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That’s because 276 of the 299 largestt metro areas inthe U.S. lost construction jobs over the 12-monthg period, AGC said in a Wednesdayh news release. Cincinnati ranked at 108, havingf lost 4,200 jobs, or 8.9 over the year. As of the area had about 42,900 jobs. That’s the highest number of jobs inthe state, however. The next-closesgt is Columbus, which had 30,50p construction jobs in April, down 13.1 percent; followed by Cleveland-Elyria-Montof with 29,700 jobs, down 19.9 percent year over year. Springfiels had the best ranking, at No. 20, because it didn’tt lose any of its 1,400 constructionj jobs over the year, the AGC Akron ranked 64th, losing 5.
6 percent of its and had 11,900 as of April. In Kentucky, the Lexington-Fayettde metro ranked 99th, losing 8 percent, or 1,000 jobs over the and had 11,500 as of April. The Louisville-Jeffersonj County metro lost 5,700 jobs, or 16.8 and had 28,200 as of April. Economist Ken Simonson, who conducted the analysiz for AGC, said federal stimuluds funds should help add more jobs over the remainder of the But he saidthat “buy American” provisions attached to funding were holdingv up some projects. “We need to make sure needlesa red tape andregulations don’t keep construction workers off the job,” Simonsoj said in the release.
Some metro areas gained jobs, includinf Odessa, Texas, which ranked at No. 1, with an 8 percentt increase. Pascagoula, Miss., ranked last with a job-loszs rate of 38.8 percent.
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