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Building jobs

Employment, pay, and hours. Look for agreement across measures before generalizing from one release.

Latest collected observation

8.36 M

Observation period: 2026-08 · provisional

At collection: provisional

Last collection · 28 Sep 2026, 12:00 UTC

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Since the previous collection

The displayed value and observation period are unchanged from the collection on 2026-09-27.

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Source history

thousands of people

2026-08 · 8,359

8,239 — 8,359Chart range
2024-09 · 8,2542024-10 · 8,2622024-11 · 8,2672024-12 · 8,2762025-01 · 8,2642025-02 · 8,2672025-03 · 8,2732025-04 · 8,2712025-05 · 8,2692025-06 · 8,2672025-07 · 8,2612025-08 · 8,2392025-09 · 8,2552025-10 · 8,2432025-11 · 8,2792025-12 · 8,2722026-01 · 8,3172026-02 · 8,2962026-03 · 8,3112026-04 · 8,3142026-05 · 8,3162026-06 · 8,3192026-07 · 8,3372026-08 · 8,359
2024-092026-08

Latest 24 source observations in this collection. Points are spaced by observation, not elapsed time. Missing values remain gaps. History may include revisions; it does not recreate what was known at each date.

Inspect the exact values
Source values · thousands of people
PeriodValue
2026-088,359
2026-078,337
2026-068,319
2026-058,316
2026-048,314
2026-038,311
2026-028,296
2026-018,317
2025-128,272
2025-118,279
2025-108,243
2025-098,255
2025-088,239
2025-078,261
2025-068,267
2025-058,269
2025-048,271
2025-038,273
2025-028,267
2025-018,264
2024-128,276
2024-118,267
2024-108,262
2024-098,254

Behind this number

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Source unit
thousands of people
Collected
2026-09-28 12:00:03.058 UTC
Source release / update
2026-09-11 12:30:00.000 UTC
Instrument
US_CONSTRUCTION_EMPLOYMENT