Construction adds 13,000 jobs in June | Dump Truck Company
The industry’s unemployment rate ticked up from 4.4 percent to 4.7 percent.
The industry now employs 7.222 million Americans and is on a three-month streak of employment gains, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department.
In the last 12 months, construction employment has increased 4 percent. The last time industry employment was higher than the current rate was May 2008 when employment stood at 7.274 million jobs.
The U.S. economy added a total of 213,000 jobs in June while unemployment rose to 4 percent.