Numbers of Construction and Extraction Occupations in Beckley, WV

Occupation group

Construction and Extraction Occupations

Year Number
2015 2,180
2016 1,520
2017 1,900
2018 1,540
2019 1,950

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

Year Number
2015 350
2016 240
2017 340
2018 330
2019 350

Carpenters

Year Number
2015 190
2016 180
2017 180
2018 170
2019 180

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers

Year Number
2015 50

Construction Laborers

Year Number
2015 230
2016 200
2017 230
2018 320
2019 330

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

Year Number
2015 290
2016 300
2017 320
2018 0
2019 390

Electricians

Year Number
2015 330
2016 310
2017 320
2018 380
2019 350

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Year Number
2015 170
2016 0
2017 110
2018 80
2019 0

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Year Number
2018 0
2019 70

Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

Year Number
2017 0

Highway Maintenance Workers

Year Number
2015 120
2016 60
2017 140
2018 70
2019 70

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

Year Number
2015 50

Continuous Mining Machine Operators

Year Number
2017 50
2018 190
2019 210

Roof Bolters, Mining

Year Number
2015 210
2016 140
2017 130

Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining

Year Number
2015 100
2016 90
2017 80

Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other

Year Number
2015 90