AGC report: La. only state to add construction jobs
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Louisiana was the only state in the country where more people were working in the construction industry last month than in September of 2008, according to state-by-state analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America.
Louisiana’s construction industry employed 138,200 people in September, up 2,800 jobs or 2.1 percent, over last September.
“While there’s little doubt construction employment would have been worse without the stimulus, there’s no question that the industry continues to shed jobs at an alarming rate,” Ken Simonson, chief economist for the association, said in a prepared statement. “The stimulus remains an important measure, but until private-sector demand for construction resumes, there’s little chance the current construction employment decline will turn around or even stop.”
The five biggest percentage losses in construction employment over the year occurred in Nevada, 27.8 percent, or 31,100 jobs; Arizona, 25.3 percent, or 45,900 jobs; Michigan, 22.3 percent, or 15,700 jobs; Tennessee, 21.5 percent, or 28,400 jobs; and Kentucky, 19.5 percent or 16,500 jobs.
Simonson noted that 41 states saw double-digit percentage decreases in construction employment for the year.
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