Construction Oct. Jobless Rate Falters Despite Gain of 10,000 Jobs
Construction’s unemployment rate worsened in October on a monthly and year-over-year basis, though the industry did add 10,000 jobs during the month, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported.
The BLS report, released on Nov. 1, showed that the construction jobless rate rose to 4.0% from September’s 3.2% and also was up from the year-earlier 3.6% level.