The Surrey Board of Trade’s Labour Market Intelligence Report for February reveals an “impressive” 32 per cent job recovery in construction, by roughly 7,700 jobs.

Anita Huberman, CEO of the board, noted Surrey’s construction and education service sectors drove employment growth in the past 12 months with nearly 10,700 new jobs combined, “or twice the overall job growth in Surrey during this period.”

Meantime, there were 6,949 jobs lost in business, finance and administration and health.

Though three of Surrey’s four largest employment sectors – manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, as well as health care and social services – have lost jobs since January 2022, construction led the recovery of jobs.

Trades, transport and equipment operator jobs enjoyed the largest growth the last 12 months with over 6,700 new positions for an increase of nearly 12 per cent while management positions also saw “major” job growth but the natural resources sector lost 915 jobs, making for a 23 per cent decrease.

According to the board’s report, employment in Surrey over the past 12 months grew by an estimated 5,000 jobs, or 1.6 per cent, since January 2022.

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