Year-onYear Change in US Construction Employment
I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the numbers, but they are easy to check.
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"construction jobs are way up" [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]
a graph of the year-on-year change in US construction employment
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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
· 17h
Trump: "Construction jobs are way up, right? Well, they're up because they're building all these factories all over the country. You have car plants under construction. I spoke to Mr. Toyota in Japan. I said, 'What's you name?' 'Toy-ota!' I said, 'If your name is Toyota you're a very rich guy.'"
4:44 PM · Feb 10, 2026
"construction jobs are way up" [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]
— Joey PolitanoðŸ³ï¸â€ðŸŒˆ (@josephpolitano.bsky.social) 2026-02-10T21:44:52.118Z
@atrupar.com
Trump: "Construction jobs are way up, right? Well, they're up because they're building all these factories all over the country. You have car plants under construction. I spoke to Mr. Toyota in Japan. I said, 'What's you name?' 'Toy-ota!' I said, 'If your name is Toyota you're a very rich guy.'"
4:13 PM · Feb 10, 2026
Trump: "Construction jobs are way up, right? Well, they're up because they're building all these factories all over the country. You have car plants under construction. I spoke to Mr. Toyota in Japan. I said, 'What's you name?' 'Toy-ota!' I said, 'If your name is Toyota you're a very rich guy.'"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-10T21:13:44.927Z
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