Total Construction
Construction spending during April 2025 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,152.4 billion, 0.4 percent (±0.7 percent)* below the revised March estimate of $2,162.0 billion. The April figure is 0.5 percent (±1.2 percent)* below the April 2024 estimate of $2,163.2 billion. During the first four months of this year, construction spending amounted to $660.2 billion, 1.4 percent (±1.0 percent) above the $651.3 billion for the same period in 2024.
Private Construction
Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,638.9 billion, 0.7 percent (±0.7 percent)* below the revised March estimate of $1,650.8 billion. Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $892.8 billion in April, 0.9 percent (±1.3 percent)* below the revised March estimate of $900.7 billion. Nonresidential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $746.0 billion in April, 0.5 percent (±0.7 percent)* below the revised March estimate of $750.1 billion.
Public Construction
In April, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $513.5 billion, 0.4 percent (±1.3 percent)* above the revised March estimate of $511.3 billion. Educational construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $110.9 billion, 0.1 percent (±1.5 percent)* below the revised March estimate of $111.0 billion. Highway construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $146.3 billion, 0.5 percent (±4.1 percent)* above the revised March estimate of $145.5 billion.
Notice
With the May 2025 release, unadjusted data will be revised back to January 2023 and seasonally adjusted data will be revised back to January 2018.
The May 2025 Monthly Construction Spending Report is scheduled for release on July 1, 2025. View the full schedule in the Economic Briefing Room: www.census.gov/economic-indicators. The full text and tables for this release can be found at www.census.gov/constructionspending.
