Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $871.5 billion, 0.6 percent above the revised August estimate of $866.1 billion. Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $624.3 billion for the month, while nonresidential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $247.2 billion.

Public construction spending in September totaled $248.5 billion, nearly the same as the revised August estimate. Educational construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $64.9 billion, 1.3 percent above the revised August estimate of $64.1 billion. Highway construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $67.1 billion, 0.9 percent below the revised August figure of $67.6 billion.