Dive Brief:

• June job data from the payroll-processing giant ADP shows that the construction industry had about 6.1 million people on the payrolls — the most since April 2009.
• ADP, whose report comes ahead of federal government numbers every month, said builders and contractors put 36,000 new people to work in June.
• The construction workforce has been slower to grow back from recession levels than overall U.S. employment even though the sector is important in generating GDP.

Dive Insight:

ADP's CEO, Carlos Rodriguez, said the construction growth was "particularly encouraging." The large home-building companies had a good June, too, as they closed the fiscal quarter with good earnings.