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State-by-state construction unemployment down

Associated Builders and Contractors analyzes U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
February 6, 2020
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As of December 2019, the construction industry employed 143,000 more workers nationally compared to December 2018, while the national NSA construction unemployment rate decreased from 5.1 percent to 5 percent over the same period, according to BLS numbers. 


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AGC: Construction employment surges in October

Industry has lowest number of job seekers since February 2009
November 9, 2015
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The construction industry’s overall unemployment fell to its lowest level in almost seven years as companies added 31,000 workers in October, the Associated General Contractors of America reported.


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Pressing on

Climbing out of a tough economy

While other sheet metal shops contract to deal with a tough economy, some continue to invest in their businesses.
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Michael McConnell
April 16, 2013
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In the face of stubbornly high industry unemployment rates and a construction market that remains slow, it’s understandable why so many sheet metal and HVAC contractors are in survival mode.
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