Industry jobs on the rise.Three recent indicators of construction activity and prospects by state were released recently. The Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) A research agency of the U.S. Department of Labor; it compiles statistics on hours of work, average hourly earnings, employment and unemployment, consumer prices and many other variables. has released November data on seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Mathematically adjusted by moderating a macroeconomic indicator (e.g., oil prices/imports) so that relative comparisons can be drawn from month to month all year. non-farm employment by state. BLS See Bureau of Labor Statistics. reported that from October to November, total non-farm employment rose in 42 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , decreased in six states and was unchanged in two states. From November 2004 to November 2005, employment rose by a statistically significant amount in 28 states and DC and fell by a statistically significant amount in Louisiana (-205,000), Michigan (-35,000), and Mississippi (-24,000); in the other 21 states, the change was not significantly different from zero, up or down. Seasonally adjusted construction employment rose from the month before in 28 states and DC, fell in six, and was unchanged (or within 100 jobs) in 16 states. Compared to November 2004, construction employment rose in 44 states, fell in four and was within 100 of prior-year totals in DC, Iowa and Minnesota. The largest year-over-year percentage gains in construction employment were in Idaho and Oregon (14%), followed by Arizona (13%), Nevada and West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. (both 12%). Decreases occurred in Louisiana (-21%), New Jersey (-2%), Michigan (-1%) and Ohio (-0.3%). |
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