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Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale and Lawton, Okla. Top Lists of Year-over-Year Increases in Industry Employment While\u00a0<\/a>New York City\u00a0and Decatur, Ill. Experience Worst Number and Percent of Construction Job Losses<\/i><\/p>\n

Construction employment increased in 231 or 65 percent of 358 metro areas between January 2023 and January 2024, according to an\u00a0analysis<\/a>\u00a0by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment data.\u00a0Association officials noted that the industry ended the month with more than 400,000 job openings nationwide, suggesting that many more metros would have experienced employment increases if enough qualified workers were available.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough construction employment has been rising nationally and in nearly two-thirds of metro areas, contractors are eager to hire far more workers,\u201d said Ken Simonson, the association\u2019s chief economist. \u201cThere were 407,000 unfilled positions in construction at the end of January, which was a near-record level for January,\u201d he said, citing the government\u2019s latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.<\/p>\n

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Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale and Lawton, Okla. Top Lists of Year-over-Year Increases in Industry Employment While\u00a0New York City\u00a0and Decatur, Ill. Experience Worst Number and Percent of Construction Job Losses Construction employment increased in 231 or 65 percent of 358 metro areas between January 2023 and January 2024, according to an\u00a0analysis\u00a0by the Associated General Contractors of America of new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nConstruction Employment In January Rises In 231 Of 358 Metro Areas From A Year Earlier As Job Levels Reach Near Record Levels | AZAGC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale and Lawton, Okla. 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