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Wyoming had highest share of employment in construction in March 2015

April 23, 2015

Wyoming had the highest share of nonfarm employment in construction, 7.5 percent, in March 2015. North Dakota had the second-highest share at 7.0 percent.

Employment in construction as a percentage of total nonfarm employment, not seasonally adjusted, March 2015

5.1% and higher

4.4% to 5.0%

3.9% to 4.3%

3.5% to 3.8%

3.4% and lower

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Employment in construction as a percentage of total nonfarm employment, not seasonally adjusted, March 2015
State	Total nonfarm employment ^(p)	Employment in construction ^(p)	Employment in construction as a percent of total nonfarm employment ^(p)
Alabama	1,936,800	79,800	4.1
Alaska	327,000	15,100	4.6
Arizona	2,633,600	126,700	4.8
Arkansas	1,202,600	45,000	3.7
California	15,963,300	697,800	4.4
Colorado	2,492,000	146,300	5.9
Connecticut	1,665,000	50,100	3.0
Delaware ⁽¹⁾	437,700	19,500	4.5
District of Columbia ⁽¹⁾	759,200	13,900	1.8
Florida	8,084,100	416,000	5.1
Georgia	4,222,900	152,900	3.6
Hawaii ⁽¹⁾	631,600	32,100	5.1
Idaho	662,000	36,800	5.6
Illinois	5,840,300	192,000	3.3
Indiana	2,991,600	111,100	3.7
Iowa	1,550,000	67,000	4.3
Kansas	1,396,300	59,100	4.2
Kentucky	1,865,300	68,800	3.7
Louisiana	1,983,600	136,600	6.9
Maine	586,400	22,700	3.9
Maryland ⁽¹⁾	2,619,100	146,800	5.6
Massachusetts	3,401,400	113,500	3.3
Michigan	4,192,800	133,700	3.2
Minnesota	2,796,300	88,700	3.2
Mississippi	1,122,200	47,000	4.2
Missouri	2,742,900	105,100	3.8
Montana	446,500	21,900	4.9
Nebraska ⁽¹⁾	993,300	42,800	4.3
Nevada	1,234,600	63,700	5.2
New Hampshire	645,000	21,500	3.3
New Jersey	3,929,600	138,200	3.5
New Mexico	826,400	40,800	4.9
New York	9,101,300	314,500	3.5
North Carolina	4,205,700	185,900	4.4
North Dakota	461,400	32,200	7.0
Ohio	5,314,300	171,300	3.2
Oklahoma	1,657,300	75,400	4.5
Oregon	1,746,900	77,600	4.4
Pennsylvania	5,767,800	215,600	3.7
Rhode Island	471,700	14,000	3.0
South Carolina	1,979,900	86,200	4.4
South Dakota ⁽¹⁾	419,200	19,800	4.7
Tennessee ⁽¹⁾	2,835,400	111,700	3.9
Texas	11,728,000	667,300	5.7
Utah	1,362,600	78,400	5.8
Vermont	312,200	12,400	4.0
Virginia	3,760,800	177,000	4.7
Washington	3,124,900	168,900	5.4
West Virginia	750,200	26,900	3.6
Wisconsin	2,832,400	94,500	3.3
Wyoming	287,300	21,500	7.5
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ Mining and logging is combined with construction. ^(p) Preliminary

Other states with large shares of construction employment included Louisiana (6.9%), Colorado (5.9%), and Utah (5.8%). Washington, DC (1.8%), Connecticut (3.0%), and Rhode Island (3.0%) had the smallest shares.

These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. Data for mining and logging are combined with construction in Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Nebraska, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Washington, DC. To learn more, see "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — March 2015" (HTML) (PDF).

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