October 2025 APCA MARKET PENETRATION RESEARCH www.ContinuumCapital.net 2005 Trade Workforce Size by State 49 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 4,000, distribution dominated. Construction unemployment near 5%. Union workforce of 5,000 – near absolute low point. Merit workforce of 50,000 – before 2008 collapse – distribution dominated. Total workforce 54,000, split 9% union and 91% merit shop – size mixture, and geographic dispersion consistent with 2000. Source: Propriety Continuum analysis of BLS raw data.
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