The construction industry continues to recover from its coronavirus-caused deep drop in employment, adding 84,000 jobs in October, the industry’s largest monthly increase since June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported.

But the bureau’s最新每月就业报告, released on Nov. 6, also shows that construction’s total employment in October is still down by 196,000 jobs, or 2.6%, from the year-earlier level.

The October number also represents a falloff of 294,000 jobs, or 3.8%, from the level in February, the last month before the pandemic hit.

BLS还报告说，建设的10月失业率从9月份的7.1％提高到6.8％，但它仍然比2019年10月份更糟糕4.0％。

The jobless rates aren’t adjusted for seasonal differences.

建设的十月乔布斯收益，这是季节性调整的，令人惊讶地遇到了所有行业。其他最近的数据表明，虽然住宅建筑支出已经强劲，但非学生部门正在削弱。

但新的BLS报告显示，非尼斯类别在10月份备份了59,700个就业机会，包括27,0000名特种交易，18,800名与基础设施相关的重型和土木工程行业，13,400人在非尼斯建设中。

BLS分开分开的建筑和工程服务将其劳动力在10月份占有4,000个工作岗位。

Ken Simonson, Associated General Contractors of America's chief economist, in a陈述, called the October BLS report for construction "good news," but also noted that a recent AGC survey "found that only a minority of contractors expect to add to their workforce in the next 12 months."

Simonson added that as nonresidential project cancellations rise, construction job losses will increase unless legislators and policy makers provide more infrastructure funds and other types of relief for contractors.

Anirban Basu, Associated Builders and Contractors chief economist, said in a陈述, "Nonresidential construction's momentum is especially impressive."

Basu said, "Despite tighter lending conditions, negatively impacted state and local government finances and deteriorating commercial real estate fundamentals, nonresidential construction experienced job creation in each of its three major segments." He added, "That said, there is still much ground to be made up."