{"id":4025,"date":"2019-06-20T11:39:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T15:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/resources_pages\/metro-minute-chicago\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T08:32:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T12:32:35","slug":"metro-minute-chicago","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/resource\/metro-minute-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Construction: Dodge Metro in a Minute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chicago Construction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Transcript:<\/p>\n<p>Chicago. The windy city. And the third largest metropolitan area in the U.S., with 4.7 million people employed there in 2018, which is up 44,700 jobs from a year earlier\u2026but back to windy, honestly, the weather\u2019s not the greatest\u2026 but the food more than makes up for it, with local eats like deep dish pizza, Italian sausage and hot dogs!<\/p>\n<p>Unemployment in the Chicago area continues to fall, averaging 4% in 2018. That\u2019s likely because Chicago is a major business center, fed by the talent pool graduating from the area\u2019s small number of well-regarded institutes of higher learning\u2026 ok, medium number of well-regarded institutions\u2026 ok, they have a ton of great schools like Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and more, so the talent pool is very impressive.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of Chicago construction, in 2018 the Chicago area ranked #7 in the nation by dollar value of total construction started, at $15.8 billion. Nonresidential building grew 11% in 2018, hitting $7 billion, while residential represented $5.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>So what does all this mean? Well, if you\u2019re looking to catch some rays in February\u2026 maybe look elsewhere. If you\u2019re looking for top talent in an established business hub? Pretty great! 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