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Nassau and Suffolk counties added construction jobs from Jan. 2021 to Jan. 2022, reversing four straight months of year-over-year declines. From September 2021 to December 2021, Long Island had the largest drop in construction employment among 358 U.S. metro areas, according to a report from the Associated General Contractors of America.
However, Nassau and Suffolk gained 2,500 construction jobs from Jan. 2021 to Jan. 2022, a 3 percent year-over-year increase, rising from 73,100 to 75,600.
Regionally, construction employment in New York City decreased by 6 percent from Jan. 2021 to Jan. 2022, losing 8,100 construction jobs in that period, the largest year-over-year drop in the nation. Construction employment in the Orange/Rockland/Westchester area was down 800 jobs from Jan. 2021 to Jan. 2022, for a 2 percent decline.
Between Jan. 2021 and Jan. 2022, construction employment rose in 261 metro areas, declined in 58 metro areas and remained flat in 39 areas, according to the AGCA report.
Besides New York City, the metro areas seeing the largest drops in construction employment from Jan. 2021 to Jan. 2022 include the Oakland, Calif. area, which lost 3,400 jobs for an 5 percent drop; and the northern Virginia area, which lost 2,400 jobs for a 3 percent decline.
Metro areas adding the most construction jobs over the last year include the Houston area, which gained 10,300 jobs for a 5 percent rise; the Dallas area, which gained 7,600 jobs for a 5 percent increase; and the Atlanta area, which added 7,100 jobs for a 6 percent gain.
John Caravella Esq., is a construction attorney and formerly practicing project architect at The Law Office of John Caravella, P.C., representing architects, engineers, contractors, subcontractors, and owners in all phases of contract preparation, litigation, and arbitration. He also serves as an arbitrator to the American Arbitration Association Construction Industry Panel. Mr. Caravella can be reached by email: John@LIConstructionLaw.com or (516)462-7051
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Long Island Construction Law does not own this content. This content was created by David Winzelberg and was published to the Long Island Business News on March 17, 2022.
