JCrand,
The building industry in this area can be hard.
The amount of illegal emigrants working makes it hard to find high paying framing or carpentry positions. Most employers will often have a couple Americans at a decent wage and loads of illegals paid at next to nothing working for them.
If you're talented, with mabey a portfolio of past work, it shouldn't be a problem.
Most Western states suffer (or benefit) from this.
Good luck.
Greg