Plumber? Roofer? Electrician? Pool technician? General contractor? What kind of contractor should you be? Well, this answer depends on a lot of things. What are you interested in? how much manual labor do you like? What are you skilled at? How much work do you want to do? How much do you want to get paid? How many hours do you want to work? What’s the job outlook for this career?
As you can see, there’s a lot of things to consider when choosing a job in contracting. For this article, we wanted to share some stats with you on the Best Job Rankings from U.S. News World Report. Their rankings state that the overall employment growth for construction jobs will be 11 percent or 758,400 new jobs by 2026. People will be needed to build new structures and update current buildings. They ranked the follow specialties as follows:
- Plumber. 75,800 projected jobs. $51,450 median salary. 4.4% unemployment rate.
- Construction manager. 46,100 projected jobs. $89,300 median salary. 2.7% unemployment rate.
- Electrician. 60,100 projected jobs. $52,270 median salary. 4.4 percent unemployment rate.
- Solar photovoltaic installer. 11,900 projected jobs. $39,240 median salary. 23.7 percent unemployment rate.
- Carpenter. 87,000 projected jobs. $43,600 median salary. 7 percent unemployment rate.
- Construction worker. 153,300 projected jobs. $33,430 median salary. 9.9 percent unemployment rate.
- Painter. 23,400 projected jobs. $37,570 median salary. 8.5 percent unemployment rate.
- Glazier. 5,300 projected jobs. $41,920 median salary. 6.9 percent unemployment rate.
- Sheet metal worker. 12,000 projected jobs. $46,940 median salary. 5.1 percent unemployment rate.
- Brickmason and blockmason. 9,700 projected jobs. $49,250 median salary. 7.1 percent unemployment rate.
These stats may help you decide between a few specialties you’ve been interested in. If you’re looking to get your Florida contractor’s license, we can help you get through the contractor license process fast. How do you get your Florida contractor’s license? We can do it for you! We are a Florida contractor licensing company. To get started on the process, click here or call us at 239-777-1028.