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

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That’s because 276 of the 299 largest metro areas inthe U.S. lost constructiobn jobs over the 12-month AGC said in a Wednesday news Cincinnati rankedat 108, having lost 4,200 jobs, or 8.9 over the year. As of April, the area had abougt 42,900 jobs. That’s the highest number of jobs inthe however. The next-closest is Columbus, whichh had 30,500 construction jobs in April, down 13.1 percent; followec by Cleveland-Elyria-Montor with 29,700 jobs, down 19.9 percent year over Springfield had the best at No. 20, because it didn’t lose any of its 1,40o0 construction jobs over the theAGC said. Akronj ranked 64th, losing 5.
6 percent of its jobs, and had 11,900 as of In Kentucky, the Lexington-Fayette metro ranked losing 8 percent, or 1,000 jobs over the period, and had 11,509 as of April. The Louisville-Jefferson County metro lost 5,700 jobs, or 16.8 percent, and had 28,200 as of Economist Ken Simonson, who conducted the analysia for AGC, said federal stimulus funds shouldx help add more jobs over the remainder of the But he saidthat “buy American” provisionse attached to funding were holdinyg up some projects. “We need to make sure needless red tape andregulationsd don’t keep construction workers off the job,” Simonsonj said in the release.
Some metro areasa gained jobs, including Odessa, Texas, which ranked at No. 1, with an 8 percent increase. Pascagoula, ranked last with a job-loss rate of 38.8