Construction employment has continued to rebound, adding 158,000 jobs in June and registering an improved unemployment rate for that month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
But the industry’s June jobless rate still stood at 10.1%, more than double the year-earlier mark, and the latest numbers do not reflect the late June COVID-19 surges in Sunbelt states. And the Associated General Contractors of America noted that construction's total workforce in June still was down by 330,000 jobs, or 4.4%, year over year.