U.S. construction companies hired fewer workers in 2017 than they did in 2016, and their existing employees are working longer hours, according to TSheets’ analysis of payroll data from 12,000 firms. On average, construction employees worked 39.6 hours per week in 2017, compared with 39.2 hours in 2016 and 38.4 hours in 2015.
Companies using TSheets’ services grew their workforces by only 1.15 percent between January and November 2017, down from 1.52 percent in 2016. Only 1 percent of the workers TSheets tracks worked overtime, but those who did put in nearly 10 extra hours a week.
