CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT
10-year rank |
State
|
10-year change |
3-year Rank
|
3-year change
|
1-year rank |
1-year change |
Jobs, 2003 (in 000s) |
1 |
Nevada | 95.3% | 3 | 16.1% | 2 | 11.4% | 103.9 |
2 |
Arizona | 81.8% | 13 | 6.5% | 4 | 7.1% | 184.7 |
3 |
New Hampshire | 75.3% | 5 | 14.1% | 11 | 3.9% | 29.1 |
4 |
California | 72.1% | 22 | 3.7% | 23 | 1.6% | 792.8 |
5 |
Rhode Island | 70.0% | 2 | 20.1% | 1 | 13.9% | 22.1 |
6 |
Montana | 67.7% | 4 | 14.9% | 13 | 3.7% | 22.3 |
7 |
Massachusetts | 67.1% | 23 | 3.0% | 36 | -0.9% | 138.0 |
8 |
Minnesota | 66.8% | 16 | 5.8% | 21 | 2.1% | 121.8 |
9 |
Colorado | 58.7% | 50 | -12.3% | 50 | -5.7% | 145.5 |
10 |
Utah | 58.3% | 45 | -5.9% | 42 | -1.8% | 67.1 |
11 |
Florida | 52.7% | 8 | 10.6% | 9 | 4.8% | 460.8 |
12 |
South Dakota | 51.6% | 6 | 13.3% | 12 | 3.9% | 18.8 |
13 |
Georgia | 48.7% | 33 | -2.8% | 16 | 3.4% | 199.0 |
14 |
Texas | 48.6% | 38 | -4.0% | 41 | -1.5% | 544.9 |
15 |
Maine | 45.9% | 15 | 5.9% | 15 | 3.4% | 30.5 |
16 |
Nebraska | 45.0% | 10 | 7.9% | 24 | 1.3% | 45.1 |
17 |
Virginia | 42.8% | 20 | 4.4% | 7 | 5.1% | 223.8 |
18 |
Hawaii | 42.1% | 27 | 0.3% | 44 | -1.9% | 36.1 |
19 |
Michigan | 41.9% | 47 | -7.3% | 38 | -1.2% | 188.3 |
20 |
Wyoming | 40.4% | 9 | 9.1% | 8 | 4.9% | 19.1 |
21 |
Alaska | 40.4% | 1 | 22.4% | 5 | 7.0% | 15.3 |
22 |
Oregon | 40.0% | 43 | -4.6% | 18 | 3.0% | 78.8 |
23 |
Delaware | 38.7% | 21 | 4.1% | 10 | 4.1% | 25.1 |
24 |
Vermont | 35.7% | 11 | 6.8% | 3 | 9.1% | 15.6 |
25 |
Idaho | 34.8% | 17 | 5.4% | 31 | 0.4% | 278.0 |
26 |
Illinois | 34.8% | 18 | 5.4% | 32 | 0.4% | 278.0 |
27 |
South Carolina | 34.4% | 30 | -1.8% | 28 | 1.0% | 112.1 |
28 |
North Dakota | 32.7% | 7 | 11.1% | 6 | 5.6% | 15.0 |
29 |
Kansas | 31.8% | 28 | -0.2% | 43 | -1.8% | 61.3 |
30 |
New Jersey | 31.4% | 19 | 5.0% | 40 | -1.4% | 159.6 |
31 |
Iowa | 30.8% | 12 | 6.8% | 27 | 1.1% | 64.1 |
32 |
Washington | 30.3% | 32 | -2.8% | 20 | 2.4% | 155.2 |
33 |
North Carolina | 30.0% | 49 | -8.2% | 37 | -0.9% | 211.7 |
34 |
Oklahoma | 29.6% | 34 | -3.0% | 48 | -4.1% | 60.5 |
35 |
New York | 29.4% | 44 | -4.9% | 35 | -0.7% | 321.0 |
36 |
Missouri | 27.9% | 37 | -3.8% | 45 | -2.9% | 129.9 |
37 |
Wisconsin | 26.2% | 26 | 1.6% | 29 | 0.7% | 121.8 |
38 |
Maryland | 25.7% | 14 | 6.1% | 30 | 0.6% | 63.0 |
39 |
Connecticut | 24.7% | 48 | -7.4% | 33 | -0.3% | 61.1 |
40 |
Arkansas | 23.6% | 41 | -4.4% | 49 | -4.8% | 49.7 |
41 |
Indiana | 22.5% | 24 | 2.7% | 22 | 1.8% | 146.2 |
42 |
Alabama | 22.0% | 46 | -6.7% | 34 | -0.4% | 98.8 |
43 |
Kentucky | 21.6% | 36 | -3.3% | 19 | 2.9% | 85.7 |
44 |
Mississippi | 21.0% | 35 | -3.1% | 47 | -3.2% | 50.7 |
45 |
Pennsylvania | 21.0% | 29 | -1.6% | 39 | -1.2% | 237.4 |
46 |
Tennessee | 19.1% | 42 | -4.6% | 26 | 1.1% | 117.0 |
47 |
New Mexico | 17.5% | 25 | 1.7% | 17 | 3.3% | 47.1 |
48 |
Louisiana | 17.4% | 39 | -4.1% | 25 | 1.2% | 118.3 |
49 |
Ohio | 15.4% | 40 | -4.4% | 46 | -2.9% | 225.4 |
50 |
West Virginia | 2.5% | 31 | -2.4% | 14 | 3.5% | 32.9 |
| U.S. total/average | 38.8% | -0.1% | 1.3% | 6,699.0 | |||
| Bureau of Labor Statistics for December 1993, 2000, and 2003, not seasonally adjusted | |||||||