Spreadsheet: 23ba957e-e52a-4386-abf6-f227f8324011
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Water Well Drilling Special Trade Contractors | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 | Unnamed: 8 | Unnamed: 9 | Unnamed: 10 | Unnamed: 11 | Unnamed: 12 | Unnamed: 13 | Unnamed: 14 | Unnamed: 15 | Unnamed: 16
Thirty-Five Year Perspective:  1967 - 2002
Prepared by:  National Ground Water Association, Westerville, Ohio
Prepared from:  Census of Construction Industries, U.S. Bureau of the Census
 | Year 1967 | Year 1972 | % Change | Year 1977 | % Change | Year 1982 | % Change | Year 1987 | % Change | Year 1992 | % Change | Year 1997* | % Change | Year 2002 | % Change
Number of Establishments | 4115 | 4158 | 1.07 | 4305 | 3.51 | 3551 | -17.51 | 3441 | -3.86 | 3638 | 5.73 | 3862 | 6.16 | 4028 | 4.3 | Number of Establishments
Proprietors & Working Partners | 3796 | 3239 | -14.67 | 2900 | -10.47 | 1633 | -43.69 | 1150 | -29.58 | 1499 | 30.35 | 1626 | 8.47 |  |  | Proprietors & Working Partners
[NAME]. no. of prop. & working partners/est. | 0.92 | 0.78 | -15.35 | 0.67 | -13.64 | 0.46 | -31.36 | 0.34 | -26.77 | 0.41 | 20.6 | 0.42 | 2.69 |  |  | [NAME]. no. of prop. & working partners/est.
All Employees | 14196 | 17136 | 20.71 | 22352 | 30.44 | 17153 | -23.26 | 17598 | 2.59 | 19346 | 9.93 | 21214 | 9.66 | 23910 | 12.7 | All Employees
[NAME]. no. of employees/establishment | 3.45 | 4.12 | 19.42 | 5.19 | 25.97 | 4.83 | -6.94 | 5.15 | 6.63 | 5.32 | 3.3 | 5.49 | 3.2 | 5.94 | 8.2 | [NAME]. no. of employees/establishment
Construction Workers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Construction Workers
March | 11298 | 13020 | 15.24 | 17296 | 32.84 | 13183 | -23.78 | 12735 | -3.4 | 13863 | 8.86 | 14423 | 4.04 |  |  | March
May | 12429 | 14642 | 17.81 | 19683 | 34.43 | 13974 | -29 | 14035 | 0.44 | 14897 | 6.14 | 15497 | 4.03 |  |  | May
August | 12706 | 15146 | 19.2 | 19518 | 28.87 | 13862 | -28.98 | 14357 | 3.57 | 15616 | 8.77 | 16092 | 3.05 |  |  | August
November | 11513 | 13817 | 20.01 | 18276 | 32.27 | 12429 | -31.99 | 13391 | 7.74 | 14364 | 7.27 | 15426 | 7.39 |  |  | November
AVERAGE | 12367 | 14598 | 18.04 | 18720 | 28.24 | 13703 | -26.8 | 13628 | -0.55 | 14693 | 7.81 | 15360 | 4.54 |  |  | AVERAGE
[NAME]. no. of construction workers/est. | 3 | 3.51 | 17 | 4.35 | 23.93 | 3.85 | -11.26 | 3.99 | 3.41 | 4.04 | 1.25 | 3.98 | -1.49 |  |  | [NAME]. no. of construction workers/est.
Other Employees | 1753 | 2499 | 42.56 | 3518 | 40.78 | 3448 | -1.99 | 3768 | 9.28 | 4577 | 21.47 |  |  |  |  | Other Employees
March |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3993 |  | 4660 | 16.7 | 5902 | 26.65 |  |  | March
May |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3983 |  | 4592 | 15.29 | 5832 | 27 |  |  | May
August |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4129 |  | 4826 | 16.88 | 5846 | 21.14 |  |  | August
November |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3969 |  | 4664 | 17.51 | 5838 | 25.17 |  |  | November
AVERAGE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4018.5 |  | 4685.5 | 16.6 | 5855 | 24.97 |  |  | AVERAGE
[NAME]. no. of other employees/est. | 0.42 | 0.6 | 43.1 | 0.82 | 36.2 | 0.97 | 18.4 | 1.1 | 13.8 | 1.28 | 16.36 | 1.52 | 18.75 |  |  | [NAME]. no. of other employees/est.
