As homebuying reaches a fevered pitch across the U.S., contractors in New York and several other states are facing the most severe shortage of skilled construction labor since the Great Recession.

The construction industry added 17,000 net jobs in December, part of what was a stronger-than-expected jobs report released late last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor has been ...

David Meade has spent five years as executive director of Building Skills New York, a nonprofit that has helped link hundreds of job seekers with entry-level positions in construction. It’s a ...

Slayden Plumbing & Heating, Inc., an Alaska mechanical contractor, is suing the General Services Administration, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other federal ...

It’s a good time to be a construction worker. President Trump’s immigration crackdown – and a booming economy – are both leading to an unforeseen complication in the labor market: a big shortage of ...

The construction sector added 11,000 jobs in September and contractors are raising pay faster than other sectors, according to an analysis released Friday from the Associated General Contractors (AGC) ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reduced by 0.5% its previously reported number of new jobs from March 2023 to March 2024, according to a newly released update. The revise, in the agency's Current ...

Even with recent and growing public support for critically necessary affordable housing in California, developers are finding it difficult to make these projects pencil. They are forced to contend ...

Boston’s construction industry has faced a shortage of labor even as development activity has slowed over the last two years. Now, with interest rates coming down and the state pouring billions into ...