WASHINGTON — In June, the not seasonally adjusted (NSA) construction unemployment rate was 4.5 percent, down 0.1 percent from a year ago. The percentage is the lowest June rate on record, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). According to an analysis released by Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC), NSA construction unemployment rates were down in 31 states on a year-over-year basis., and the construction industry employed 204,000 more workers than it did in June 2016.
Because these industry-specific rates are not seasonally adjusted, national and state-level unemployment rates are best evaluated on a year-over-year basis.