The American Red List

Plasterers and Stucco Masons

Currently viable

base and training route both holding

Federal occupation code47-2161
National employment19,310
States reporting26
Ten-year projection+2.8%
Registered apprenticeship sponsors61
Visibility in federal datacounted

Evidence

What is being said about this trade

StatementSourceYear
Plastering techniques were forgotten because they were often not passed down within shops and families.National Park Service, Preservation Brief 23: Preserving Historic Ornamental Plaster; NOTE the same brief says 'ornamental plaster studios have seen a resurgence in demand for their services in the last decade', so NPS does not currently call the trade endangered

Quoted as published. Inclusion is not endorsement of the claim; where a source hedges, the hedge is kept.

This assessment is computed by a published rule from published federal sources. It is a statement believed to be true and offered to be refuted.

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