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Table 2. Employment and mean hourly wages for construction laborers in selected industries, May 2009
Occupation	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage
Other specialty trade contractors	128,400	$15.65	$32,550
Nonresidential building construction	118,840	17.23	35,840
Foundation structure and building exterior contractors	97,700	15.56	32,370
Residential building construction	91,620	15.17	31,540
Highway street and bridge construction	79,720	17.93	37,290
Utility system construction	79,390	16.44	34,190

Last Modified Date: April 21, 2011