The figures provided cover NAICS (2017) "23822" - Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors - for North America, an economic activity code comparable to SIC (2007) code "43.22" for the United Kingdom, NACE (REV. 2) "43.22" for Europe, and ISIC (REV. 4) "4322" on a global level.
Supplementary notes
The figures for 2021 are the latest available as of December 2023. Given the scope of the table this dataset belongs to, a big time gap can be observed. As of the publishing date, figures for 2022 were not available yet.
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Employment in plumbing and HVAC in the U.S. 2022, by state and segment
In California, there were ** people working in the plumbing and HVAC installation, manufacturing, and wholesales sector in 2022. However, there were more people working in the manufacture of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC-R) equipment in Texas. Most of the population working in this industry were employed by plumbing and HVAC contractors. This results are in line with the number of establishments of plumbing and HVAC per state.
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