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November 7, 2022

US construction industry adds 1K jobs in October

  • The AGC says firms are struggling to find workers in a small labor pool.
    • By JOURNAL STAFF

    Photo by Benjamin Minnick [enlarge]
    Westbank is building its 48-story First Light mixed-use tower at 2000 Third Ave. in Seattle’s Belltown. It will have about 459 units.

    The construction industry added only 1,000 employees in October while it continued to boost wages for hourly workers as firms compete to hire from a small labor pool, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America.


     
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