Highway & Bridge Jobs Outpacing Overall Construction Growth
By Lital Shair Nada, research economist, ARTBA Highway and bridge contractors added 16,800 workers to their payroll in January compared to the same period in 2019, marking the sixth consecutive year of first-month job gains. Employment in this sector is now 301,400....
Highway & Bridge Construction Employment Outpaces Other Construction Sectors
UPDATE: We are developing our March labor report. Here is the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report for March, which shows the U.S. economy added 273,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 3.5 percent. ORIGINAL POST: By...
Road & Bridge Construction Jobs Outpace General Construction
By Lital Shair Nada, research economist, ARTBA Highway, street, and bridge contractors employed 380,300 workers in November 2019, a 6.1 percent increase from the same month in 2018, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is the sixth...
Nation’s Highway Investment Falls Short of Meeting Needs, Report Says
By Dr. Alison Premo Black, chief economist, ARTBA Highway capital spending is not keeping pace with rising project costs or system demand, according to the 23rd edition of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Status of the Nation’s Highways, Bridges, and...
ARTBA’s 4th Quarter Market Survey Will Complete 2019 Overview
By Lital Shair Nada, research economist, ARTBA ARTBA’s Fourth Quarter Market Conditions Survey will help complete the picture of this year’s transportation construction environment. The confidential survey is an important part of helping our government affairs and...Advertisements:
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