Numbers of Construction and Extraction Occupations in Central Montana nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Construction and Extraction Occupations

Year Number
2006 2,110
2007 2,670
2008 2,460
2009 2,750
2010 2,740
2011 2,850
2012 2,750
2013 2,860
2014 3,080
2015 2,270
2016 2,120
2017 2,000

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

Year Number
2006 420
2007 410
2008 350
2009 250
2010 340
2011 340
2012 340
2013 290
2014 320
2015 250
2016 270
2017 260

Carpenters

Year Number
2006 310
2007 430
2008 430
2009 310
2010 260
2011 220
2012 250
2013 230
2014 210
2015 150
2016 180
2017 130

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers

Year Number
2006 60
2007 40
2008 30
2009 70
2010 60
2011 60
2012 60
2013 50

Construction Laborers

Year Number
2006 370
2007 490
2008 410
2009 440
2010 380
2011 420
2012 450
2013 390
2014 330
2015 330
2016 540
2017 430

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators

Year Number
2006 50
2009 60
2010 50
2011 80
2012 70
2013 80

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

Year Number
2006 250
2007 310
2008 260
2009 440
2010 510
2011 580
2012 690
2013 600
2014 520
2015 450
2016 410
2017 480

Electricians

Year Number
2006 270
2007 220
2008 200
2009 220
2010 200
2011 170
2012 180
2013 190
2014 200
2015 210
2016 210
2017 180

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

Year Number
2016 0

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Year Number
2007 250
2008 240
2009 240
2010 160
2011 180
2012 190
2013 260
2014 260
2015 250
2016 190
2017 190

Sheet Metal Workers

Year Number
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Year Number
2008 0
2009 0

Construction and Building Inspectors

Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2012 70
2013 60
2014 60
2015 50

Fence Erectors

Year Number
2014 0

Highway Maintenance Workers

Year Number
2006 100
2007 130
2008 120
2009 110
2010 270
2011 240
2012 240
2013 250
2014 290
2015 210
2016 190
2017 170

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners

Year Number
2015 50

Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas

Year Number
2006 0
2007 190
2008 180
2009 0

Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas

Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 80
2009 100
2010 60
2011 0

Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas

Year Number
2008 0
2009 70
2013 50
2014 70
2015 150
2016 60
2017 50

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

Year Number
2009 440
2010 390
2011 430
2012 90
2013 80
2014 500
2015 40
2017 30

Continuous Mining Machine Operators

Year Number
2006 280
2007 200
2017 40

Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining

Year Number
2013 220
2014 230

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas

Year Number
2007 0
2008 120
2009 0
2010 60
2011 90
2012 120
2013 110
2014 90
2015 130
2016 70
2017 40

Helpers--Extraction Workers

Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 40
2011 40