Construction employment levels increased in May in nearly all of the metropolitan areas that the Associated General Contractors of America tracks and a separate survey by AGC and technology company HCSS found that highway work zone safety remains a problem for contractors, though the coronavirus pandemic has made it less severe.
Ken Simonson, chief economist for AGC, said that although construction nationwide lost nearly 1 million jobs in April, "As many states have begun to ease the restrictions that led to much of that job loss, construction employment has begun to bounce back in much of the country."