Associated General Contractors delved into last week's disappointing construction jobs numbers to get a better idea of where problems are and where things are improving.

In a report issued today, AGC said 146 out of 337 metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S. lost construction jobs in November.

The largest number of jobs lost in the business were in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. (-7,700 jobs, -8 percent), Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (-4,000 jobs, -8 percent); New York City (-4,000 jobs, -4 percent); Philadelphia (-3,600 jobs, -5 percent) and the Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas area (-3,600 jobs, -3 percent), AGC reported.

Logan, Utah, took the hardest percentage hit, where 800 fewer jobs meant a 24 percent decline.

Among the gaining metros, AGC found in the federal data, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas, added the most construction jobs (5,100 jobs, 3 percent) and Lake County-Kenosha County, Ill.-Wis., added the highest percentage (28 percent, 3,500 jobs).

In another report, Engineering News Record said the 12,000-job loss broke down to 7,000 in the heavy-civil sector and 4,200 in building construction.