State Metro Areas Still Grappling With Construction Unemployment
While construction employment increased in 149 out of 337 metropolitan areas nationally between June 2010 and June 2011, according to the latest employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America, cities in California are still grappling with persistent unemployment.
The AGC says besides the Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., area, which recorded a loss of 7,000 construction jobs (or -15%) over the past year, the second largest loss occurred in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale region, with 5,400 job losses (-5%).