Construction jobs bounced back in April, adding 17,000 positions after shedding 10,000 in March, possibly because of bad weather during that month in some parts of the U.S., the Dept. of Labor has reported.
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest monthly employment report, released on May 4, showed that construction's April jobless rate fell to 6.5% from March's 7.4%, but it was up from the year-earlier 6.3%.