Metro Phoenix ranked second in construction job growth in the last five years, eclipsed only by Minneapolis.
That quickly outpaced job growth overall. By that measure, the region ranked seventh nationally from February 2020 to August 2025, Anirban Basu, chief economist for Associated Builders and Contractors said in an economic outlook presentation.
According to data from the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity, there are about 229,000 construction workers in Arizona, across all sectors of the industry and job levels. That compares to 171,000 Arizona construction workers with jobs in August 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted nearly all sectors of business…