State-level employment levels remained relatively stable year-over-year at the end of 2025, ranging from a 4.2% decline to a 1.8% gain, according to an analysis by the NAHB Eye on Housing. Construction employment showed greater fluctuations, with declines of up …
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December Inflation Holds Steady
Inflation held steady in December, matching November’s reading, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This report was the first to include a month-to-month figure since the government shutdown, but data distortions from the shutdown …
Read More »Women’s Labor Force Participation Steadily Grows, but Gaps Persist
According to the March 2025 Employment Situation Summary from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the women’s labor force participation rate remained steady at 57.5% with women now representing almost half (47%) of the total U.S. labor force. Prime-aged women, …
Read More »Construction Sector Job Growth Holds Steady
Nonfarm payroll employment was largely unchanged across the U.S. on a monthly basis in September 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Eye on Housing. 29 states and the District …
Read More »Remodeling Firms Now Dominate Residential Construction Establishments
Remodeling has taken over a significant portion of the residential construction market, with most U.S. households unable to afford new construction. The number of remodeling establishments has nearly doubled in the last 25 years and remodelers now represent over half …
Read More »Tariffs Drive Up Cost of Canadian Softwood Lumber Imports
Trade-related costs of Canadian imports have recently increased due to adjustments to antidumping and countervailing duty rates and the imposition of Section 232 tariffs, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ Eye on Housing. The average duty rate on …
Read More »Home Price Growth Slows to 2-Year Low
Home prices in August grew at the lowest annual rate in over two years, according to the recent release of the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index and an analysis from the National Association of Home Builders’ Eye on Housing. …
Read More »Construction Labor Force Ages, Gen Z Filling the Gap
The median age of the construction labor force is 42, a year older than a typical worker in the national labor force, according to an analysis of the most recent 2023 American Community Survey from the National Association of Home …
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