Info on electrical contractors from the 2007 Economic Census, and official government projections for electrician needs in 2018–printed in six 2010 issues of tED magazine–was recently posted to The EleBlog, operated by a guy I’m proud to call friend and colleague, Joe Salimando, a freelance writer/editor for TED.
“After the December issue posted, I noticed that these data did not appear to be available anywhere else online,” Joe told me. “You can wade through the Census Bureau site and the BLS projections, of course. And anyone who receives the print issue of tED, or has registered for the digital edition at tedmag.com, has seen or can access these articles. But most contractors don’t read a distributor magazine. I obtained permission to post these articles on The EleBlog–accessible without needing a password.”
Each brief blog posting includes a link to a PDF download. The topics:
2007 Electrical Contractor sales by state
’07 work by building type
Maintenance Grows Fastest
Direct sales outpace subcontracting
11,000 more ECs in ’07 (than in ’02)
BLS projections for Electrician needs in 2018 (vs. actual figures from 2008)
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