October 2025 APCA MARKET PENETRATION RESEARCH www.ContinuumCapital.net 2023 Trade Workforce Size by State 46 Washington Oregon Montana California Arizona Wyoming Nevada Idaho Utah Colorado New Mexico Texas Oklahoma North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Louisiana Arkansas Missouri Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Florida Mississippi Alabama Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland New York Maine Delaware New Jersey Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island 1601 or more 1101 to 1600 601 to 1100 101 to 600 100 or less Mileage down to below 3,000. Construction unemployment at historically low 5%. Union workforce of 10,000 – less than half of the 2017 peak. Merit workforce of 35,000 – at or near peaks in ‘22, ’19, ’16, and ’14. Total workforce 45,000, split 23% union and 77% merit shop – size increase in upper Midwest, Texas, and South in comparison to 2015. Source: Propriety Continuum analysis of BLS raw data.
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