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Numbers of Construction and Extraction Occupations in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Construction and Extraction Occupations
Year Number
2006 2,800
2007 2,300
2008 2,430
2009 2,310
2010 2,140
2011 2,060
2012 3,490
2013 3,420
2014 3,910
2015 2,810
2016 2,270
2017 1,430
2018 2,000
2019 1,950

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Year Number
2006 240
2007 220
2008 250
2009 300
2010 310
2011 280
2012 440
2013 420
2014 600
2015 390
2016 310
2017 250
2018 260
2019 340

Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Year Number
2006 60
2007 50
2008 0
2014 0

Carpenters
Year Number
2006 100
2007 80
2008 130
2009 160
2010 180
2011 200
2012 180
2013 150
2014 200
2015 90
2016 80
2017 50
2018 50
2019 60

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Year Number
2006 40
2007 30
2008 0
2009 0
2010 50
2011 40
2012 0
2015 80
2016 80
2017 80
2018 0
2019 90

Construction Laborers
Year Number
2006 680
2007 570
2008 680
2009 590
2010 490
2011 430
2012 470
2013 640
2014 770
2015 450
2016 340
2017 140
2018 260
2019 510

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Year Number
2006 70
2007 80
2008 70
2009 0
2010 50
2011 60
2012 90
2013 110
2014 80
2016 40
2017 50
2018 30
2019 40

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Year Number
2006 410
2007 270
2008 360
2009 420
2010 370
2011 340
2012 330
2013 550
2014 520
2015 450
2016 450
2017 260
2018 280
2019 470

Electricians
Year Number
2006 110
2007 130
2008 120
2009 110
2010 110
2011 140
2012 160
2013 140
2014 150
2015 230
2016 200
2017 170
2018 0
2019 130

Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Year Number
2006 60
2007 80
2008 120
2009 140
2010 100
2011 120
2012 130
2013 180
2014 90
2015 40
2016 40
2018 40

Pipelayers
Year Number
2009 40
2010 40
2013 0
2014 40
2015 0

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2006 210
2007 180
2008 100
2009 70
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 110
2015 90
2016 70
2017 50
2018 50
2019 70

Sheet Metal Workers
Year Number
2008 0
2009 30
2010 30

Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Year Number
2007 0

Helpers--Electricians
Year Number
2006 60
2007 40
2008 50
2014 30

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2006 0
2013 40

Construction and Building Inspectors
Year Number
2006 100
2007 110
2008 110
2009 60
2010 50
2011 50
2012 40
2013 50
2014 40
2015 0
2018 30

Highway Maintenance Workers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 140
2008 100
2009 130
2010 140
2011 180
2012 210
2013 240
2014 220
2015 80
2016 60
2017 150
2018 170
2019 180

Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2012 230
2013 120
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2013 0
2014 140

Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2006 130
2009 0
2010 180
2011 0
2012 100
2013 0
2014 0
2015 260
2016 120
2017 0

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

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
Year Number
2007 30
2008 30
2010 40
2011 40
2012 60

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2006 440
2007 290
2008 310
2009 260
2010 0
2011 0
2012 810
2013 470
2014 660
2015 300
2016 240
2017 0
2018 830
2019 0

Helpers--Extraction Workers
Year Number
2006 90
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 180
2012 240
2013 310
2014 260
2015 350
2016 240
2017 230
2018 0
2019 60