Construction's jobs momentum waned in April, with workforce reductions by nonresidential specialty contractors the primary factor pushing down industry's overall monthly gain to just 2,000 positions,联邦劳工统计局已报道。

同时，the industry’s unemployment rate reached a record low for the month of April as it improved from March’s level and was much lower than the year-earlier figure.

The Associated General Contractors of America traced the slowdown in construction jobs increases to the large number of open positions in the industry.

The BLS employmentreport4月份于5月6日发布的4月份显示，非住宅专业贸易承包商细分市场中有6,400个工作岗位的下降量超过了其他建筑类别的适度增加。

The nonresidential building category recorded the strongest results, adding 3,900 jobs in the month. Residential building also was up, posting an increase of 3,500 positions.

Heavy and civil engineering construction employment edged up by 500 jobs, and the residential specialty trade contractors category rose, but by just 300 jobs, according to the BLS report.

该行业在四月份获得的2,000个工作岗位是适中的，而1月份的接送服务为6,000，2月份的54,000个和3月的20,000个。

与年度越来越高的水平相比，4月份建设的就业人数攀升了235,000个工作岗位，即3.2％。从2020年2月记录的7,624,000个峰值的峰值也增加了4,000。

The industry’s April unemployment rate fell to 4.6% from the March level of 6% and was much improved from the April 2021 rate of 7.7%, BLS reported.

该局的工作数字已针对季节性变化进行调整，但其失业率尚未季节性调整。

Ken Simonson, AGC of America's chief economist, said in astatement, "The pause in employment gains last month most likely signifies a shortage of qualified workers, rather than any slowdown in demand for projects."

西蒙森指出：“实际上，建筑业的职位空缺在3月底达到了历史最高水平，而行业的失业率是4月有史以来最低的。”

专注于非住宅建筑的关联建筑商和承包商首席经济学家阿尼尔班·巴苏（Anirban Basu）在statement据美国广播公司(ABC)的建设的信心dex, “contractors collectively expect to hire staff during the months ahead.”

巴苏补充说：“但是，随着资本，材料和劳动力的成本增加，明年对私人建筑服务的需求可能会减轻。”

He also warned, “The risk of recession continues to rise.”

BLS said that the overall U.S. economy gained 428,000 jobs in April, and the jobless rate was 3.6%, the same as in March.