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April 2010

Compensation of residential and nonresidential construction workers

Thomas G. Moehrle

Beginning around 2001, employment in residential construction rose much faster than that in nonresidential construction, but the former then began a precipitous drop earlier than the latter; in addition, employee compensation has grown faster in recent years in nonresidential building construction than in residential building construction.

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