CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Construction
04-07-10
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute
California lost nearly 114,000 jobs in 2009 according to a review released this
week by the American General Contractors of America, AGC.
The review examines federal data of 337 metropolitan areas and found that only 10
areas saw an increase.
The following illustrates some of the communities and the number of construction
jobs lost:
Los Angeles-Long Beach shed 23,000 jobs
Santa Ana-Anaheim lost 14,400 jobs
Riverside-San Bernardino lost 13,000 jobs
Sacramento lost 9,300 jobs
San Diego- Carlsbad -San Marcos lost 7,700 jobs
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara lost 7,500 jobs
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward lost 6,500 jobs
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood city lost 5,800
Bakersfield lost 3,000 jobs
Fresno lost 2,500 jobs
Santa Rosa-Petaluma 2,100 jobs
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta 1,300 jobs
Stockton lost 1,300 jobs
San Luis Obispo Paso Robles lost 1,300
Visalia-Porterville 1,100 jobs
Santa Cruz-Watsonville 1,000 jobs
Chico lost 400 jobs
Redding lost 300 jobs
Of interest, Hanford and Corcoran and Yuba City metro areas remained stable.
The numbers are rounded and derived from data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The AGC report says 230 metro areas experienced double digit declines in construction
employment while only two cities experienced a double digit increase. The unemployment
rate nationally for the industry is 24.9 percent as of March. And while the unemployment
in the construction sector grew by 15,000 jobs nationally, California lost 21,500
construction jobs in February, according to the state Employment Development Department.
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
To view the AGC report go to: http://www.agc.org/cs/news_media/press_room/press_release?pressrelease.id=558
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