Construction employment increased in 32 states and the District of Columbia in April from a year earlier, but only 24 states added construction jobs between March and April, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America today. Association officials said that questions about the potential impact of tariffs and market uncertainty appear to have limited construction employment growth to fewer than half the states.
“Construction employment continued to expand in many parts of the country, but uncertainties about the impacts of tariffs and the direction of the economy appear to be affecting hiring in many other places,” said Macrina Wilkins, the association’s senior research analyst. “It is too early to tell, however, whether this is just a bump in the road or the start of a more troubling trend.”
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