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The States

One report per state, every month, from public government statistics: who is hiring, what is being permitted, and which trades are tightest. Edition June 2026.

This is the most recent edition. Newer government data for this state has not been published yet.

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Hiring and the pipeline are moving in opposite directions: employment fell 1.7% while permits rose 36.9%. Employment is still contracting even as new permitted work builds up behind it. BLS · Census Hiring and the pipeline are moving in opposite directions: employment rose 4.5% while permits fell 33.7%. Permits lead construction hiring by roughly a year, so this is the kind of gap that shows up in payrolls later. BLS · Census Hiring and the pipeline are moving in opposite directions: employment fell 1.4% while permits rose 24.1%. Employment is still contracting even as new permitted work builds up behind it. BLS · Census

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  • Alabama
    Tightest: Electrical 75.7
    Construction jobs +5.3% YoY
  • Alaska
    Tightest: Flooring 79.8
    Construction jobs −0.5% YoY
  • Arizona
    Tightest: Electrical 75.7
    Construction jobs +1.5% YoY
  • Arkansas
    Tightest: Electrical 50.4
    Construction jobs +0.6% YoY
  • California
    Tightest: Electrical 67.7
    Construction jobs −1.7% YoY
  • Colorado
    Tightest: General Contracting 66.2
    Construction jobs +3.3% YoY
  • Connecticut
    Tightest: Electrical 87.5
    Construction jobs +3.1% YoY
  • Delaware
    Tightest: Electrical 70.1
    Employment not published
  • District of Columbia
    Not in the index panel
    Employment not published
  • Florida
    Tightest: General Contracting 58.9
    Construction jobs −0.5% YoY
  • Georgia
    Tightest: Electrical 80.7
    Construction jobs −1.7% YoY
  • Hawaii
    Tightest: Solar 73.5
    Employment not published
  • Idaho
    Tightest: Electrical 75.5
    Construction jobs +2.4% YoY
  • Illinois
    Tightest: Solar 57.5
    Construction jobs +4.5% YoY
  • Indiana
    Tightest: Electrical 53.1
    Construction jobs +2.1% YoY
  • Iowa
    Tightest: Electrical 63.1
    Construction jobs +2.0% YoY
  • Kansas
    Tightest: Electrical 64.1
    Construction jobs +4.4% YoY
  • Kentucky
    Tightest: General Contracting 53.6
    Construction jobs +0.5% YoY
  • Louisiana
    Tightest: General Contracting 76.1
    Construction jobs +7.7% YoY
  • Maine
    Tightest: Solar 64.3
    Construction jobs −1.4% YoY
  • Maryland
    Tightest: Electrical 63.9
    Employment not published
  • Massachusetts
    Tightest: Electrical 83.3
    Construction jobs +2.5% YoY
  • Michigan
    Tightest: Solar 54.8
    Construction jobs −1.8% YoY
  • Minnesota
    Tightest: Electrical 80.1
    Construction jobs +6.3% YoY
  • Mississippi
    Tightest: Electrical 73.0
    Construction jobs +0.0% YoY
  • Missouri
    Tightest: Electrical 60.7
    Construction jobs +5.5% YoY
  • Montana
    Tightest: Electrical 88.0
    Construction jobs −1.3% YoY
  • Nebraska
    Tightest: Solar 76.8
    Employment not published
  • Nevada
    Tightest: General Contracting 87.4
    Construction jobs +2.8% YoY
  • New Hampshire
    Tightest: Electrical 81.4
    Construction jobs −2.5% YoY
  • New Jersey
    Tightest: Solar 71.2
    Construction jobs −1.8% YoY
  • New Mexico
    Tightest: Electrical 61.0
    Construction jobs +0.2% YoY
  • New York
    Tightest: Electrical 69.3
    Construction jobs −1.1% YoY
  • North Carolina
    Tightest: Electrical 73.1
    Construction jobs +5.6% YoY
  • North Dakota
    Tightest: Electrical 64.0
    Construction jobs +0.0% YoY
  • Ohio
    Tightest: Solar 57.7
    Construction jobs +4.6% YoY
  • Oklahoma
    Tightest: Electrical 70.4
    Construction jobs +3.9% YoY
  • Oregon
    Tightest: Electrical 88.8
    Construction jobs +0.2% YoY
  • Pennsylvania
    Tightest: Electrical 60.8
    Construction jobs −0.6% YoY
  • Rhode Island
    Tightest: Electrical 67.0
    Construction jobs −1.8% YoY
  • South Carolina
    Tightest: Solar 67.4
    Construction jobs +2.7% YoY
  • South Dakota
    Tightest: Electrical 86.9
    Construction jobs +2.3% YoY
  • Tennessee
    Tightest: General Contracting 65.3
    Employment not published
  • Texas
    Tightest: Electrical 66.5
    Construction jobs +2.7% YoY
  • Utah
    Tightest: Electrical 83.1
    Construction jobs +2.2% YoY
  • Vermont
    Tightest: Fire Protection 78.9
    Construction jobs +1.2% YoY
  • Virginia
    Tightest: Solar 69.8
    Construction jobs −2.0% YoY
  • Washington
    Tightest: General Contracting 75.7
    Construction jobs −1.0% YoY
  • West Virginia
    Tightest: General Contracting 63.9
    Construction jobs +3.7% YoY
  • Wisconsin
    Tightest: Electrical 84.7
    Construction jobs +4.6% YoY
  • Wyoming
    Tightest: Electrical 84.6
    Construction jobs +3.4% YoY