Majority Of Metro Areas Added Construction Jobs In 2021, But Soaring Job Openings Indicate That Labor Shortages Are Only Getting Worse

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Sioux Falls, S.D. Score the Largest 12-Month Increases; Nassau County-Suffolk County, N.Y. and Evansville, Ind.-Ky. Experience the Worst Year-over-Year Declines Construction employment increased in nearly two out of three U.S. metro areas in 2021, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government...