Private sector construction employment in New York City rose 2.4% last year to an average of 114,875, but wages remained flat, according to a recent New York Building Congress (NYBC) study based on New York State Dept. of Labor employment statistics.
Workers earned an average of $51,060 in the first nine months of 2012, the latest period for which numbers were available, compared with $50,089 for the same prior-year period and $49,224 for the same period in 2010.