ABC: Nonres Construction Employment Expands in October

摘要

The construction industry added 84,000 net new jobs in October, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. During the last six months, the industry has added 789,000 jobs, recovering 73％ of the jobs lost during earlier stages of the pandemic. Nonresidential construction employment added 59,700 jobs on net in October. All three non-residential subcategories experienced increases; the largest was registered among nonresidential specialty trade contractors, which added 27,500 positions on net. Heavy and civil engineering added 18,800 jobs while nonresidential building added 13,400. The construction unemployment rate was 6.8％ in October, up 2.8 percentage points from the same time last year, but down from 7.1％ a month earlier. Unemployment across all industries declined from 7.9％ in September to 6.9％ last month.