Building employment on Lengthy Island noticed a year-over-year lower for the seventh straight month in December, in accordance with a brand new report from the Related Common Contractors of America.
Nassau and Suffolk counties misplaced 4,500 development jobs from Dec. 2022 to Dec. 2023, a 5 p.c year-over-year drop, falling from 82,800 to 78,300, the AGCA reviews.
The decline in development jobs on Lengthy Island in December was the third largest lower out of 358 metropolitan areas within the nation.
Regionally, the variety of development jobs in New York Metropolis was up 5 p.c, gaining 7,500 jobs from Dec. 2022 to Dec. 2023, rising from 146,200 to 153,700.
Building employment within the Orange/Rockland/Westchester space dropped by 10 p.c, dropping 4,500 jobs from Dec. 2022 to Dec. 2023, falling from 46,300 to 41,800, the second largest job decline within the nation, the AGCA mentioned.
Between Dec. 2022 and Dec. 2023, development employment rose in 224 metro areas, declined in 80 areas and was unchanged in 54 areas, in accordance with the AGCA report.
Affiliation officers famous that the business nonetheless has practically 400,000 unfilled positions nationwide, and sure would have added much more jobs if corporations might discover extra certified employees to rent.
“Much more metro areas would have added employees in the event that they have been accessible,” Ken Simonson, the affiliation’s chief economist, mentioned in an AGCA assertion. “However there have been 374,000 job openings in development on the finish of December in accordance with a separate authorities report, illustrating the problem contractors face in filling positions.”
Metro areas including essentially the most development jobs over the past yr embrace the Dallas space, which gained 12,300 jobs for an 8 p.c rise; the Phoenix space, including 10,400 jobs for a 7 p.c achieve; and the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. space, which added 10,000 jobs for a 9 p.c achieve.
In addition to the Orange/Rockland/Westchester and Lengthy Island areas, the metro areas seeing the biggest drops in development employment from Dec. 2022 to Dec. 2023 embrace the Houston space, which misplaced 5,900 jobs for a 3 p.c drop and the Denver space, dropping 3,500 jobs for a 3 p.c lower.