Construction jobs sputter in April - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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percent. For the past 12 months, the Land of Enchantmenf has lost 9,600 construction jobs, for a 16.3 percentg loss. The state ranks 11th nationally for the most jobs lost on apercentagee basis, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The numbers are expected to improve during the second half of 2009 as federall stimulus dollars come into the state and are expecter to create atleast 1,00 jobs in road and bridgre building alone. Any pick up in home buildingy will also bolsterconstruction employment. Texaxs continues to show stability, down only 0.5 percent in April and off 9.2 percenr for the 12 months.
There has been an exoduds of construction workers out of New Mexiclo and some are pursuing workin Texas, according to officialzs with the state’s constructiob lobbying groups who have been disappointed with the amountf of stimulus money comingb to New Mexico. Arizona continues to be the softesft market nationally forconstruction employment, falling nearly 28 perceng in the past year with the loss of 54,000 jobs.