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The Worcester and Boston metro areas both lost construction jobs in August compared to the same month a year ago, according to the Associated General Contractors of America.
The AGC said construction employment in the Worcester metro area declined 2 percent to 8,200 jobs between August 2009 and last month.
Construction employment in the Boston metro area dipped 5 percent to 50,000 jobs.
AGC said 56 metro areas added construction jobs over the year, the greatest number of job gains for the industry since Sept. 2008.
The best-performing areas were Kansas City and the Hanford-Corcoran, Calif. metro area. The areas that lost the most jobs were Chicago and Napa, Calif.
AGC said the overall job gains indicate that "the worst of industry's job losses may be over."
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