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	Tapers	Carpenters	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	Cost Estimators	Painters, Construction and Maintenance	Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
SUMMARY	74% High Risk	28% Low Risk	24% Low Risk	32% Low Risk	49% Moderate Risk	54% Moderate Risk
JOB SCORE	4.4/10	7.0/10	6.8/10	4.3/10	5.0/10	5.0/10
POLLING	31% (Low Risk, Based on 16 votes)	26% (Low Risk, Based on 519 votes)	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	50% (Moderate Risk, Based on 126 votes)	39% (Low Risk, Based on 93 votes)	40% (Moderate Risk, Based on 28 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	0.1%	4.5%	5.3%	-4.2%	3.8%	4.2%
WAGES	$64,700 or $31.10 per hour	$59,310 or $28.51 per hour	$78,690 or $37.83 per hour	$77,070 or $37.05 per hour	$48,660 or $23.39 per hour	$58,140 or $27.95 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	12,500	697,740	806,080	219,530	224,180	82,900
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DESCRIPTION	Seal joints between plasterboard or other wallboard to prepare wall surface for painting or papering.	Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood and comparable materials, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; and wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall, and batt or roll insulation. Includes brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways.	Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.	Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. May specialize according to particular service performed or type of product manufactured.	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.	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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