建筑的劳动力在4月份截止了975,000 - 自20世纪30年代后期 - 而且行业的失业率飙升至16.6％，量化第一个全月对冠状病毒大流行的影响。

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest monthly U.S. employment report, released on May 8, painted a grim picture, showing that construction’s total workforce fell in April by 13% from the March level.

Ken Simonson, Associated General Contractors of America chief economist, said in astatement“没有新的联邦帮助，很难看到建筑业能够尽快恢复的情况。”

特别是，AGC正在寻求增加对薪水保护贷款计划的基础设施和联邦指导的变化，这旨在帮助小企业，并在建筑业公司中受欢迎。但AGC一直在寻求新的联邦指导的变化，这些指南处理贷款的资格，如果收件人只使用所得款项，这是不可原谅的一定费用，主要是薪资。

The BLS report is based on data as of mid-April and thus does not reflect the impact of postponments or reopenings of construction projects in various states since that time.

建造economists say the 975,000 jobs lost is most severe one-month drop ever.

Anirban Basu, Associated Builders and Contractors chief economist, said in astatement4月份的工作损失远远超过了大经济衰退的最糟糕的月份 - 2009年3月 - 当行业揭示了155,000名工作岗位。

该行业的所有部门上个月都受到伤害。专业交易承包商分部是最艰难的，失去了690,500个职位。

The buildings construction workforce dropped by 206,100 and heavy-civil engineering construction, which includes infrastructure work, lost 78,900 jobs.

BLS分开分开建筑和工程服务，该月份在本月失去了85,200个工作岗位。

4月30日止了12个月，建设就业减少了11.2％。

建设的4月失业率从3月份跃升至16.6％的6.9％，并从年前比较攀升至4.7％。

对于季节性变化，BLS行业率没有调整。

Basu表示，近期前景差。他说，根据商业信任指标和失业索赔等数据，“可能会代表粉碎建设就业损失的另一个月。”

He added, "Project postponements and cancellations are now commonplace, with construction backlog failing to be the protective shield that it normally is during the early stages of economy-wide recession."