By Kristena Hansen | Phoenix Business Journal
Metro Phoenix managed to lure 6,000 new construction jobs in January from a year ago — the fourth biggest jump in the nation, according to a report Friday by the Associated General Contractors of America.
The 6,000-job gain was a 7 percent rise year-over-year, bringing the Valley’s construction workforce to a total 88,500 in January, according to the report, which is comprised from data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Dallas area posted the largest job gain of 10,000 during the same period, followed by Los Angeles’s 9,600 jobs and Houston’s 8,700 jobs.
Phoenix, however, was among only 43 percent of the total 339 metro areas nationwide that saw construction jobs increase.
