Chief Economist Anirban Basu said in a statement. “More importantly, the hiring rate during the first half of 2025 was lower than during the first six months of any year since the start of the data series in 2000. Because contractors have also been laying workers off at a historically slow pace, industrywide employment continues to edge higher, but few job openings and sluggish hiring suggest weak demand for labor.”
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