The construction industry saw a jump of 36,000 jobs in January and a sharp year-over-year drop in its unemployment rate but an upturn from December’s rate, the Labor Dept. has reported.
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest monthly report on the nation’s unemployment situation, released on Feb. 2, showed that construction’s jobless rate fell to 7.3% last month, from the year-earlier 9.4%. But the rate worsened from December’s 5.9%