The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently updated its Occupational Outlook Handbook with its latest employment projections for the 2010-20 decade, which includes predictions that construction industry employment will add 1.8 million jobs.
All areas of construction are projected to contribute to its rapid 33% job growth; however, employment in the industry is not expected to regain its pre-recession peak of 7.7 million – reached in 2006 – by the end of the decade.
Current construction employment (including residential and commercial) is 5.55 million.
