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The U.S. Census Bureau is updating its economic indicator release calendar in coordination with other agencies and the Office of Management and Budget to address the impacts of the recent lapse in federal funding. We will provide the updated release schedule as soon as it becomes available.

The August 2025 release for Construction Spending originally scheduled for October 1, 2025 has been rescheduled for release on November 17, 2025. For more information, see the Economic Indicators Release Schedule.


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, November 17, 2025

Monthly Construction Spending, August 2025

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Total Construction
Construction spending during August 2025 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,169.5 billion, 0.2 percent (±0.7 percent)* above the revised July estimate of $2,165.0 billion. The August figure is 1.6 percent (±1.5 percent) below the August 2024 estimate of $2,205.3 billion. During the first eight months of this year, construction spending amounted to $1,438.0 billion, 1.8 percent (±1.0 percent) below the $1,463.7 billion for the same period in 2024.


Private Construction
Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,652.1 billion, 0.3 percent (±0.5 percent)* above the revised July estimate of $1,647.5 billion. Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $914.8 billion in August, 0.8 percent (±1.3 percent)* above the revised July estimate of $907.7 billion. Nonresidential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $737.3 billion in August, 0.3 percent (±0.5 percent)* below the revised July estimate of $739.8 billion.

Public Construction
In August, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $517.3 billion, virtually unchanged from (±1.2 percent)* the revised July estimate of $517.5 billion. Educational construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $112.6 billion, 0.6 percent (±2.0 percent)* above the revised July estimate of $111.9 billion. Highway construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $142.5 billion, 0.2 percent (±2.5 percent)* below the revised July estimate of $142.9 billion.

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