The Detroit area added construction jobs over the past year at a faster rate than all but six of 358 metro areas, according to an industry report released today.
The Associated General Contractors of America reported that their analysis of employment numbers from March 2016 to March 2017 shows that the Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia area ranked seventh nationwide, adding 2,900 jobs in that 12-month period, a 15 percent increase.
The Warren-Troy Farmington Hills area ranked 49th, with a gain of 3,800 jobs, a 9 percent jump.
Brian Turmail, national spokesman for the contractors group, made the announcement today while visiting the Little Caesars Arena construction site near downtown Detroit.
“Thanks to new projects like this arena and the related developments nearby, this area is now one of the fastest growing construction job markets in the country,” Turmail said. “The best way to make sure metro areas like Detroit continue adding new construction jobs is to put in place pro-growth measures that encourage even more developments like this magnificent arena.”
The federal Department of Labor awkwardly divides certain large metropolitan areas, so in the Detroit area, the jobs in the northern suburbs of Oakland and Macomb counties jobs are tracked separately from those in the city of Detroit and suburban Wayne County. The figures produced and categorized by the feds also include a small number of mining and logging jobs.
The Grand Rapids-Wyoming area also enjoyed growth, with 2,000 new jobs, a 10 percent increase, and a 40th national ranking. Statewide, a net gain of 7,000 jobs were posted for a 5 percent overall increase.
According to Turmail, the recent increases in Detroit area construction employment represent a significant change from a years-long construction downturn earlier this decade that eliminated nearly one out of every four construction jobs nationwide between March 2008 and March 2010, a loss of 5,100 jobs. He added that nearly one-third of the construction jobs that existed throughout Michigan in 2008 had disappeared by March 2010.
Photo: The Detroit District
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