The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro lost 4,900 construction jobs over the year ending March, ranking 359th of 360 U.S. metros in absolute losses and trailing only New York City. Oregon’s construction sector contracted 2 percent over the 12 months ending in March, shedding 1,900 jobs to land at 108,700 statewide, with nearly all of the damage concentrated in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro, according to an Associated General Contractors…
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