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The construction industry is reporting good news about the worker shortage. The Associated Builders and Contractors group says there’s been a surge of workers returning to the industry, and the workforce size is almost what it was at the start of the pandemic. But even with that progress, the workforce gap is still an issue. (1) Hi, I'm Kathy Fettke and this is Real Estate News for Investors. If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave us a review. The Labor Department says the industry added 60,000 jobs last month, in February. Nonresidential construction added about 29,000 of those jobs for an annual increase of 3.9%. Residential construction added about 31,000 jobs for an annual increase of 4.5%. That brings the total number of construction workers to 7.6 million but the industry still has many positions to fill. The unemployment rate for the construction industry is currently at 6.7%. That’s almost twice the rate of unemployment for the population in general, which is running at 3.8%. State Data o