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Numbers of Construction and Extraction Occupations in Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Construction and Extraction Occupations
Year Number
2005 15,010
2006 15,700
2007 17,710
2008 17,890
2009 15,970
2010 12,900
2011 11,890
2012 11,990
2013 12,290
2014 12,860
2015 13,150
2016 14,370
2017 15,080

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Year Number
2005 1,420
2006 1,300
2007 1,500
2008 1,700
2009 1,460
2010 1,320
2011 1,160
2012 1,380
2013 1,570
2014 1,620
2015 1,500
2016 1,390
2017 1,400

Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Year Number
2005 110
2006 70
2007 110
2008 170
2009 160
2010 120
2011 50
2012 60
2013 50
2014 80
2015 70
2016 90
2017 80

Carpenters
Year Number
2005 2,840
2006 2,970
2007 4,000
2008 3,640
2009 2,920
2010 2,250
2011 2,420
2012 2,230
2013 2,290
2014 2,230
2015 2,300
2016 2,620
2017 2,860

Carpet Installers
Year Number
2010 0
2011 50
2012 60
2013 0
2014 130
2015 150
2016 180
2017 150

Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
Year Number
2005 30
2006 50

Tile and Stone Setters
Year Number
2005 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 90
2011 0
2017 0

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Year Number
2005 840
2006 780
2007 570
2008 410
2009 260
2010 180
2011 210
2012 280
2013 340
2014 490
2015 580
2016 490
2017 420

Construction Laborers
Year Number
2005 2,170
2006 2,510
2007 2,650
2008 2,220
2009 2,020
2010 1,520
2011 1,320
2012 1,270
2013 1,640
2014 1,920
2015 2,320
2016 2,580
2017 3,080

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 140
2010 0
2011 0

Pile Driver Operators
Year Number
2005 0
2007 0
2008 40
2009 40
2010 60

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Year Number
2005 1,020
2006 1,090
2007 1,110
2008 1,230
2009 1,160
2010 1,090
2011 910
2012 730
2013 730
2014 780
2015 700
2016 690
2017 810

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Year Number
2005 620
2006 730
2007 770
2008 940
2009 760
2010 550
2011 330
2012 360
2013 300
2014 390
2015 410
2016 500
2017 510

Tapers
Year Number
2005 590
2006 650
2007 640
2008 570
2009 390
2010 330
2011 230
2012 270
2013 230
2014 250
2015 250
2016 290
2017 210

Electricians
Year Number
2005 1,470
2006 1,410
2007 2,080
2008 2,170
2009 2,270
2010 1,990
2011 1,760
2012 1,400
2013 1,380
2014 1,500
2015 1,690
2016 1,840
2017 1,970

Glaziers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 280
2011 0
2012 190
2013 140
2014 100
2015 110

Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
Year Number
2011 0
2013 0
2015 0

Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Year Number
2005 700
2006 800
2007 960
2008 870
2009 680
2010 530
2011 640
2012 750
2013 780
2014 830
2015 810
2016 1,230
2017 1,120

Pipelayers
Year Number
2005 260
2006 260
2007 200
2008 230
2009 150
2010 0
2011 180
2012 230
2013 200
2014 110
2015 110
2016 100
2017 100

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2005 1,040
2006 740
2007 750
2008 1,250
2009 1,140
2010 840
2011 570
2012 630
2013 650
2014 650
2015 750
2016 870
2017 820

Plasterers and Stucco Masons
Year Number
2005 0
2006 40
2007 0
2008 0

Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
Year Number
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2013 0

Roofers
Year Number
2005 540
2006 420
2007 690
2008 720
2009 680
2010 530
2011 620
2012 690
2013 670
2014 660
2015 680
2016 600
2017 490

Sheet Metal Workers
Year Number
2005 550
2006 470
2007 480
2008 470
2009 240
2010 250
2011 180
2012 340
2013 240
2014 170
2015 150
2016 250
2017 520

Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 300
2007 180
2008 160
2009 70
2010 90
2011 110
2012 160
2013 240
2014 230
2015 120
2016 100
2017 0

Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 40
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0

Helpers--Carpenters
Year Number
2005 0
2006 120
2007 110
2008 140
2009 60
2010 90
2011 80
2012 60
2016 90
2017 0

Helpers--Electricians
Year Number
2005 80
2006 0
2007 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 110
2012 130

Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
Year Number
2005 100
2006 50
2007 0

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Year Number
2005 0
2006 190
2007 0
2008 0
2009 110
2010 100
2011 90
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2017 0

Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2007 100
2008 130
2009 180
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0

Construction and Building Inspectors
Year Number
2005 230
2006 300
2007 300
2008 300
2009 360
2010 350
2011 350
2012 210
2013 180
2014 170
2015 200
2016 290
2017 330

Fence Erectors
Year Number
2008 0
2009 120
2010 90
2011 130
2012 160
2013 250
2014 170
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Year Number
2005 180
2006 110
2008 160
2009 150
2010 160
2011 120
2012 120
2013 210
2014 160
2015 110
2016 70
2017 90

Highway Maintenance Workers
Year Number
2005 190
2006 240
2007 290
2008 250
2009 280
2015 100
2016 100
2017 120

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Year Number
2007 180
2008 120
2010 0
2011 180
2012 230
2013 150
2014 170
2015 40
2016 0
2017 0

Construction and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 30
2006 100
2007 0
2008 0
2009 170
2012 50
2013 50
2014 0

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
Year Number
2014 50