General Building Contractors


This major group includes general contractors and operative builders primarily engaged in the construction of residential, farm, industrial, commercial, or other buildings. General building contractors who combine a special trade with the contracting are included in this major group.


Region 2000
Estimated
2010
Projected
Numeric
Change
Percent
Change
Missouri33,63038,7405,11015.2%
Kansas City MSA10,09012,7802,69026.7%
St Louis MSA18,59021,6803,09016.6%
Central Region3,4303,5901604.7%
Northeast Region9801,040606.1%
Northwest Region1,0801,25017015.7%
Ozark Region3,2803,87059018.0%
South Central Region570620508.8%
Southeast Region1,8102,09028015.5%
Southwest Region1,1301,26013011.5%
West Central Region9401,000606.4%

Top 25 SOC occupations by order of employment

Carpenters
Construction Laborers
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Construction Managers
Helpers--Carpenters
Structural Iron and Steel Workers
General and Operations Managers
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Cost Estimators
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Office Clerks, General
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Boilermakers
Financial Managers
Chief Executives
Real Estate Sales Agents
Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Millwrights
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer



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