About three years after being ranked as one of the slowest-growing construction markets in the country, West Virginia is turning the corner. And, thanks to the booming gas industry, the Mountain State could potentially see even more construction jobs moving forward.
According Associated General Contractors of America’s statistics released this month, West Virginia had a nation-leading 14.4% increase in new construction jobs, or 4,300 jobs, between January 2017 and January 2018. West Virginia had the fastest rate of construction job loss in the nation between March 2014 and March 2015. The state shed 2,400 jobs during that span, representing a 7.2% decline.