Fort Lauderdale lost 23 percent, or 9,700 jobs, and West Palm Beach lost 22 percent, or 6,500 jobs. Miami lost 16 percent, or 6,200 jobs. Statewide, construction employment declined by 19 percent, with 80,000 jobs lost. Every city in Florida experienced double-digit percentage declines in construction employment, except for Pensacola, which lost 8 percent, or 900 jobs.
Statewide, Orlando lost the most jobs, 15,300 construction jobs lost last year. Those declines were the largest by number and percentage for any city in Florida, and the 10th-largest for any city nationwide by percentage
Nationwide, Steubenville, Ohio, and Weirton, W. Va., experienced the largest percentage decline in construction employment (44 percent, 1,600 jobs), followed by Grand Junction, Colo. (34 percent, 3,400 jobs); Las Vegas (32 percent, 24,500 jobs); Napa, Calif. (32 percent, 1,100 jobs); and Santa Cruz, Calif. (31 percent, 1,100 jobs.)
Among the few cities adding construction jobs between January 2009 and January 2010, Eau Claire, Wis. (23 percent, 500 jobs) led the pack. Other cities adding construction jobs included Ithaca, N.Y. (9 percent, 100 jobs); Michigan City, Ind. (6 percent, 100 jobs); Waterbury, Conn. (5 percent, 100 jobs); Grand Forks, N.D.; and Syracuse, N.Y. (4 percent, 400 jobs).
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