In January, the two construction segments performed differently: building construction accelerated from 1.2% in December to 1.9% in January, while civil engineering decreased by 0.6 percentage points, to 4.7%.

In this sector, employment had a year-on-year change of 2.2%, while wages rose by 2.9%, up from the 1.6% increase in the previous month.

Compared to the previous month, in January the compensation index decreased by 17%, while in January 2017 it had decreased even more, by 18%.