Construction Worker Hours (thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Construction Worker Hours (thousands)
January to March |  |  |  |  |  | 5850 |  | 5822 | -0.48 |  |  |  |  |  |  | January to March
April to June |  |  |  |  |  | 6227 |  | 6635 | 6.55 |  |  |  |  |  |  | April to June
July to September |  |  |  |  |  | 6303 |  | 6874 | 9.06 |  |  |  |  |  |  | July to September
October to December |  |  |  |  |  | 5645 |  | 6392 | 13.23 |  |  |  |  |  |  | October to December
TOTAL HOURS WORKED |  |  |  |  |  | 24026 |  | 25724 | 7.07 |  |  |  |  |  |  | TOTAL HOURS WORKED
[NAME]. no. of construction worker hours/est. |  |  |  |  |  | 6765.98 |  | 7534.86 | 11.36 |  |  |  |  |  |  | [NAME]. no. of construction worker hours/est.
No. of hours/construction worker |  |  |  |  |  | 1753.33 |  | 1887.58 | 7.66 |  |  |  |  |  |  | No. of hours/construction worker
Payroll, All Employees | 72706 | 125147 | 72.13 | 237983 | 90.16 | 248983 | 4.62 | 335171 | 34.62 | 443641 | 32.36 | 576191 | 28.88 | 773785 | 34.99 | Payroll, All Employees
Payroll, construction workers | 59561 | 101987 | 71.2 | 188307 | 84.67 | 190161 | 0.98 | 248510 | 30.68 | 322593 | 29.8 | 399089 | 23.71 |  |  | Payroll, construction workers
Avg. construction worker salary | 4816.12 | 6984.99 | 45.03 | 10059.14 | 44.07 | 13877.33 | 37.96 | 18235.25 | 31.4 | 22034.8 | 20.84 | 25980 | 17.91 |  |  | Avg. construction worker salary
Avg. construction worker salary/hour |  |  |  |  |  | 7.92 |  | 9.66 | 21.97 |  |  |  |  |  |  | Avg. construction worker salary/hour
Payroll, Other Employees | 13174 | 23180 | 75.95 | 48730 | 110.22 | 58821 | 20.71 | 86660 | 47.33 | 121048 | 39.68 | 177102 | 46.3 |  |  | Payroll, Other Employees
Avg. other employee salary |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21834.22 |  | 26447.02 | 21.26 | 30250 | 14.38 |  |  | Avg. other employee salary
First Quarter Payroll, All Employees |  |  |  | 49963 |  | 60129 | 20.35 | 72889 | 21.22 | 95425 | 30.92 | 123489 | 29.41 |  |  | First Quarter Payroll, All Employees
Employer Costs for Fringes, All Employees |  |  |  | 40020 |  | 48559 | 21.34 | 67655 | 39.33 | 100751 | 48.92 | 125173 | 24.24 |  |  | Employer Costs for Fringes, All Employees
Avg. value of all fringe costs/employee |  |  |  | 1790.44 |  | 2830.93 | 58.1 | 3844.47 | 35.8 | 5207.85 | 35.46 | 5900 | 13.29 |  |  | Avg. value of all fringe costs/employee
Legally required expenditures |  |  |  | 28803 |  | 34246 | 18.9 | 50550 | 47.61 | 72839 | 44.09 | 85870 | 17.89 |  |  | Legally required expenditures
Avg. value legally required/employee |  |  |  | 1288.61 |  | 1996.5 | 54.93 | 2872.48 | 43.88 | 3765.07 | 31.07 | 4050 | 7.57 |  |  | Avg. value legally required/employee
Voluntary expenditures |  |  |  | 11217 |  | 14313 | 27.6 | 17104 | 19.5 | 27912 | 63.19 | 39303 | 40.81 |  |  | Voluntary expenditures
Avg. value voluntary expediture/employee |  |  |  | 501.83 |  | 834.43 | 66.27 | 971.92 | 16.48 | 1442.78 | 48.45 | 1850 | 28.22 |  |  | Avg. value voluntary expediture/employee
Dollar Value of Business Done | 327514 | 556965 | 70.06 | 1118330 | 100.79 | 1031674 | -7.75 | 1369347 | 32.63 | 1751290 | 27.89 | 2222222 | 26.89 |  |  | Dollar Value of Business Done
Avg. dollar value of business/establishment | 79590 | 133918 | 68.26 | 259775 | 93.98 | 290531 | 11.84 | 400805 | 27.96 | 481388.13 | 20.11 | 575410 | 19.53 |  |  | Avg. dollar value of business/establishment
