Construction Employment in United States, 1/90-7/17 (seasonally adjusted; shading = recessions) Peak: Apr. ‘06 -13% vs. peak Construction Employment in Texas, 1/90-7/17 (seasonally adjusted; shading = recessions) Peak: Mar. ‘17 Source: BLS

Construction Employment Change from Year Ago 1/08-7/17 Austin-Round Rock* 7.0% U.S. 2.8% Texas 1.5% (30 out of 51) Source: BLS *The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports employment for construction, mining and logging combined for metro areas in which mining and logging have few employers. To allow comparisons between states and their metros, the table shows combined employment change for these metros.

Change in construction employment, 7/16-7/17 not seasonally adjusted (NSA) Metro area or division 12-mo. empl. change (NSA) Rank (out of 358) Statewide (Construction only) 1%   Laredo* 0% 259 Statewide* (Const/mining/logging) 4% Longview* -1% 301 Abilene* -4% 328 Lubbock* 162 Amarillo* McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* 5% 132 Austin-Round Rock* 7% 87 Midland* 9% 55 Beaumont-Port Arthur* Odessa* 2% 221 Brownsville-Harlingen* 13% 13 San Angelo* College Station-Bryan* San Antonio-New Braunfels Corpus Christi* 6% 107 Sherman-Denison* 10% 38 Dallas-Plano-Irving Div.* 243 Texarkana, TX-AR* El Paso* Tyler* Fort Worth-Arlington Div.* Victoria* -2% 304 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Waco* 3% 195 Killeen-Temple* 15% 6 Wichita Falls* -3% 318 *The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports employment for construction, mining and logging combined for metro areas in which mining and logging have few employers. To allow comparisons between states and their metros, the table shows combined employment change for these metros. Not seasonally adjusted statewide data is shown for both construction-only and combined employment change. Source: AGC rankings, calculated from BLS state and area employment reports

Construction employment change by TX metro, 8/16-8/17 El Paso Amarillo Lubbock Odessa San Angelo Mid land Abilene Wichita Falls Brownsville-Harlingen McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Laredo San Antonio- New Braunfels Austin- Round Rock- Killeen- Temple Waco Corpus Christi Victoria Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Beaumont-Port Arthur College Station- Bryan Longview Tyler Sherman- Denison Dallas- Plano- Irving Div. Fort Worth- Arlington Div. Texarkana, TX-AR Over 10% 5.1% to 10% 0.1% to 5% 0% -0.1% to -5% -5.1% to -10% Over -10% Shading based on unrounded numbers Source: BLS state and regional employment report