There are more updates to come showing construction updates, but to give you an idea of the activity in the Dallas. DFW led the nation for
construction jobs this past year at 12,000 added jobs, Houston was second at 8,500 additional construction jobs. As far as metros with the largest
overall job growth was LA and NY at 116,000. Houston was third with an additional 102,300 (total of 2,762,500 jobs) and DFW with additional 101,000 (total of 3,078,900 jobs).
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Dallas led the nation’s metropolitan areas in construction job gains as of March, according to data released today by an industry trade group.
The Dallas-Plano-Irving area added 12,000 construction jobs, or an 11 percent increase from a year earlier, according to the Associated General Contractors of America.
The Houston area was No. 2 with 8,500 new jobs, up 5 percent.
"Overall, construction employment increased in 152 of 339 U.S. metro areas, declined in 126 and was the same in 61, AGCA said. At the same time, U.S. construction spending increased 4.8 percent, or $38.9 billion, the trade group said. (However, construction spending fell 1.7 percent from February to March.)...."