Construction lost 3,000 jobs in January, the industry’s first monthly downturn since last April, when the pandemic caused construction employment to plunge by more than 1 million, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported.

The bureau’s new monthlyU.S. employment report, released on Feb. 5, also showed that construction’s January unemployment rate dipped slightly to 9.4% from December’s 9.6%.

但是上个月的利率也比2020年1月的5.4％的大流行前水平差得多。

BLS费率没有针对季节性差异进行调整。随着该国大部分地区的建设工作数量下降，建筑的失业率往往会在冬季上升。

The industry’s January jobs picture varied by sector. Residential specialty trade contractors segment shed the most positions, losing 4,200. Nonresidential specialty trade contractors lost 3,300.

非住宅建筑的劳动力下降了60岁0 positions, BLS said.

But one nonresidential segment—heavy and civil engineering construction—recorded a gain. That category, which reflects infrastructure work, added 2,000 jobs in January

住宅建筑增加了3,000。

Compared with year-earlier figures construction’s total employment was down by 223,000, or 2.9%.

Architectural and engineering services, which BLS categorizes separately from construction, also showed an increase, posting a gain of 4,000 jobs in January.

美国首席经济学家相关的总承包商肯·西蒙森（Ken Simonson）在statement，“由于大流行结束之前已经开始的项目，并且业主坚持授予新作品，因此1月5月的建筑就业停滞进一步恶化。”18luck官网

关联建筑商和承包商的首席经济学家Anirban Basu（着重于非住宅建筑）表示statementthat there has been a decline in demand for construction services in that sector, particularly for new construction, in office, lodging and other commercial-buildings categories.

尽管贾里（Janary）在珍妮（Janary）中增加了工作，但巴苏（Basu）警告鉴于许多州和地方政府的资产负债表损坏，公共建筑支出将削弱前进的趋势。

The BLS figures for job gains or losses are adjusted for seasonal variations. The January 2021 and December 2020 jobs numbers are preliminary; they can change before becoming final in the next couple of months.

BLS报道，上个月的经济总体上增加了49,000个工作岗位，全国失业率比12月的6.7％降至6.3％。

（这个故事将更新。）