Forty-two states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between November 2017 and November 2018 — including here in Florida — according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data.
Texas added the most construction jobs during year-over-year in November, 47,100 jobs, a 6.5 percent increase. Other states adding a large number of new construction jobs for the past 12 months include Florida (32,900 jobs, 6.4 percent), California (29,600…