---
source: U.S. Census Bureau
url: https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/release.pdf
document_type: pdf
date_retrieved: 2026-05-07
period: March 2026
parent_publication: Monthly Construction Spending
indicators_covered: [Construction Spending Total, Private Construction, Residential Construction, Nonresidential Construction, Public Construction]
---

# Monthly Construction Spending, March 2026

**Release Date:** May 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT
**Release Number:** CB26-75

## Total Construction Spending

- **March 2026:** $2,185.5 billion (SAAR)
- **February 2026:** $2,173.2 billion (SAAR)
- **March 2025:** $2,150.8 billion (SAAR)

**Monthly Change:** +0.6% (±0.5%)
**Year-over-Year Change:** +1.6% (±1.0%)

## Private Construction

- **March 2026:** $1,659.0 billion (SAAR)
- **February 2026:** $1,645.6 billion (SAAR)
- **Monthly Change:** +0.8% (±0.5%)

### Residential Construction
- **March 2026:** $929.7 billion (SAAR)
- **February 2026:** $914.6 billion (SAAR)
- **Monthly Change:** +1.7% (±1.3%)

### Nonresidential Construction
- **March 2026:** $729.4 billion (SAAR)
- **February 2026:** $731.0 billion (SAAR)
- **Monthly Change:** -0.2% (±0.5%)*

## Public Construction

- **March 2026:** $526.4 billion (SAAR)
- **February 2026:** $527.6 billion (SAAR)
- **Monthly Change:** -0.2% (±1.0%)*

### Educational Construction
- **March 2026:** $113.0 billion (SAAR)
- **February 2026:** $113.6 billion (SAAR)
- **Monthly Change:** -0.6% (±1.6%)*

### Highway Construction
- **March 2026:** $147.8 billion (SAAR)
- **February 2026:** $148.0 billion (SAAR)
- **Monthly Change:** -0.1% (±2.8%)*

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**Next Release:** June 1, 2026

*Note: Percent changes marked with asterisk (*) indicate confidence intervals that include zero, meaning the change is not statistically significant.*

**Source:** U.S. Census Bureau, Monthly Construction Spending Report, May 7, 2026