Construction employment continues on an upward path, with a gain of 16,000 jobs in August, but the industry’s unemployment rate increased slightly, its first monthly upturn since January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. The latest BLS employment report, released on Sept. 2, showed that all but one construction segment added jobs in August.
The only sector reporting a decline was heavy and civil engineering construction, which lost 2,000 jobs, despite the ongoing rollout of funds from the $1.2-trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.