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Numbers of Construction and Extraction Occupations in Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Construction and Extraction Occupations
Year Number
2006 8,190
2007 8,160
2008 8,840
2009 9,820
2010 9,570
2011 9,670
2012 9,850
2013 9,030
2014 8,400
2015 2,150
2016 2,020
2017 2,630

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Year Number
2006 720
2007 740
2008 810
2009 970
2010 940
2011 940
2012 970
2013 940
2014 830
2015 420
2016 360
2017 490

Boilermakers
Year Number
2006 80
2007 70
2008 80
2010 40

Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 30
2009 40
2013 40
2015 0

Carpenters
Year Number
2006 1,050
2007 1,040
2008 700
2009 810
2010 810
2011 850
2012 870
2013 700
2014 540
2015 220
2016 200
2017 250

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Year Number
2006 160
2007 160
2008 80
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 70
2015 0
2016 0
2017 120

Construction Laborers
Year Number
2006 1,290
2007 1,380
2008 790
2009 990
2010 1,050
2011 1,130
2012 1,030
2013 1,070
2014 1,020
2015 350
2016 340
2017 400

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Year Number
2006 70
2007 80
2008 80
2010 30
2011 30
2012 80
2013 80
2014 70

Pile Driver Operators
Year Number
2006 50

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Year Number
2006 570
2007 670
2008 750
2009 990
2010 980
2011 970
2012 790
2013 740
2014 540
2015 300
2016 160
2017 190

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Year Number
2008 40

Electricians
Year Number
2006 800
2007 810
2008 790
2009 880
2010 880
2011 870
2012 920
2013 910
2014 1,100
2015 190
2016 170
2017 220

Glaziers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 50
2014 0

Insulation Workers, Mechanical
Year Number
2006 110
2012 0
2013 110

Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Year Number
2006 620
2007 700
2008 1,000
2009 1,080
2010 970
2011 740
2012 660
2013 760
2014 930
2015 330
2016 310
2017 240

Pipelayers
Year Number
2006 0
2011 160
2012 0
2013 0
2017 30

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2006 430
2007 350
2008 590
2009 710
2010 710
2011 590
2012 730
2013 570
2014 530

Sheet Metal Workers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 80
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 80
2013 0
2014 0

Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Year Number
2006 120
2007 0
2008 170
2009 260
2010 170
2011 140
2012 130
2013 0
2014 230
2015 0
2016 40
2017 60

Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
Year Number
2006 40
2007 30

Helpers--Carpenters
Year Number
2006 0
2007 130
2008 0
2009 80
2010 50
2011 50
2012 60
2013 70
2014 60

Helpers--Electricians
Year Number
2006 300
2007 300
2008 310
2009 270
2010 290
2011 280
2012 250
2013 260
2014 190
2015 0
2016 90
2017 70

Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
Year Number
2006 90
2007 150
2008 140
2009 110
2010 40
2011 50
2014 140
2016 70

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2006 210
2007 190
2008 200
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 100
2013 70
2014 40
2015 40

Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 130
2009 140
2010 100
2011 0
2012 80
2017 50

Construction and Building Inspectors
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 60
2011 60
2012 30

Fence Erectors
Year Number
2006 260
2007 340
2008 0
2014 0

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Year Number
2009 110
2010 0
2012 60
2013 50
2014 0
2015 0
2016 40

Highway Maintenance Workers
Year Number
2006 350
2007 280
2008 220
2009 170
2010 200
2011 200
2012 230
2013 180
2014 220
2015 150
2016 110
2017 150

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2010 0
2011 170
2012 140
2013 110
2014 0

Segmental Pavers
Year Number
2017 280

Construction and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2009 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0

Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2006 130
2008 250
2009 240
2010 260
2011 200
2012 230
2013 220
2014 140

Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2008 0
2009 170
2010 150
2011 230
2012 310
2013 470
2014 540

Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2007 0
2008 940
2009 820
2010 880
2011 810
2012 850
2013 650
2014 390
2015 150
2016 130
2017 0

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
Year Number
2006 150
2007 0

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
Year Number
2006 590
2007 590
2008 680
2009 740
2010 740
2011 830
2012 940
2013 770
2014 740
2015 0
2016 0
2017 80

Helpers--Extraction Workers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 70
2008 60
2009 40
2010 0
2011 170
2012 240
2013 210
2014 150

Extraction Workers, All Other
Year Number
2009 200
2010 220
2011 200