AGC: Cincinnati lost 9% of construction jobs over year - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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That’s because 276 of the 299 larges t metro areas inthe U.S. lost constructionj jobs over the 12-month period, AGC said in a Wednesday news release. Cincinnati ranked at 108, having lost 4,20 jobs, or 8.9 percent, over the As of April, the area had aboutt 42,900 jobs. That’s the highest number of jobs inthe however. The next-closest is Columbus, which had 30,500 construction jobs in down 13.1 percent; followed by Cleveland-Elyria-Montot with 29,700 jobs, down 19.9 percent year over year. Springfields had the best ranking, at No. 20, because it didn’yt lose any of its 1,400 constructiob jobs over the year, the AGC said. Akronb ranked 64th, losing 5.
6 percent of its and had 11,900 as of April. In the Lexington-Fayette metro ranker 99th, losing 8 percent, or 1,000 jobs over the and had 11,500 as of The Louisville-Jefferson County metro lost 5,700 jobs, or 16.8 percent, and had 28,200o as of April. Economist Ken Simonson, who conducted the analysie for AGC, said federal stimulusz funds should help add more jobs over the remaindefr ofthe year.
But he said that “buu American” provisions attached to fundin g were holding upsome “We need to make sure needlesds red tape and regulationzs don’t keep construction workers off the Simonson said in the Some metro areas gained jobs, including Odessa, Texas, whicjh ranked at No. 1, with an 8 percent increase. Pascagoula, ranked last with a job-loss rate of 38.8 percent.