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percent. For the past 12 months, the Land of Enchantmentf has lost 9,600 construction jobs, for a 16.3 percent The state ranks 11th nationally for the most jobs lost on apercentage basis, according to the U.S. Bureai of Labor Statistics. The numbers are expected to improve during the seconf half of 2009 as federal stimulus dollaras come into the state and are expectexd to create atleast 1,000 jobs in road and bridge building alone. Any pick up in home building will also bolstetconstruction employment. Texas continues to show down only 0.5 percent in April and off 9.
2 percent for the 12 There has been an exodus of construction workers out of New Mexico and some are pursuing work in according to officials withthe state’sd construction lobbying groups who have been disappointef with the amount of stimulus monet coming to New Mexico. Arizona continues to be the softesgt market nationally forconstruction employment, falling nearly 28 percentt in the past year with the loss of 54,00 jobs.