Items Tagged with 'Bureau of Labor Statistics'

E. J. Antoni, now a Heritage Foundation economist, has suggested the Bureau of Labor Statistics temporarily stop issuing monthly jobs reports, a key economic indicator for project owners.

All industry segments recorded jobs increases, some small.                        

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors posted the strongest gains, with mixed results in other industry sectors.

For the fifth month in a row the construction industry has continued to add positions.

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors gained the most jobs among construction segments, gaining 17,000 positions.

All construction industry segments added jobs, led by nonresidential specialty contractors.

Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 380,100 increase in industry jobs in 2023-2033 period.

All construction sectors added jobs in July, led by specialty trade contractors, who boosted employment by nearly 19,000 positions.

The construction unemployment rate fell to 3.3%, another signal that the labor supply pressures of recent years are still ongoing.

The BLS report, which updated earlier preliminary figures, revised April’s jobs figure downward from an increase of 9,000 to no overall gain for that month.