Delaware • District of Columbia • Florida • Georgia • Maryland North Carolina • South Carolina • West Virginia • Virginia
While the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Md.-Northern Virginia metroplex is having a recession like everyone else, you wouldn't know it from some of the massive construction projects underway. Being partially funded by your tax dollars through the stimulus package are the renovation of the U.S. Commerce Department in downtown D.C.; a $435 million new home for the U.S. Coast Guard (the biggest stimulus-funded project to date); and several other massive military facilities and offices. Large projects outside of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area include a 500,000-square-foot data center being built by Apple in Maiden, N.C., and a $159.6 million hospital job in Orlando. One word sums up the Florida housing market: ugly.
EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Actual Electricians
in thousands
M
G
C
South Atlantic
129,000
1,778.8
4,237.3
15,656.9
Delaware
2,130
27.0
57.4
282.7
Dover, DE
350
3.3
18.2
34.8
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division
1,680
19.4
45.4
225.0
District of Columbia
1,220
1.3
260.2
442.1
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
11,580
38.3
579.1
1,573.7
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div.
Metro areas are metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) unless otherwise noted.
Metro Div. — Metropolitan Division NECTA — New England city and town area NA — Not available
Electrician employment for May 2008 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
M — Manufacturing employees for July 2009. Source: Current Employment Statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
C — Commercial account employees (professional and business services, retail trade, financial activities, educational and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other services) for July 2009. Source: Current Employment Statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
G — Government employees for July 2009. Source: Current Employment Statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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