Construction Jobs – 2016 Statistics

State Construction Employment (seasonally adjusted), Ranked by Latest 12-month %   Change
	March	January	February	March	1-month gain or loss			12-month gain or loss
	2015	2016	2016	2016	Number	%	% rank	Number	%	% rank
Hawaii*	33,500	38,500	39,200	40,500	1,300	3.3%	4	7,000	20.9%	1
Rhode Island	16,500	18,800	18,800	18,700	-100	-0.5%	33	2,200	13.3%	2
Massachusetts	134,100	147,100	147,600	150,100	2,500	1.7%	15	16,000	11.9%	3
Nevada	67,900	73,400	72,800	75,800	3,000	4.1%	3	7,900	11.6%	4
Iowa	78,500	82,600	82,400	86,000	3,600	4.4%	2	7,500	9.6%	5
Georgia	163,100	172,500	174,300	178,600	4,300	2.5%	6	15,500	9.5%	6
Vermont	15,200	16,200	16,200	16,600	400	2.5%	6	1,400	9.2%	7
Tennessee*	114,400	126,100	126,200	124,700	-1,500	-1.2%	41	10,300	9.0%	8
South Carolina	85,300	90,900	90,800	92,500	1,700	1.9%	13	7,200	8.4%	9
New Hampshire	23,600	25,600	26,000	25,400	-600	-2.3%	49	1,800	7.6%	10
Colorado	147,600	154,600	154,600	158,500	3,900	2.5%	6	10,900	7.4%	11
Maryland*	152,700	159,600	160,200	163,600	3,400	2.1%	11	10,900	7.1%	12
Florida	420,300	446,200	445,100	447,800	2,700	0.6%	21	27,500	6.5%	13
Arizona	125,800	131,800	132,500	133,700	1,200	0.9%	20	7,900	6.3%	14
Utah	83,500	87,400	87,600	88,800	1,200	1.4%	17	5,300	6.3%	14
Washington	172,200	177,500	182,000	183,100	1,100	0.6%	21	10,900	6.3%	14
Minnesota	113,100	117,700	121,700	120,100	-1,600	-1.3%	42	7,000	6.2%	17
Wisconsin	108,300	112,600	113,600	114,900	1,300	1.1%	19	6,600	6.1%	18
Delaware*	20,400	21,700	21,500	21,600	100	0.5%	24	1,200	5.9%	19
North Carolina	184,900	197,700	196,200	195,400	-800	-0.4%	32	10,500	5.7%	20
California	713,100	748,400	760,100	752,700	-7,400	-1.0%	39	39,600	5.6%	21
Michigan	148,000	151,800	155,300	156,200	900	0.6%	21	8,200	5.5%	22
New Jersey	145,200	150,500	149,900	152,900	3,000	2.0%	12	7,700	5.3%	23
Oregon	82,400	85,400	87,700	86,800	-900	-1.0%	39	4,400	5.3%	23
Ohio	197,900	207,200	209,200	208,200	-1,000	-0.5%	33	10,300	5.2%	25
Louisiana	139,100	148,000	144,000	146,100	2,100	1.5%	16	7,000	5.0%	26
Oklahoma	77,300	80,300	81,100	81,200	100	0.1%	28	3,900	5.0%	26
New York	352,500	364,700	368,200	369,800	1,600	0.4%	26	17,300	4.9%	28
Illinois	210,400	218,000	215,400	219,500	4,100	1.9%	13	9,100	4.3%	29
Idaho	38,500	39,200	40,200	40,100	-100	-0.2%	31	1,600	4.2%	30
Missouri	112,900	119,400	119,400	117,400	-2,000	-1.7%	45	4,500	4.0%	31
Indiana	125,400	132,600	132,600	130,300	-2,300	-1.7%	45	4,900	3.9%	32
District of Columbia*	14,000	14,700	14,500	14,500	0	0.0%	29	500	3.6%	33
Kentucky	74,100	76,100	77,700	76,600	-1,100	-1.4%	43	2,500	3.4%	34
South Dakota*	23,500	24,000	23,700	24,300	600	2.5%	6	800	3.4%	34
Mississippi	46,300	46,500	46,700	47,800	1,100	2.4%	10	1,500	3.2%	36
Pennsylvania	228,300	229,600	228,300	234,300	6,000	2.6%	5	6,000	2.6%	37
Maine	26,200	27,800	27,000	26,800	-200	-0.7%	37	600	2.3%	38
New Mexico	43,500	44,500	45,200	44,500	-700	-1.5%	44	1,000	2.3%	38
Montana	26,800	27,700	27,300	27,400	100	0.4%	26	600	2.2%	40
Arkansas	47,600	49,200	50,100	48,600	-1,500	-3.0%	51	1,000	2.1%	41
Nebraska*	49,800	51,000	50,200	50,800	600	1.2%	18	1,000	2.0%	42
Texas	676,800	694,300	688,000	687,300	-700	-0.1%	30	10,500	1.6%	43
Alabama	79,700	82,900	81,500	80,800	-700	-0.9%	38	1,100	1.4%	44
Virginia	180,600	182,400	184,000	183,000	-1,000	-0.5%	33	2,400	1.3%	45
Connecticut	57,000	58,100	58,100	57,000	-1,100	-1.9%	47	0	0.0%	46
West Virginia	32,800	31,300	31,000	32,400	1,400	4.5%	1	-400	-1.2%	47
Kansas	60,700	59,000	57,600	57,300	-300	-0.5%	33	-3,400	-5.6%	48
Wyoming	23,800	22,300	22,000	22,100	100	0.5%	24	-1,700	-7.1%	49
Alaska	18,400	16,700	17,200	16,800	-400	-2.3%	49	-1,600	-8.7%	50
North Dakota	36,200	31,500	31,100	30,500	-600	-1.9%	47	-5,700	-15.7%	51
*Mining and logging is combined with construction.

 

Source: Associated General Contractors of America, www.agc.org, from Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) , U.S. Department of Labor, www.bls.gov/sae, 4/15/2016. BLS posts data either for construction alone or construction, mining and logging   combined.