Nonresidential construction has dropped 25% since 2020, while residential construction has boomed.
Overall, however, the construction industry in in recovery.
Average commercial construction costs have increased 4.5 percent (4.5%), and total cost growth by year-end is project to average 6 (6%) percent.
Despite signs of recovery, the labor shortage is a persistent, and unresolved problem that appear to have no solution. Material prices will sort themselves out, however, lack of skilled labor is endemic.
Construction employment
• Unemployment rate:
August 2021: 4.6%
August 2020: 7.6%
• Total employment:
August 2021: 7.4M
August 2020: 7.2M
Construction costs
• Labor wages: +4.46% (Aug. 2020 to Aug. 2021)
• Material costs: +23.1% (Aug. 2020 to Aug. 2021)
• Total costs: +4.51% (Aug. 2020 to Aug. 2021)
Construction spending
• Nonresidential: -9.5% (July 2020 to July 2021
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