R.I. 35th for construction job growth in Sept.

PICTURED IS THE NEW Academic Innovation Center that was recently constructed at Bryant University. Rhode Island ranked 35th in the nation for its 0.6 percent construction growth in September compared with September 2015, Associated General Contractors of America said Friday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
PICTURED IS THE NEW Academic Innovation Center that was recently constructed at Bryant University. Rhode Island ranked 35th in the nation for its 0.6 percent construction growth in September compared with September 2015, Associated General Contractors of America said Friday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked 35th in the nation for its 0.6 percent construction growth in September compared with September 2015, Associated General Contractors of America said Friday.
Rhode Island gained 100 jobs over the year, for a total of 17,200. Month over month, the state’s rank improved to 23rd even though construction employment was unchanged over that time period.
Including Rhode Island, the association said construction employment rose in 35 states over the year. Only 21 states and the District of Columbia added jobs from August to September.
California added the most construction jobs, 30,900, over the year in September. Iowa added the highest percentage of new construction jobs during the past year at 17.7 percent.
Kansas lost the highest number of jobs at 4,700, while Wyoming lost the highest percentage of jobs at 9.2 percent.

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