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Numbers of Construction and Extraction Occupations in Charleston, WV

Occupation group

Construction and Extraction Occupations
Year Number
2005 11,050
2006 11,710
2007 11,260
2008 11,440
2009 10,840
2010 8,900
2011 9,580
2012 11,880
2013 9,500
2014 9,300
2015 4,940
2016 4,540
2017 4,470
2018 4,940
2019 5,050

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Year Number
2005 890
2006 980
2007 880
2008 840
2009 820
2010 880
2011 960
2012 1,270
2013 930
2014 970
2015 710
2016 670
2017 660
2018 720
2019 680

Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Year Number
2005 0
2006 200
2007 180
2008 120
2009 70
2010 60
2011 130
2012 0
2013 100
2014 80
2015 30

Carpenters
Year Number
2005 1,150
2006 1,220
2007 1,330
2008 1,220
2009 910
2010 770
2011 760
2012 760
2013 810
2014 780
2015 500
2016 360
2017 330
2018 310
2019 360

Carpet Installers
Year Number
2005 70
2012 40
2013 40
2014 50

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Year Number
2005 70
2006 60
2007 90
2008 100
2009 180
2010 140
2011 170
2012 150
2013 100
2014 80
2015 30
2016 40
2017 40
2018 0
2019 0

Construction Laborers
Year Number
2005 1,180
2006 1,250
2007 1,330
2008 1,640
2009 1,570
2010 1,420
2011 1,590
2012 2,370
2013 2,110
2014 2,040
2015 940
2016 1,100
2017 960
2018 1,070
2019 880

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Year Number
2007 80
2008 120

Pile Driver Operators
Year Number
2014 40

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Year Number
2005 1,960
2006 1,790
2007 1,990
2008 1,860
2009 2,410
2010 2,150
2011 2,070
2012 2,130
2013 1,620
2014 1,440
2015 750
2016 840
2017 890
2018 970
2019 1,050

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Year Number
2005 50
2006 0
2007 60
2008 70
2009 0

Electricians
Year Number
2005 1,160
2006 1,240
2007 1,080
2008 790
2009 1,150
2010 1,180
2011 1,360
2012 1,220
2013 1,220
2014 1,110
2015 600
2016 470
2017 440
2018 550
2019 520

Glaziers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2010 50
2011 50

Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Year Number
2005 350
2006 260
2007 290
2008 310
2009 200
2010 220
2011 220
2012 240
2013 170
2014 180
2015 130
2016 120
2017 120
2018 150
2019 110

Pipelayers
Year Number
2008 60
2009 70
2010 30
2013 100
2014 60
2015 0
2016 50

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2005 700
2006 850
2007 790
2008 790
2009 570
2010 500
2011 480
2012 480
2013 530
2014 480
2015 360
2016 220
2017 260
2018 280
2019 240

Plasterers and Stucco Masons
Year Number
2007 30
2008 40
2010 60
2012 40

Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
Year Number
2005 50
2006 80
2007 0

Roofers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 170
2008 120
2009 100
2010 70
2011 100
2012 70
2013 0
2014 90
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Sheet Metal Workers
Year Number
2005 150
2006 130
2007 160
2008 350
2009 240
2010 250
2011 210
2012 250
2013 0
2014 120
2015 30
2017 0
2019 0

Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Year Number
2005 60
2006 0
2007 120
2008 120
2009 130
2011 110
2012 150
2013 100
2014 100

Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
Year Number
2007 0
2009 0

Helpers--Carpenters
Year Number
2005 280
2006 220
2007 0
2008 110
2009 100
2010 100
2011 50
2012 50
2013 0
2014 60
2019 30

Helpers--Electricians
Year Number
2005 60
2006 50
2007 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2018 0
2019 40

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2005 60
2006 70
2007 0
2008 30
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 80
2013 0
2014 0
2017 80
2018 70
2019 70

Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other
Year Number
2005 40
2006 0
2015 40
2016 40

Construction and Building Inspectors
Year Number
2005 120
2006 70
2007 80
2008 100
2009 120
2010 110
2011 110
2012 80
2013 50
2014 60
2015 70
2016 80
2017 90
2018 90
2019 90

Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
Year Number
2005 140
2017 80
2018 90
2019 100

Fence Erectors
Year Number
2010 0
2011 0

Highway Maintenance Workers
Year Number
2009 60
2010 100
2011 150
2012 1,110
2013 330
2014 390
2015 410
2016 180
2017 130
2018 130
2019 160

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Year Number
2009 0
2010 0
2011 70

Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2006 70
2008 170
2009 140
2010 0
2019 100

Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2005 170
2006 150
2007 0
2011 0
2012 60
2013 50
2014 90
2015 80
2016 100
2017 80
2018 120
2019 50

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
Year Number
2019 160

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
Year Number
2005 160
2006 90
2007 250
2008 140
2009 320
2010 90
2011 0
2013 70
2014 210
2015 0
2016 0
2017 50
2018 0

Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Year Number
2005 300
2006 630
2007 460
2008 370
2009 310
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 200
2014 120
2015 260
2016 140
2017 130
2018 120
2019 130

Roof Bolters, Mining
Year Number
2005 460
2006 520
2007 410
2008 410
2009 390
2010 460
2011 520
2012 550
2013 390
2014 270
2017 0
2018 180
2019 160

Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
Year Number
2005 350
2006 380
2007 260
2008 290
2009 300
2010 260
2011 310
2012 290
2013 270
2014 180
2017 50
2018 0
2019 0

Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
Year Number
2005 140
2006 290
2007 420
2008 560
2009 450
2011 0

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2005 160
2006 100
2007 0
2008 40
2009 0
2010 0
2011 160
2012 80
2013 60
2014 60
2015 0
2016 130
2017 80
2018 90
2019 60

Helpers--Extraction Workers
Year Number
2005 770
2006 1,010
2007 800
2008 670
2009 230
2010 0
2011 0
2012 410
2013 250
2014 240