Construction Reporter
  • Home
  • Services
    • Planroom
    • Printing
    • Project Upload
    • Architects & Owners
    • General Contractors
    • Subcontractors
  • Free Trial
  • Become a Member
  • Magazine
  • News
  • Contact Us
  • About
    • About
    • FAQs
    • Privacy Policy

report indicates continuing construction worker shortage

8/6/2018

0 Comments

 
The number of young workers in the construction industry has declined by roughly 30 percent in the last decade, according to a report issued by the industry site BuildZoom.com.

That 30 percent drop works out to 1.5 million workers, a drop that is challenging both policy makers and construction industry officials across the country.

Says BuildZoom: “Although construction employment rates have recovered to pre-bust levels circa 2005, the size of the construction workforce has diminished since then, both nationally and in most states.”

The reasons for the decline appear to be many: BuildZoom notes that there are less immigrant workers available for employment in the industry today.

But the downward trend may also be due to something more systemic: many high schools during the Great Recession discontinued their vocational training programs in favor of science, technology, engineering and mathematics instruction.

That trend, according to reporter Laura Kusisto in the Wall Street Journal, may be fueled by “parents’ desire for their children to get a college degree, the allure of technology jobs, and the high cost of living in areas where jobs are most plentiful.”

The San Francisco-based BuildZoom additionally notes that the average length of time to fill a construction job opening is more than 35 days in many of the East Coast states, but less than two weeks in the South.

Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico construction jobs postings are usually filled on an average of 20 days or so.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were more than 10.3 million people working in the construction industry nationally heading into 2017, up from 9.0 million in 2009.

By Garry Boulard
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Get stories like these right to your inbox.
    ​Sign up for our newsletter

    Subscribe

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017

    Categories

    All

AFFILIATES

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
HOME
PLANS & PRICING
FREE TRIAL
MAGAZINE​
BECOME A MEMBER
PRINTING SERVICES
FAQS
CONTACT
​ABOUT

TIMELY, RELIABLE NEWS SINCE 1949 ​Construction Reporter
​
4901 Mcleod Rd NE STE 200A
Albuquerque NM 87109


​Phone: (505)-243-9793
Toll Free: (877)-292-5793
​Fax: (505)-242-4758

Copyright © 2022 Construction Reporter
User Agreement   Privacy Policy   Archive Policy
  • Home
  • Services
    • Planroom
    • Printing
    • Project Upload
    • Architects & Owners
    • General Contractors
    • Subcontractors
  • Free Trial
  • Become a Member
  • Magazine
  • News
  • Contact Us
  • About
    • About
    • FAQs
    • Privacy Policy