Value of construction work | 318690 | 534171 | 67.61 | 1090886 | 104.22 | 1013886 | -7.08 | 1330056 | 31.13 | 1727355 | 29.87 | 2191264 | 26.86 | 2888675 | 29.99 | Value of construction work
Value of construction, subcontracted in | 27457 | 52572 | 91.47 | 126402 | 139.75 | 116796 | -7.34 | 213779 | 83.04 | 260302 | 21.76 | 406758 | 56.26 | 717150 | 24.63 | Value of construction, subcontracted in
Land receipts |  |  |  |  | n/1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Land receipts
Other business receipts | 8832 | 22794 | 158.08 | 27912 | 22.45 | 17788 | -36.27 | 38291 | 115.28 | 23935 | -37.49 | 30958 | 29.34 |  |  | Other business receipts
Net Value of Construction Work | 311282 | 523128 | 68.06 | 1077767 | 106.02 | 984884 | -8.62 | 1299288 | 35 | 1675998 | 28.99 | 2131884 | 27.2 | 2775021 | 30.71 | Net Value of Construction Work
Avg. net value/establishment | 75646 | 125782 | 66.27 | 250352 | 99.04 | 277354 | 10.79 | 380576 | 40.42 | 460692.14 | 21.05 | 552020 | 19.82 |  |  | Avg. net value/establishment
Value Added | 190033 | 325847 | 71.47 | 628789 | 92.97 | 577507 | -8.16 | 779621 | 35 | 994814 | 27.6 | 1331018 | 33.8 | 1828891 | 37.41 | Value Added
Avg. value added/establishment | 46181 | 78347 | 69.65 | 146060 | 86.43 | 162632 | 11.35 | 228360 | 40.42 | 273450.8 | 19.75 | 344640 | 26.03 |  |  | Avg. value added/establishment
Selected Costs | 137435 | 231118 | 68.17 | 489541 | 111.81 | 454167 | -7.23 | 588726 | 29.62 | 756476 | 28.49 | 891204 | 17.81 |  |  | Selected Costs
[NAME]. selected costs/establishment | 33399 | 55571 | 66.38 | 113715 | 104.63 | 127898 | 12.47 | 172455 | 34.83 | 207937.33 | 20.57 | 230760 | 10.98 |  |  | [NAME]. selected costs/establishment
Materials, components & supplies | 130026 | 220075 | 69.25 | 435442 | 97.86 | 374019 | -14.1 | 495741 | 32.54 | 630468 | 27.18 | 743224 | 17.88 |  |  | Materials, components & supplies
Construction work subcontracted to others | 7422 | 11043 | 48.79 | 12651 | 14.56 | 29001 | 129.23 | 30768 | 6.09 | 51357 | 66.92 | 59380 | 15.62 |  |  | Construction work subcontracted to others
Selected power, fuel & lubricants |  |  |  | 41449 |  | 51145 | 23.39 | 62217 | 21.65 | 74651 | 19.98 | 88600 | 18.64 |  |  | Selected power, fuel & lubricants
Electricity |  |  |  | 3481 |  | 3430 | -1.47 | 5169 | 50.7 | 6932 | 34.11 | 11055 | 59.48 |  |  | Electricity
Natural gas |  |  |  | 890 |  | 827 | -7.08 | 883 | 6.77 | 1543 | 74.75 | 2547 | 65.07 |  |  | Natural gas
Gasoline and diesel fuel |  |  |  | 33113 |  | 43361 | 30.95 | 51794 | 19.45 | 60357 | 16.53 | 67930 | 12.55 |  |  | Gasoline and diesel fuel
On highway use |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 37230 |  | 40252 | 8.12 | 41605 | 3.36 |  |  | On highway use
Off highway use |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14564 |  | 20106 | 38.05 | 26325 | 30.93 |  |  | Off highway use
Other, including lubricating oils and greases |  |  |  | 3965 |  | 3526 | -11.07 | 4369 | 23.91 | 5819 | 33.19 | 7069 | 21.48 |  |  | Other, including lubricating oils and greases
Rental Costs - Machinery, equipment & buildings |  |  |  | 10962 |  | 10758 | -1.86 | 17527 | 62.92 | 26904 | 53.5 | 47545 | 76.72 |  |  | Rental Costs - Machinery, equipment & buildings
For machinery and equipment | 2857 | 4042 | 41.48 | 8173 | 102.2 | 6262 | -23.38 | 9767 | 55.97 | 14971 | 53.28 | 25797 | 72.31 |  |  | For machinery and equipment
