Residential Specialty Trade Contractor Employment

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  • Putting on a New Hat

The heads of most pool companies have a very different job description than they did five years ago. Here’s a look at how and why those duties have changed.

The construction boom of the early 2000s created a historically tight labor market. Specialty tradespeople, including tile setters, masons and electricians, had more work than they could handle.

But in recent years a tightening economy has led to massive layoffs across the construction sector. Below are the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ employment figures for specialty trade contractors.

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Rebecca Robledo

Rebecca Robledo is deputy editor of Pool & Spa News and Aquatics International. She is an award-winning trade journalist with more than 25 years experience reporting on and editing content for the pool, spa and aquatics industries. She specializes in technical, complex or detail-oriented subject matter with an emphasis in design and construction, as well as legal and regulatory issues. For this coverage and editing, she has received numerous awards, including four Jesse H. Neal Awards, considered by many to be the “Pulitzer Prize of Trade Journalism.”

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