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Numbers of Construction and Extraction Occupations in Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Construction and Extraction Occupations
Year Number
2006 6,060
2007 6,340
2008 5,240
2009 5,580
2010 5,380
2011 5,850
2012 6,550
2013 6,710
2014 6,870
2015 7,920
2016 8,320
2017 8,720
2018 9,050
2019 8,550

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Year Number
2006 410
2007 390
2008 400
2009 460
2010 540
2011 600
2012 770
2013 590
2014 580
2015 850
2016 910
2017 820
2018 930
2019 860

Boilermakers
Year Number
2011 0

Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Year Number
2006 210
2007 250
2008 240
2009 220
2010 140
2011 0
2012 80
2013 50
2014 110
2016 0
2017 120
2018 130
2019 150

Stonemasons
Year Number
2012 90

Carpenters
Year Number
2006 850
2007 1,070
2008 1,000
2009 800
2010 710
2011 640
2012 680
2013 640
2014 570
2015 1,340
2016 1,140
2017 1,150
2018 1,220
2019 1,100

Carpet Installers
Year Number
2009 50
2010 50
2012 50
2013 40
2014 0
2015 0
2016 60
2017 80
2018 0

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Year Number
2006 150
2007 130
2008 0
2009 60
2010 50
2011 60
2012 60
2013 70
2014 100
2015 310
2016 270
2017 160
2018 120
2019 170

Construction Laborers
Year Number
2006 1,020
2007 1,110
2008 1,110
2009 960
2010 800
2011 1,110
2012 1,140
2013 1,290
2014 1,200
2015 1,120
2016 1,790
2017 2,240
2018 2,270
2019 1,830

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Year Number
2006 170
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 80
2011 60
2012 70
2014 60
2015 130
2016 130
2017 0
2018 50

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Year Number
2006 720
2007 690
2008 520
2009 1,020
2010 1,280
2011 1,370
2012 1,400
2013 1,280
2014 1,320
2015 1,510
2016 1,160
2017 1,290
2018 1,360
2019 1,380

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Year Number
2006 50
2007 40
2008 40
2009 40
2010 30
2011 30
2016 0
2017 60
2018 70
2019 80

Electricians
Year Number
2006 650
2007 640
2008 710
2009 650
2010 660
2011 660
2012 540
2013 570
2014 530
2015 560
2016 500
2017 620
2018 590
2019 620

Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Year Number
2006 220
2007 350
2008 300
2009 270
2010 170
2011 210
2012 210
2013 210
2014 140
2015 90
2016 90
2017 90
2018 90
2019 100

Pipelayers
Year Number
2011 40
2012 90
2013 90
2014 60

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2006 250
2007 220
2008 150
2009 240
2010 230
2011 390
2012 420
2013 330
2014 240
2015 430
2016 490
2017 360
2018 390
2019 350

Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
Year Number
2015 70
2016 80

Roofers
Year Number
2006 50
2007 50
2008 30
2009 40
2015 180
2016 0
2017 200
2018 140
2019 160

Sheet Metal Workers
Year Number
2006 190
2007 200
2008 140
2012 150
2013 0
2014 70
2015 0
2016 150
2017 120
2018 80
2019 140

Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Year Number
2015 0
2016 40
2019 40

Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
Year Number
2006 60
2007 80
2008 0
2009 40

Helpers--Carpenters
Year Number
2006 160
2007 150
2008 0
2009 60
2010 0
2011 0
2015 0
2017 0
2019 0

Helpers--Electricians
Year Number
2006 70
2007 60
2008 0
2009 50
2010 30
2011 0
2012 100
2013 80
2014 70
2016 80

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2017 0

Construction and Building Inspectors
Year Number
2007 40
2008 40
2009 40
2010 70
2011 100
2012 150
2013 110
2014 270
2015 120
2016 70
2017 130
2018 150
2019 130

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Year Number
2017 40
2018 0
2019 0

Highway Maintenance Workers
Year Number
2006 440
2007 510
2008 430
2009 490
2010 480
2011 450
2012 440
2013 460
2014 460
2015 1,130
2016 1,180
2017 1,180
2018 1,260
2019 1,270

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Year Number
2006 40
2007 40
2008 40
2011 60
2012 60
2013 80
2014 60
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 40

Segmental Pavers
Year Number
2018 90
2019 60

Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2014 170

Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2013 210
2014 290

Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2013 0
2014 50

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
Year Number
2019 0

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
Year Number
2006 80
2007 80
2008 90
2009 90
2010 60
2011 70
2012 50
2013 50
2014 60
2015 80
2016 70
2017 60
2018 110

Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Year Number
2015 0
2016 110
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Roof Bolters, Mining
Year Number
2015 0

Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
Year Number
2018 0

Rock Splitters, Quarry
Year Number
2006 270
2007 240
2008 0
2013 230
2014 220
2019 0

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2013 330
2014 240

Helpers--Extraction Workers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2015 0
2018 0