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Numbers of Construction and Extraction Occupations in Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Construction and Extraction Occupations
Year Number
2006 7,400
2007 9,130
2008 9,500
2009 9,520
2010 9,400
2011 10,000
2012 11,250
2013 10,880
2014 10,710
2015 10,520
2016 8,870
2017 8,710
2018 7,860
2019 7,780

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Year Number
2006 690
2007 680
2008 670
2009 900
2010 940
2011 1,050
2012 1,040
2013 1,000
2014 1,030
2015 1,090
2016 840
2017 850
2018 820
2019 1,030

Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Year Number
2006 0
2007 180
2008 180
2009 180
2010 120
2011 90
2012 50
2013 0
2014 100
2015 140
2016 100
2017 0
2018 100
2019 150

Carpenters
Year Number
2006 1,520
2007 1,870
2008 1,530
2009 1,330
2010 880
2011 850
2012 810
2013 720
2014 720
2015 690
2016 760
2017 570
2018 580
2019 430

Carpet Installers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 120
2008 100
2009 70
2010 80
2011 60
2012 40
2013 30
2014 30
2015 50
2016 90
2017 80
2018 0

Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
Year Number
2006 70
2012 40
2013 40
2018 0

Tile and Stone Setters
Year Number
2013 0
2014 0

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 220
2008 270
2009 160
2010 0
2011 220
2012 300
2013 260
2014 210
2015 110
2016 140
2017 100
2018 60
2019 60

Construction Laborers
Year Number
2006 1,030
2007 1,240
2008 1,430
2009 1,270
2010 1,430
2011 1,540
2012 1,500
2013 1,560
2014 1,630
2015 1,810
2016 1,630
2017 1,620
2018 1,610
2019 1,450

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Year Number
2006 180
2007 110
2008 80
2009 60
2010 70
2011 40
2012 50
2013 60
2014 170
2015 160
2016 140
2017 80

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Year Number
2006 550
2007 660
2008 830
2009 1,460
2010 1,390
2011 1,480
2012 1,550
2013 1,490
2014 1,560
2015 1,470
2016 1,470
2017 1,510
2018 1,680
2019 1,510

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Year Number
2006 0
2008 0
2009 30
2010 50
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2018 50

Electricians
Year Number
2006 340
2007 410
2008 400
2009 500
2010 500
2011 590
2012 630
2013 750
2014 630
2015 600
2016 660
2017 680
2018 590
2019 550

Glaziers
Year Number
2012 0

Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Year Number
2006 90
2007 110
2008 130
2009 120
2010 90
2011 110
2012 70
2013 90
2014 80
2015 60
2016 70
2017 90
2018 100
2019 90

Pipelayers
Year Number
2008 0
2009 60
2010 80
2013 130
2014 120
2015 100
2016 50
2017 70

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2006 0
2007 240
2008 220
2009 180
2010 140
2011 180
2012 250
2013 720
2014 770
2015 550
2016 380
2017 540
2018 370
2019 460

Roofers
Year Number
2006 60
2007 80
2008 90
2009 80
2010 110
2011 120
2012 120
2013 130
2014 120
2015 110
2016 90
2017 80
2018 80
2019 100

Sheet Metal Workers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 40
2009 0
2010 70
2011 100
2012 70
2013 0
2014 0
2018 0
2019 0

Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Year Number
2006 0
2010 0
2011 80
2012 0
2016 30
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
Year Number
2007 50
2008 50
2009 40
2010 40
2015 30

Helpers--Carpenters
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0

Helpers--Electricians
Year Number
2007 100
2009 0
2017 70
2018 70
2019 160

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0

Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other
Year Number
2006 0
2007 90
2008 90
2009 40
2019 50

Construction and Building Inspectors
Year Number
2007 150
2008 170
2009 200
2010 210
2011 210
2012 190
2013 190
2014 200
2015 200
2016 220
2017 210
2018 200
2019 230

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Year Number
2017 0
2019 0

Highway Maintenance Workers
Year Number
2006 880
2007 770
2008 650
2009 570
2010 550
2011 550
2012 650
2013 680
2014 600
2015 620
2016 570
2017 690
2018 630
2019 740

Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
Year Number
2006 50
2007 50
2008 50
2009 50
2011 30
2012 30
2013 50
2014 40
2015 30

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Year Number
2009 50
2010 70
2011 90
2012 70
2013 60
2014 60
2015 50
2016 50
2017 40

Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2006 80
2010 70
2011 90
2012 70
2013 0
2014 160
2015 220
2016 120
2017 70
2018 0
2019 0

Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 330
2009 380
2010 390
2011 230
2012 950
2013 870
2014 740
2015 400
2016 160
2017 150
2018 0
2019 110

Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2006 200
2007 320
2008 360
2009 0
2010 340
2011 420
2012 530
2013 220
2014 280
2015 250
2016 150
2017 100
2018 110
2019 300

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

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

Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Year Number
2006 60
2007 70
2008 80
2009 130
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 80
2014 70
2015 60
2016 60
2017 70
2018 100

Roof Bolters, Mining
Year Number
2006 250
2007 250
2008 260
2009 320
2010 350
2011 380
2012 410
2013 360
2014 330
2015 290
2016 210
2017 220
2018 220

Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
Year Number
2006 180
2007 170
2008 140
2009 200
2010 170
2011 190
2012 220
2013 270
2014 250
2015 270
2016 190
2017 210
2018 110

Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 200
2009 170
2010 130
2011 140
2012 290
2013 280
2015 110
2016 120
2017 130
2018 130

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2006 530
2007 550
2008 550
2009 370
2010 350
2011 460
2012 420
2013 450
2014 430
2015 450
2016 220
2017 160
2018 200
2019 360

Helpers--Extraction Workers
Year Number
2006 590
2007 560
2008 510
2009 460
2010 550
2011 470
2012 650
2013 340
2014 330
2015 570
2016 310
2017 280
2018 0

Extraction Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 50
2007 80
2008 90
2009 140
2010 230
2011 230
2012 250
2013 50
2014 50
2015 30
2016 40
2017 40
2018 50