[NAME]. machinery rental costs/establishment | 694.29 | 977.87 | 39.98 | 1898.49 | 94.15 | 1763.45 | -7.11 | 2860.87 | 62.23 | 4115.17 | 43.84 | 6680 | 62.33 |  |  | [NAME]. machinery rental costs/establishment
For buildings |  |  |  | 2789 |  | 4496 | 61.2 | 7759 | 72.57 | 11933 | 53.8 | 21749 | 82.26 |  |  | For buildings
Selected Purchase Services |  |  |  | 49788 |  | 50284 | 0.996 | 71366 | 41.92 | 86625 | 21.38 | 113897 | 31.48 |  |  | Selected Purchase Services
[NAME]. selected purchase services/establishment |  |  |  | 11565 |  | 14160 | 22.44 | 20904 | 47.63 | 23811.16 | 13.91 | 29490 | 23.85 |  |  | [NAME]. selected purchase services/establishment
Communication services |  |  |  | 7309 |  | 9294 | 267.16 | 15363 | 65.3 | 18899 | 23.02 | 28997 | 52.43 |  |  | Communication services
Repairs to buildings and structures |  |  |  | 2110 |  | 2505 | 18.72 | 2727 | 48.78 | 3495 | 28.16 | 5002 | 43.12 |  |  | Repairs to buildings and structures
Repairs to machinery and equipment |  |  |  | 40369 |  | 38483 | -4.67 | 52275 | 35.84 | 64231 | 22.87 | 79898 | 24.39 |  |  | Repairs to machinery and equipment
Ownership of Construction Projects |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ownership of Construction Projects
Value of construction projects | 318690 | 534171 | 67.61 | 1040418 | 104.13 | 1013886 | -7.02 | 1330056 | 31.18 | 1727355 | 29.87 | 2191264 | 26.86 |  |  | Value of construction projects
Avg. value of construction/establishment | 77446 | 128437 | 65.84 | 253291 | 97.21 | 285521 | 21.35 | 389589 | 36.45 | 474808.96 | 21.87 | 567390 | 19.5 |  |  | Avg. value of construction/establishment
Government owned | 53446 | 110082 | 105.97 | 176967 | 60.76 | 177264 | 0.17 | 207653 | 17.14 | 225893 | 8.78 | 401789 | 77.97 |  |  | Government owned
Federal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50606 |  | 61635 | 21.79 | 127545 | 106.94 |  |  | Federal
State and local |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 157047 |  | 164259 | 4.59 | 274244 | 66.96 |  |  | State and local
Privately owned | 103272 | 424089 | 310.65 | 913451 | 115.39 | 836621 | -95.99 | 1122402 | 34.16 | 1501462 | 33.77 | 1789475 | 19.18 |  |  | Privately owned
Annual Well Construction - 13 states [a] |  |  |  |  |  | 40033 |  | 54624 | 36.45 | 75810 | 38.79 | 78335 | 3.33 |  |  | Annual Well Construction - 13 states [a]
Annual Domestic Water Systems Shipments [b] | 844700 | 822678 | -2.61 | 620733 | -24.5 | 1313020 | 111.5 | 1725243 | 31.4 | 1976836 | -1.21 | 2067084 | 4.57 | 2376655 | 14.98 | Annual Domestic Water Systems Shipments [b]
Annual Domestic Water Systems - Dollar Value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 331484000 |  | 357162000 | 7.75 | 460877000 | 29.04 | Annual Domestic Water Systems - Dollar Value
Annual Drilling Machine Shipments [b] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 252 |  | 337 | 33.73 | 361 | 7.12 | Annual Drilling Machine Shipments [b]
Annual Drilling Machine Shipments - Dollar Value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 51584000 |  | 85565000 | 65.88 | 99826000 | 16.67 | Annual Drilling Machine Shipments - Dollar Value
[a] From NGWA compilation of state agency reports
13 states:  Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin
[b] U.S. Bureau of the Census for all years except | 1967, which is from Water Systems Council.
Updated:  November 23, 1999