• Montana had the largest percentage increase year over year while Alaska saw the largest percentage loss.
• The news comes as public construction continues to fall and while no one knows if the federal transportation-building program will end June 30 amid congressional haggling.
• “There isn’t enough demand for private sector structures to compensate for dwindling investments in highways, bridges, water systems and public buildings,” said Ken Simonson, who is chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America, which analyzed federal figures.

From the article: More states lost construction jobs in May than at any point since June 2011 as 30 states experienced annual job losses and 27 states and D.C. lost jobs during the past month, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data.