California & Vermont Lost the Most Jobs for the Year, Utah & South Dakota Added the Most; Hawaii & Nevada Lost the Most Jobs Between July and August, New Mexico & California Added the Most
Thirty-nine states lost construction jobs between August 2019 and August 2020 while 31 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between July and August according to a new analysis of Labor Department data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. The new annual figures detail how the coronavirus pandemic has undermined demand for construction projects after a strong start to the year.
鈥淭he ongoing pandemic is prompting ever more private owners, developers, and public agencies to delay and cancel projects,鈥 said Ken Simonson, the association鈥檚 chief economist, citing the association鈥檚 mid-June survey and a more recent survey it produced in August. 鈥淭he share of contractors that reported postponed or canceled projects nearly doubled while the share who reported winning new or expanded work dropped nearly in half.鈥
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