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	Glaziers	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	Carpenters	Tile and Stone Setters	Construction and Building Inspectors	Sheet Metal Workers
SUMMARY	66% High Risk	24% Low Risk	28% Low Risk	48% Moderate Risk	25% Low Risk	50% Moderate Risk
JOB SCORE	4.9/10	6.8/10	7.0/10	6.5/10	5.5/10	4.9/10
POLLING	41% (Moderate Risk, Based on 29 votes)	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	26% (Low Risk, Based on 519 votes)	27% (Low Risk, Based on 34 votes)	38% (Low Risk, Based on 67 votes)	47% (Moderate Risk, Based on 64 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	3.3%	5.3%	4.5%	10.1%	-0.8%	2.4%
WAGES	$55,440 or $26.65 per hour	$78,690 or $37.83 per hour	$59,310 or $28.51 per hour	$52,240 or $25.11 per hour	$72,120 or $34.67 per hour	$60,850 or $29.25 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	57,000	806,080	697,740	38,740	137,210	117,470
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DESCRIPTION	Install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.	Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.	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.	Apply hard tile, stone, and comparable materials to walls, floors, ceilings, countertops, and roof decks.	Inspect structures using engineering skills to determine structural soundness and compliance with specifications, building codes, and other regulations. Inspections may be general in nature or may be limited to a specific area, such as electrical systems or plumbing.	Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; or inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces. Includes sheet metal duct installers who install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes.

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