Please note that when the total number of employees in a category exceeds the sum of the occupations within it, it indicates the exclusion of certain occupations.

Typically, these omitted occupations are categorized as 'all other', and usually consist of roles with relatively small workforce numbers.

Construction and Extraction Occupations

Construction Trades Workers

Boilermakers 10 thousand (2024)

Brickmasons, Blockmasons, and Stonemasons 62 thousand (2024)

Carpenters 698 thousand (2024)

Carpet, Floor, and Tile Installers and Finishers 83 thousand (2024)

Cement Masons, Concrete Finishers, and Terrazzo Workers 207 thousand (2024)

Construction Equipment Operators 518 thousand (2024)

Construction Laborers 1,058 thousand (2024)

Drywall Installers, Ceiling Tile Installers, and Tapers 95 thousand (2024)

Electricians 743 thousand (2024)

Glaziers 57 thousand (2024)

Insulation Workers 64 thousand (2024)

Painters and Paperhangers 226 thousand (2024)

Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 490 thousand (2024)

Plasterers and Stucco Masons 21 thousand (2024)

Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers 14 thousand (2024)

Roofers 137 thousand (2024)

Sheet Metal Workers 117 thousand (2024)

Solar Photovoltaic Installers 28 thousand (2024)

Structural Iron and Steel Workers 65 thousand (2024)

Extraction Workers

Derrick, Rotary Drill, and Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 68 thousand (2024)

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters 6 thousand (2024)

Helpers--Extraction Workers 7 thousand (2024)

Rock Splitters, Quarry 3 thousand (2024)

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas 45 thousand (2024)

Surface Mining Machine Operators and Earth Drillers 52 thousand (2024)

Underground Mining Machine Operators 26 thousand (2024)

Helpers, Construction Trades

Helpers, Construction Trades 186 thousand (2024)

Other Construction and Related Workers

Construction and Building Inspectors 137 thousand (2024)

Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers 23 thousand (2024)

Fence Erectors 23 thousand (2024)

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers 51 thousand (2024)

Highway Maintenance Workers 152 thousand (2024)

Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers 34 thousand (2024)

Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators 16 thousand (2024)

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 29 thousand (2024)

Supervisors of Construction and Extraction Workers

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 806 thousand (2024)