Numbers of Construction and Extraction Occupations in Southwestern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Construction and Extraction Occupations

Year	Number
2006	1,370
2007	1,250
2008	1,560
2009	1,060
2010	1,940
2011	960
2012	1,130
2013	1,330
2014	1,430
2015	1,460
2016	830
2017	810

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

Year	Number
2006	160
2007	140
2008	180
2009	150
2010	130
2011	110
2012	120
2013	140
2014	190
2015	190
2016	160
2017	150

Carpenters

Year	Number
2006	150
2007	100
2008	270
2009	150
2010	190
2011	170
2012	130
2013	110
2014	50
2015	60
2016	60
2017	80

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers

Year	Number
2006	0
2007	0

Construction Laborers

Year	Number
2006	410
2007	380
2008	410
2009	170
2010	230
2011	190
2012	220
2013	360
2014	400
2015	430
2016	210
2017	190

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators

Year	Number
2014	40

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

Year	Number
2006	300
2007	370
2008	400
2009	350
2010	260
2011	270
2012	290
2013	320
2014	350
2015	350
2016	230
2017	210

Electricians

Year	Number
2006	50
2007	150
2008	120
2009	120
2010	80
2011	120
2012	140
2013	140
2014	150
2015	130
2016	0
2017	0

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

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

Plasterers and Stucco Masons

Year	Number
2008	0
2009	0

Helpers--Carpenters

Year	Number
2008	40

Helpers--Electricians

Year	Number
2006	40
2007	0
2008	50
2009	40
2010	60
2011	60
2012	50
2013	60
2014	80
2015	80

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Year	Number
2007	40
2008	50
2009	40
2013	50
2014	40
2015	40
2016	0

Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other

Year	Number
2006	40
2007	0
2008	0

Highway Maintenance Workers

Year	Number
2006	180
2007	30
2010	960
2012	130
2013	120
2014	130
2015	120
2016	140
2017	150

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

Year	Number
2016	0
2017	30

Helpers--Extraction Workers

Year	Number
2015	60
2016	30