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Increase in job openings can be attributed immigration policy changes, while economic uncertainty may have brought the number of workers quitting jobs to a longtime low. 

July’s payrolls grew by a meager 73,000, falling short of expectations; May and June numbers were each revised downward, while earnings remained flat.

While rates remain low, builders are “more cautious in their hiring,” says economist Bernard Markstein.

Continuing economic uncertainty is causing job declines among building contractors and heavy/civil firms.

The order stays attempts by the U.S. Dept. of Labor to shutter the job training program until a related lawsuit is settled.

Movement in the construction job force has been slow amid the current economic uncertainty. 

Residential and nonresidential specialty trade contractors kept hiring in April, collectively adding 9,000 jobs, according to the latest jobs report.

Openings were down or stagnant in nearly half of all metro areas.

December 2024's number of open construction positions was down 50% from the same time in 2023.