Steel Products
February 2, 2018
Construction Employment and Wages Climb in January
Written by Sandy Williams
Construction employment and average hourly wages climbed in January, according to an analysis of government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. The industry gained 36,000 jobs in January for total construction employment of 7,099,000. Compared to January 2016, jobs were up 226,000 or 3.3 percent.
Average hourly earnings in the industry climbed to $29.33, a rise of 2.9 percent from a year earlier and nearly 10 percent more per hour than the average nonfarm private-sector job in the United States.
