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Housing Starts Fell Faster Than Completions in July 2026 data graphic

Residential Production | 3 primary + 10 context references

Housing Starts Fell Faster Than Completions in July 2026

Starts fell 12.4 percent from June while completions fell 9.1 percent, a 3.3 percentage-point difference.

Verified August 27, 2026

Construction Output Prices Rose While Final Demand Was Flat in July 2026 research illustration

Pricing and Materials | 3 primary + 10 context references

Construction Output Prices Rose While Final Demand Was Flat in July 2026

Final-demand construction prices rose 2.2 percent in July while the overall final-demand index was unchanged.

Verified August 25, 2026

Lumber and Steel Price Movement in July 2026 research illustration

Pricing and Materials | 3 primary + 10 context references

Lumber and Steel Price Movement in July 2026

Lumber rose 5.0 percent and steel mill products rose 3.9 percent in July, a 1.1 percentage-point difference.

Verified August 25, 2026

Diesel and Construction Price Divergence in July 2026 research illustration

Pricing and Materials | 3 primary + 10 context references

Diesel and Construction Price Divergence in July 2026

Diesel fuel fell 6.7 percent while final-demand construction rose 2.2 percent, an 8.9 percentage-point divergence.

Verified August 25, 2026

Construction Payrolls Versus Total Employment in July 2026 research illustration

Labor Benchmarks | 3 primary + 10 context references

Construction Payrolls Versus Total Employment in July 2026

Construction added 22,000 payroll jobs in July while total nonfarm employment declined by 23,000.

Verified August 25, 2026

The July 2026 Gap Between Housing Permits and Starts research illustration

Residential Pipeline | 3 primary + 10 context references

The July 2026 Gap Between Housing Permits and Starts

July permits ran at 1.443 million units and starts at 1.239 million, leaving a 204,000-unit annualized gap.

Verified August 25, 2026

Specialty Trade Share of Construction Employment in July 2026 research illustration

Labor Benchmarks | 4 primary + 12 context references

Specialty Trade Share of Construction Employment in July 2026

Specialty trade contractors accounted for about 63.2 percent of construction payroll employment in July 2026.

Verified August 24, 2026

Residential and Nonresidential Specialty Trade Employment Mix in July 2026 research illustration

Labor Benchmarks | 4 primary + 12 context references

Residential and Nonresidential Specialty Trade Employment Mix in July 2026

Nonresidential work represented about 55.4 percent of specialty trade contractor employment in July 2026.

Verified August 24, 2026

Construction Employment Industry Mix in July 2026 research illustration

Labor Benchmarks | 4 primary + 12 context references

Construction Employment Industry Mix in July 2026

July construction employment divided into 22.4 percent buildings, 14.4 percent heavy civil, and 63.2 percent specialty trades.

Verified August 24, 2026

Composition of the July 2026 Construction Employment Gain research illustration

Labor Benchmarks | 4 primary + 12 context references

Composition of the July 2026 Construction Employment Gain

Specialty trade contractors supplied about four-fifths of the displayed component gains in July 2026.

Verified August 24, 2026

Construction Hourly and Weekly Earnings Reconciliation for July 2026 research illustration

Labor Benchmarks | 4 primary + 12 context references

Construction Hourly and Weekly Earnings Reconciliation for July 2026

The July values reconcile: $41.46 per hour multiplied by 39.5 hours equals $1,637.67 per week.

Verified August 24, 2026

Cost Estimator National Employment in May 2025 research illustration

Labor Benchmarks | 5 primary + 14 context references

Cost Estimator National Employment in May 2025

BLS estimated 224,220 wage and salary cost estimator jobs nationwide in May 2025.

Verified August 19, 2026

Research Clusters

Labor Benchmarks: 37Pricing and Materials: 126Residential Production: 8Residential Pipeline: 8Cross Market Comparisons: 56Productivity and Risk: 10Safety and Risk: 1Spending Signals: 21Economic Context: 2Project Cost Signals: 10

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