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9. Construction on the West Coast is dominated by Latino labor.

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 01:40 PM

Nov 6

Drywall, Painting, Rebar, Concrete, Landscaping.

Part of the reason is because they'll generally work for lower pay. Another part is that they work extremely hard for longer hours.

There used to be crews that were Eastern European immigrants. I haven't seen them much on jobsites in the last 10 years.

What I don't see on jobsites are African-Americans. Few and far between. I don't know why. Probably the pay.

The white guys tend to either work directly for the General Contractors, or in specialty disciplines like Metal Cladding. The trades like Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical that require long apprenticeships: white guys.

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