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Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston lead the country in construction job growth.
DFW added 18,000 construction jobs in the year ending November, according to the latest report from the Associated General Contractors of America.
The Dallas side of the metro area accounted for $13,500 of the profit.
Only Houston, earning 18,500, had a larger year-over-year increase in construction.
Construction employment in the Houston and Dallas area increased 9% year over year.
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Annual construction employment declined slightly in both the Austin and San Antonio areas.
Three-quarters of American metropolitan areas had more construction jobs in November than a year earlier.
“Demographic changes over time are important contributors to demand for many types of construction, public funding for construction, and the supply of potential construction workers,” Associate General Contractors economist Ken Simonson said in the new report.
Texas has the fastest growing population in the country, according to the latest US Census estimate.
The state’s population increased by 470,708 people between July 2021 and July 2022, much of that increase due to migration.
Texas leads the country in overall job growth in 2022.
In November, the state added another 33,600 jobs, and DFW’s total employment increased by more than 250,000 jobs this year.
Along with Houston and DFW, construction employment increased the most in metropolitan areas such as Seattle and Phoenix.
Construction is down from a year ago in Orlando, Richmond, Virginia and Camden, New Jersey, according to the latest estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Dallas-Fort Worth reported a more than 70% increase in construction starts in the first half of 2022.
Only New York City had a higher total construction volume, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.
North Texas commercial and public sector construction projects have continued to grow in recent months, while single-family home new starts in the DFW area have declined sharply.
