Minority Of Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs From August 2024 To August 2025 As Tariffs, Worker Shortages, Financing Costs Slow Demand

For the first time since 2021, fewer than half of the nation’s metro areas added construction jobs between August 2024 and August 2025, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment data. Association officials noted that many private-sector developers appear to be putting...