Construction spending during April 2023 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,908.4 billion, 1.2% above the revised March estimate of $1,885.0 billion. The April figure is 7.2% above the April 2022 estimate of $1,780.9 billion. During the first four months of this year, construction spending amounted to $566.7 billion, 6.1% above the $533.9 billion for the same period in 2022.
Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,500.7 billion, 1.3% above the revised March estimate of $1,481.6 billion. Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $845.4 billion in April, 0.5% above the revised March estimate of $841.6 billion. Nonresidential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $655.3 billion in April, 2.4% above the revised March estimate of $640.0 billion.
In April, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $407.7 billion, 1.1% above the revised March estimate of $403.4 billion.
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