October 2025 APCA MARKET PENETRATION RESEARCH www.ContinuumCapital.net 2015 Trade Workforce Size by State 47 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 at 8,000, below peak of ‘14, ‘17, and ‘19. Construction unemployment at 5%, near historic low. Union workforce of 15,000 – between ‘13 and ‘17 peaks of 20,000 and 25,000 respectively. Merit workforce of 20,000 – below peak in ’14 and ‘16. Total workforce 40,000, split 42% union and 58% merit shop – size increase in upper Midwest in comparison to 2010. Source: Propriety Continuum analysis of BLS raw data.
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