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Only 18 states and the District of Columbia have added construction jobs since just before the start of the pan-
demic in February 2020 despite a pickup in most states from October to November, according to a new analysis of fed-
eral employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of
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“Construction activity has picked up in recent months but still has not reached the employment levels of early last year in most of the country during what has become a very tight labor market” Ken Simonson, AGCA
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