The residential framing industry is heavily affected by
fluctuations in the housing market.
q Nationwide, a total of 32,143 jobs were lost between March 2006 and March 2007.
Almost half of these losses were from five counties in the West and South.
q Maricopa County, Ariz., Clark County, Nev., Riverside County and
San Bernardino County, Calif., and Broward County, Fla., lost a total of
15,300 jobs between March 2006 and March 2007.
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FIGURE
Residential framing contractors employment, United
States and selected counties, 2002–2007
Selected employment
National employment
60,000
160,000
50,000
150,000
40,000
140,000
30,000
130,000
Five selected counties
120,000
20,000
National
10,000
110,000
0
100,000
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Year
NOTE: This graphic is based on preliminary 2007 data.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Employment and Wages Annual Averages, 2007
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