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Numbers of Construction and Extraction Occupations in Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division

Occupation group

Construction and Extraction Occupations
Year Number
2005 4,460
2006 3,940
2007 3,850
2008 3,820
2009 3,650
2010 3,530
2011 4,050
2012 4,360
2013 5,350
2014 5,390
2015 6,060
2016 5,930
2017 6,700

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Year Number
2005 420
2006 410
2007 420
2008 410
2009 400
2010 360
2011 420
2012 390
2013 470
2014 440
2015 550
2016 560
2017 620

Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Year Number
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2015 30
2017 0

Stonemasons
Year Number
2009 40
2010 40
2011 60
2017 0

Carpenters
Year Number
2005 840
2006 770
2007 680
2008 560
2009 530
2010 420
2011 330
2012 370
2013 400
2014 430
2015 520
2016 650
2017 880

Carpet Installers
Year Number
2011 0
2012 40

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 60
2010 50
2011 0
2012 130
2013 120
2014 140
2015 170
2016 0
2017 0

Construction Laborers
Year Number
2005 750
2006 0
2007 440
2008 620
2009 520
2010 640
2011 610
2012 650
2013 850
2014 910
2015 1,050
2016 1,190
2017 1,130

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Year Number
2005 210
2006 110
2007 110
2008 110
2009 190
2010 140
2011 80
2012 0
2013 90
2014 0
2015 0
2016 50
2017 100

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Year Number
2005 300
2006 210
2007 130
2008 0
2009 100
2010 250
2011 390
2012 370
2013 490
2014 570
2015 500
2016 380
2017 330

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Year Number
2006 130
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 100
2013 110
2014 120
2015 0
2016 70
2017 70

Tapers
Year Number
2009 0

Electricians
Year Number
2005 630
2006 710
2007 780
2008 630
2009 660
2010 550
2011 860
2012 1,120
2013 1,280
2014 1,240
2015 1,450
2016 1,540
2017 1,670

Glaziers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2012 0
2013 0
2015 70
2016 60
2017 0

Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Year Number
2005 0
2006 130
2007 120
2008 160
2009 100
2010 90
2011 100
2012 130
2013 120
2014 90
2015 150
2016 140
2017 120

Pipelayers
Year Number
2007 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 100
2012 40
2017 50

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2005 400
2006 590
2007 340
2008 400
2009 300
2010 390
2011 450
2012 490
2013 560
2014 580
2015 680
2016 650
2017 1,140

Plasterers and Stucco Masons
Year Number
2015 0
2016 50
2017 40

Roofers
Year Number
2005 150
2006 160
2007 190
2008 220
2009 190
2010 190
2011 180
2012 160
2013 180
2014 140
2015 130
2016 100
2017 110

Sheet Metal Workers
Year Number
2005 430
2006 320
2007 320
2008 140
2009 110
2010 90
2011 100
2012 120
2013 160
2014 300
2015 320
2016 400
2017 320

Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Year Number
2008 80
2013 150

Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 100

Helpers--Carpenters
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 130
2010 40
2011 40
2015 50
2016 0
2017 0

Helpers--Electricians
Year Number
2006 260
2007 170
2008 240
2009 200
2010 160
2011 120
2014 80
2015 90
2016 0
2017 0

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2005 160
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 150
2014 150
2015 150
2016 0
2017 0

Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2015 0
2016 0

Construction and Building Inspectors
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2007 40
2008 40
2009 50
2010 50
2011 60
2012 70
2013 70
2014 70
2015 90
2016 90
2017 80

Highway Maintenance Workers
Year Number
2005 130
2006 100
2007 110
2008 110
2009 70
2010 70
2011 60
2012 80
2013 100
2014 100
2015 60
2016 0
2017 40

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 90
2012 100
2013 50
2014 30
2015 0

Construction and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2014 0

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0