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	Painters, Construction and Maintenance	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	Plasterers and Stucco Masons	Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
SUMMARY	49% Moderate Risk	24% Low Risk	28% Low Risk	46% Moderate Risk	54% Moderate Risk
JOB SCORE	5.0/10	6.8/10	3.8/10	4.7/10	5.0/10
POLLING	39% (Low Risk, Based on 93 votes)	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	58% (Moderate Risk, Based on 16 votes)	42% (Moderate Risk, Based on 26 votes)	40% (Moderate Risk, Based on 28 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	3.8%	5.3%	1.0%	4.1%	4.2%
WAGES	$48,660 or $23.39 per hour	$78,690 or $37.83 per hour	$48,490 or $23.31 per hour	$56,020 or $26.93 per hour	$58,140 or $27.95 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	224,180	806,080	50,570	20,880	82,900
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DESCRIPTION	Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.	Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.	Identify, remove, pack, transport, or dispose of hazardous materials, including asbestos, lead-based paint, waste oil, fuel, transmission fluid, radioactive materials, or contaminated soil. Specialized training and certification in hazardous materials handling or a confined entry permit are generally required. May operate earth-moving equipment or trucks.	Apply interior or exterior plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials. May also set ornamental plaster.	Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material.

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