Shortage of construction workers continues as workforce ages
Wednesday Jul 26th, 2017
ShareThe construction workforce in the U.S. is shrinking – and graying, new data shows. Across the country, the labor force shrank in size to 10.4 million workers in 2015 from 10.6 million at the bottom of the market in 2010, according to a new analysis of Census data. It’s a big contrast from the growth seen from 2000 to 2005, when the workforce expanded from 9.3 million workers to 11.5 million. And now, the average construction worker is older than the average American worker... [read more]