Short-term indicators
Construction industry

Main construction industry1
% changes on the previous year
Year, month Number of
local units
Persons employed Total
gross wages and salaries
Hours worked Turnover in
construction work
1: Monthly survey. Enterprises or local units with 20 employees or more.
2025 Mar 0.7 1.0 7.1 2.0 4.6
Feb 0.6 0.9 1.6 -10.8 4.0
Jan 0.7 0.8 8.5 6.1 13.1
2024 Dec -1.6 0.0 9.3 7.5 2.4
Nov -1.6 -0.3 3.9 -3.4 0.5
Oct -1.7 -0.5 7.5 4.3 4.1
Sep -1.8 -0.7 4.6 -2.7 -1.4
Aug -1.7 -0.7 2.4 -5.3 3.3
Jul -1.7 -0.5 10.9 6.1 3.8
Jun -1.5 -0.3 1.7 -5.2 -4.3
May -1.4 -0.5 -0.4 -8.1 -3.5
Apr -1.4 -0.2 7.0 11.4 11.3
Mar -1.5 -0.4 0.7 -7.3 -7.5
Feb -1.4 -0.4 6.2 5.7 2.6
Jan -1.3 -0.2 2.6 -7.7 -3.6
2023 Dec 1.7 0.7 0.9 -2.3 -1.5
Nov 1.7 1.0 3.7 -3.2 -1.2
Oct 1.7 1.2 7.2 1.4 4.2
Sep 1.9 0.9 -1.6 -2.2 2.2
Aug 1.8 1.2 4.5 0.0 3.7
Jul 1.7 1.3 5.3 1.9 6.1
Jun 1.8 1.2 4.5 3.5 8.4
May 1.8 1.5 6.5 -2.1 3.8
Apr 1.9 1.3 3.8 -1.5 2.7
Mar 2.0 1.4 2.3 -3.3 5.7
Feb 2.0 1.8 5.8 0.7 7.1
Jan 1.8 1.8 4.0 1.8 5.8
2022 Dec 1.2 1.0 0.8 -8.0 5.0
Nov 1.2 1.0 5.5 1.2 11.5
Oct 1.2 1.2 5.4 -4.3 5.9
Sep 1.2 1.7 9.6 -1.5 8.1
Aug 1.1 1.4 7.4 4.4 11.2
Jul 1.2 1.4 2.7 -4.6 6.6
Jun 1.2 1.6 6.8 -3.7 6.2
May 1.2 1.5 12.2 9.5 15.0
Apr 1.2 1.7 3.3 -6.3 2.8
Mar 1.2 2.1 5.6 -0.4 15.2
Feb 1.2 2.3 12.6 19.9 26.5
Jan 1.3 2.3 10.9 18.3 20.1
2021 Dec 2.3 2.7 6.8 2.1 -0.9
Nov 2.3 2.6 9.2 1.5 5.4
Oct 2.4 2.5 2.4 -1.8 3.0
Sep 2.3 2.2 4.2 0.9 4.9
Aug 2.4 2.5 7.6 3.3 6.8
Jul 2.5 2.5 2.7 -2.5 4.4
Jun 2.5 2.7 5.1 6.0 1.9
May 2.5 3.1 6.8 1.1 0.4
Apr 2.5 3.2 7.5 2.9 2.3
Mar 2.4 2.7 10.1 13.1 -2.6
Feb 2.6 2.6 -1.6 -9.7 -14.7
Jan 2.5 2.5 -3.7 -19.2 -13.9
2020 Dec 3.6 3.6 7.1 4.8 -
Nov 3.5 3.4 4.1 6.3 -
Oct 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.1 -
Sep 3.5 3.4 8.4 6.9 -
Aug 3.7 3.4 2.9 -1.2 -
Jul 3.6 3.4 5.2 1.9 -
Jun 3.4 3.6 4.3 11.4 -
May 3.4 3.3 0.1 -3.8 -
Apr 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.3 -
Mar 3.6 4.3 7.9 7.6 -
Feb 3.7 4.7 6.3 1.4 -
Jan 3.7 4.8 10.3 20.2 -

As at 23 May 2025