Construction employment increased slightly in November, a month when the industry added 5,000 jobs nationally, according to an analysis by trade group Associated Builders and Contractors.

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The Wisconsin construction industry added workers once again in October, gaining 600 people from the month before.

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Construction employment exceeded 7.3 million in October, the first time it has done so in more than 10 years.

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Construction employment rose in all 12 of Wisconsin’s major metropolitan areas from September 2017 to the same month this year.

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Wisconsin added 7,500 construction jobs from September 2017 to September this year, making it one 45 states that saw industry employment go up in that yearlong period.

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Average hourly wages in the construction exceeded $30 an hour for the first time ever this September, a prominent trades group reported on Friday.

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Construction employment increased in all 12 of Wisconsin’s metropolitan areas in the year-long period running through August 2018.

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Wisconsin gained 400 construction jobs from June to July, putting it among 29 states that saw gains between those two months.

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Wisconsin's unemployment rate has been under 3 percent for the past six months, a further sign of the economic strength that Gov. Scott Walker has been touting on the campaign trail.

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Experts agree that the construction industry has bounced back from the Great Recession much faster in Minnesota than in Wisconsin, but not everyone has the same explanation for that difference.

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