Proportion of Louisiana jobs in construction 6th highest in U.S.

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Recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that nearly 7 percent of jobs in Louisiana are in the construction industry, 1.7 percentage points higher than the national concentration, reports KTBS.

Out of all states, Louisiana has the 6th largest percentage of total employment in the construction industry. To determine the locations with the most construction industry jobs, researchers at Construction Coverage, a website that provides construction insurance guides, calculated the percentage of total employment in the construction sector in Q4 2022, the latest data available. Read the entire story.