Construction jobs hit hard

Florida's construction industry lost the most jobs of any state in the nation, according to the Associated General Contractors of America's study of Labor Department data.

Florida lost 14,300 construction jobs during the year, beating out Georgia (12,700 jobs lost), Colorado (8,900), North Carolina (8,000) and Maryland (6,700) for the most losses by volume.

As a percentage of its total construction work force, however, Florida's losses were not as significant as those of Nevada, where 10.8% of all construction jobs were eliminated, according to employment data.