One-third of construction jobs lost in 12 months

by John Wake on October 19, 2009

First residential construction tanked and then commercial construction tanked in Maricopa County AZ.

Maricopa County lost almost of one-third of its construction jobs and 11.5 percent of its business services positions between March 2008 and March 2009, according to first-quarter jobs data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Whizzer 10.22.09 at 9:15 pm

…and every completed commercial project creates more unemployment. Additionally it is easy to overlook the myriad benefits to many different businesses when these projects are going up.

Other than a few pockets of residential activity ie. Desert Ridge, Phoenix will likely become a construction ghost town for a time.

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