The U.S. Census Bureau announced the following value put in place construction statistics for May 2026: Total Construction – Construction spending during May 2026 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,210.2 billion, 0.1 percent (±0.7 percent)* above the revised April estimate of $2,207.1 billion. The May figure is 1.5 percent (±1.3 percent) below the May 2025 estimate of $2,244.4 billion. During the first five months of this year, construction spending amounted to $858.4 billion, 2.7 percent (±1.0 percent) below the $882.2 billion for the same period in 2025. Private Construction – Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,669.0 billion, virtually unchanged from (±0.5 percent)* the revised April estimate of $1,668.5 billion. Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $930.2 billion in May, 0.3 percent (±1.3 percent)* above the revised April estimate of $927.1 billion. Nonresidential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $738.7 billion in May, 0.3 percent (±0.5 percent)* below the revised April estimate of $741.3 billion. Public Construction – In May, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $541.2 billion, 0.5 percent (±1.5 percent)* above the revised April estimate of $538.6 billion. Educational construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $113.4 billion, 0.6 percent (±1.5 percent)* above the revised April estimate of $112.8 billion. Highway construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $150.6 billion, 0.6 percent (±4.4 percent)* above the revised April estimate of $149.6 billion. Notice With this release, unadjusted data have been revised back to January 2024 and seasonally adjusted data back to January 2019.
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