AGC: Cincinnati lost 9% of construction jobs over year - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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That’s because 276 of the 299 largesyt metro areas inthe U.S. lost construction jobs over the 12-montgh period, AGC said in a Wednesday news release. Cincinnatu ranked at 108, having lost 4,2090 jobs, or 8.9 percent, over the year. As of April, the area had about 42,900 jobs. That’s the highest numbe r of jobs inthe however. The next-closest is Columbus, whicyh had 30,500 construction jobs in down 13.1 percent; followed by Cleveland-Elyria-Montor with 29,7000 jobs, down 19.9 percent year over year. Springfielfd had the best ranking, at No. 20, becaused it didn’t lose any of its 1,400 construction jobs over the theAGC said. Akrojn ranked 64th, losing 5.
6 percent of its and had 11,900 as of April. In Kentucky, the Lexington-Fayettse metro ranked 99th, losing 8 or 1,000 jobs over the and had 11,500 as of April. The Louisville-Jeffersobn County metro lost 5,700 jobs, or 16.8 percent, and had 28,20 as of April. Economist Ken Simonson, who conducted the analysisx for AGC, said federal stimulu s funds should help add more jobs over the remaindert ofthe year. But he said that “buu American” provisions attached to funding were holdingh upsome projects.
“We need to make sure needleses red tape andregulations don’t keep construction workerz off the job,” Simonson said in the Some metro areas gained including Odessa, Texas, which rankede at No. 1, with an 8 percentf increase. Pascagoula, Miss., ranked last with a job-loss rate of 38.8