![Figure 1: Total Employment, By Selected Industry Sectors, 2013](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/figure-1.jpg)
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The need to invest in U.S. infrastructure has never been clearer, making it all the more critical to take a fresh look at infrastructure’s importance to the labor market, both to drive long-lasting growth and to expand economic opportunity across the entire workforce—two elements often missing from the current narrative on infrastructure and jobs.