Workers install a jet bridge at the new concourse under construction at Reagan National Airport in Arlington. Photo courtesy MWAA/Project Journey
The continuing progress on Amazon.com Inc.’s massive East Coast headquarters in Arlington, along with the promise of four new casinos across the state, kept spirits buoyed in Virginia’s construction sector in 2020.
Across the country, construction employment decreased in December 2020 compared with December 2019, but not in Northern Virginia, which saw a gain of 5,300 jobs over the year, a 7% increase. The state as a whole added 10,800 construction jobs in 2020 — the largest number in the country — according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America released in late January.
