Residential Building Construction
This industry comprises establishments primarily responsible for the construction or remodeling and renovation of single-family and multifamily residential buildings. Included in this industry are residential housing general contractors (i.e., new construction, remodeling, or renovating existing residential structures), operative builders and remodelers of residential structures, residential project construction management firms, and residential design-build firms.
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Occupations
in Demand for Residential Building Construction |
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| Carpenters | 700 |
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14.0% |
390 |
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| Construction Laborers | 700 |
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14.0% |
390 |
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| First-line Supervisors of Construction & Extraction Workers | 260 |
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6.0% |
172 |
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| Construction Managers | 290 |
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6.0% |
172 |
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| General Office Clerks | 1,600 |
 |
9.3% |
1,402 |
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| Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Audit Clerks | 1,220 |
 |
6.6% |
744 |
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| Secretaries, Exc. Legal, Medical & Exec. | 260 |
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-1.6% |
133 |
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| Laborers & Freight/Stock Movers, Hand | 950 |
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-2.1% |
790 |
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| General Office Clerks | 1,600 |
|
9.3% |
1,402 |
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| Cost Estimators | 90 |
|
19.0% |
95 |
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| General & Operations Managers | 750 |
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-4.1% |
534 |
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| Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics | 150 |
|
9.1% |
112 |
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| Source:
Minnesota
Dept. of Employment & Economic Development 2010 Median Annual Salary Data from the 2010 Minnesota Salary Survey for Region 6W and Region 8 Current Demand Data from the Occupations in Demand Tool for Region 6W and Region 8 Projected Employment Data from the 2009-2019 Minnesota Employment Projections Program |
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