1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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