Construction in Utah, and just about anywhere else, has taken a huge hit in this recession. The
industry hasn’t vanished, but has lost 30 percent of its workers due to lack of demand, overbuilding, and the collapse of the finance/funding sector. Of the total 65,000 jobs in Utah lost between September 2008 and September 2009, nearly 20,000 were in construction alone—a drop of 21 percent. Manufacturing was next closest shedding some 13,000 jobs or 10 percent of its total jobs. Construction employment peaked in 2007 for an annual average count of 103,400. That’s also the same year the national recession started (December of 2007). TrendLines
