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New Construction Cost Indexes: May 2010

New Construction Cost Indexes: May 2010

New Construction Indexes Year Over Year Change:
December 2003 = 100 May
2010
Apr.
2010
Percent
Change
May
2009
Percent
Change
Commercial and Institutional 122.8 122.4 0.3% 119.8 2.5%
Manufacturing and Industrial 123.3 123.1 0.2% 120.6 2.2%
Residential 124.2 123.6 0.5% 121.5 2.5%
Index Components*
Construction labor 120.7 120.4 0.3% 118.3 2.0%
Architectural & engineering services 114.4 114.8 -0.3% 114.1 0.3%
Retail trade 142.3 142.8 0.4% 142.2 0.8%
Wholesale trade 123.0 123.0 0.0% 118.9 3.5%
Fabricated structural metal manufacturing 133.9 135.6 -1.3% 141.2 -5.2%
Other Indexes
CPI-Urban Consumers, All Items 118.4 118.3 0.1% 116.0 2.0%
*Five heavily weighted index components are shown.
Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Labor, and Whitestone Research.
Note: Index values for recent data are preliminary.
 
 
 
 
Other Indexes
Non-Residential Operation Cost Index
Residential Cost Index