Jacksonville Fl construction jobs hit an all new low!

Jacksonville lost 1,000 construction jobs between December 2009 and December 2010, or 3 percent, with 29,000 hanging on to jobs in an industry that has been clobbered by the economic recession for the past three years.

That loss, however, was good news. It was the smallest December-to-December construction employment drop since 2007 and a sign that construction job losses finally are stemming. Still, at 29,000, there were fewer people employed in construction in the Jacksonville area in December than at any point in the last 10 years.

According to data released by the Associated General Contractors of America, Jacksonville ranks 138th nationwide in year-over-year growth in local construction employment. We all hope that this is the bottom of the barrel and after this we start gaining a few construction jobs back.