Construction employment grows in Prov. metro in September

SHOWN IS THE NEW Academic Innovation Center that was recently completed at Bryant University. Construction employment grew 2 percent over the year in September in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. 
 / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
SHOWN IS THE NEW Academic Innovation Center that was recently completed at Bryant University. Construction employment grew 2 percent over the year in September in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PROVIDENCE – Construction employment grew 2 percent, or by 500 jobs, over the year in September in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area, ranking it 184th among the 358 metro areas listed by the Associated General Contractors of America.
Construction employment in the Providence metro reached 23,700 in September from 23,200 in September 2015, the association said Wednesday.
In the Norwich-New London-Westerly metropolitan area, construction employment remained flat over the year at 4,200, ranking it 227th.
Construction employment increased in 226, or 63 percent, of 358 metro areas in the past year, held steady in 58 areas, and declined in 74 areas, according to the association.
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo., added the most construction jobs during the past year (13,400 jobs, 14 percent). The largest percentage gain occurred in Boise City, Idaho (24 percent, 4,500 jobs).
The largest job loss from September 2015 to September 2016 was in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. (-2,600 jobs, -2 percent). The largest percentage decline for the past year was in Bloomington, Ill. (-13 percent, -400 jobs).

“Overall, the employment picture for construction workers is positive – the number of metro areas adding construction jobs in the past year was more than triple the number that lost jobs,” Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist, said in a statement.

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