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Two Year Occupational Projections
for the Benton-Franklin Workforce Development Area
All Occupations
Partnership includes: Benton and Franklin counties
Counties are: Benton and Franklin
 

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 Occupational Title Estimate Employee 3rd Qtr 2001 Estimate Employee 3rd Qtr 2003 Average Annual Growth Rate Average Annual Growth Average Annual Total Openings
  132011 Accountants and auditors 619 632 1.0% 6 15
113011 Administrative services managers 105 110 2.3% 2 4
413011 Advertising sales agents 63 64 0.5% 0 2
194011 Agricultural and food science technicians 139 135 -1.5% -2 1
191010 Agricultural and food scientists 54 54 0.4% 0 2
452011 Agricultural inspectors 50 51 1.0% 1 2
170000 All Other Architecture & Engineering Occupations 629 687 4.5% 29 42
270000 All Other Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media Occupations 470 493 2.4% 11 21
130000 All Other Business & Financial Operations Occupations 384 413 3.7% 15 22
210000 All Other Community & Social Services Occupations 63 65 1.3% 1 2
150000 All Other Computer & Mathematical Occupations 915 986 3.8% 36 40
470000 All Other Construction & Extraction Occupations 1,238 1,248 0.4% 5 39
474095 All other construction and related workers 61 62 0.7% 0 1
173099 All other drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians 73 77 2.9% 2 4
250000 95 97 1.2% 1 3
459100 All other farming, fishing, and forestry workers 1,699 1,694 -0.2% -3 58
350000 All Other Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations 125 128 1.1% 1 8
290000 All Other Healthcare Practitioners & Technical ccupations 432 454 2.5% 11 20
490000 All Other Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations 402 398 -0.5% -2 9
499088 All other installation, maintenance, and repair workers 124 124 0.0% 0 2
190000 All Other Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations 1,658 1,737 2.4% 40 84
110000 All Other Management Occupations 384 412 3.6% 14 20
999999 All other occupations 4,144 4,264 1.4% 60 175
430000 All Other Office & Administrative Support Occupations 333 343 1.4% 5 11
390000 All Other Personal Care & Service Occupations 531 546 1.4% 7 30
510000 All Other Production Occupations 1,113 1,101 -0.6% -6 29
330000 All Other Protective Service Occupations 712 731 1.4% 10 40
410000 All Other Sales & Related Occupations 142 141 -0.4% -1 2
419098 All other sales and related workers 293 300 1.1% 3 9
253999 All other teachers, primary, secondary, and adult 518 526 0.8% 4 9
530000 All Other Transportation & Material Moving Occupations 381 375 -0.8% -3 8
393091 Amusement and recreation attendants 124 127 1.1% 1 7
171011 Architects, except landscape and naval 284 329 7.6% 22 24
173011 Architectural and civil drafters 192 223 7.6% 15 21
512099 Assemblers and fabricators, all other 53 54 0.9% 0 1
493021 Automotive body and related repairers 52 53 0.8% 0 2
493023 Automotive service technicians and mechanics 653 688 2.6% 17 32
513011 Bakers 82 90 4.4% 4 5
395011 Barbers 67 71 2.5% 2 4
353011 Bartenders 389 394 0.7% 3 18
433011 Bill and account collectors 223 230 1.6% 4 9
433021 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 302 310 1.3% 4 11
191020 Biological scientists 95 101 2.8% 3 6
433031 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,719 1,746 0.8% 14 45
493031 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 256 295 7.4% 20 26
533022 Bus drivers, school 270 275 1.1% 3 10
533021 Bus drivers, transit and intercity 479 488 0.9% 5 16
131198 Business operations specialists, all other 757 780 1.5% 11 29
472031 Carpenters 979 972 -0.4% -4 11
472041 Carpet installers 97 102 2.4% 2 4
412011 Cashiers 2,669 2,686 0.3% 9 171
472051 Cement masons and concrete finishers 126 155 11.2% 15 16
351011 Chefs and head cooks 80 81 0.8% 1 4
518091 Chemical plant and system operators 71 75 2.2% 2 4
111011 Chief executives 99 102 1.8% 2 5
399011 Child care workers 940 953 0.7% 7 44
211021 Child, family, and school social workers 72 75 2.0% 1 2
173022 Civil engineering technicians 149 162 4.0% 6 9
172051 Civil engineers 613 695 6.5% 41 50
537061 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 344 347 0.4% 2 15
353021 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,475 1,501 0.9% 13 128
131041 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 97 99 1.2% 1 3
113021 Computer and information systems managers 97 104 3.2% 3 5
439011 Computer operators 55 56 0.4% 0 1
151021 Computer programmers 173 186 3.5% 6 10
151041 Computer support specialists 234 242 1.8% 4 5
151051 Computer systems analysts 201 212 2.7% 6 7
492011 Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 65 69 2.6% 2 2
474011 Construction and building inspectors 120 135 6.1% 8 10
472061 Construction laborers 486 602 11.3% 58 62
119021 Construction managers 225 253 5.9% 14 17
499012 Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 120 117 -1.1% -1 3
352011 Cooks, fast food 309 314 0.8% 3 14
352012 Cooks, institution and cafeteria 244 248 0.9% 2 11
352014 Cooks, restaurant 446 453 0.8% 4 20
352015 Cooks, short order 123 124 0.3% 0 5
333012 Correctional officers and jailers 176 177 0.2% 0 5
412021 Counter and rental clerks 445 445 0.0% 0 25
353022 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 317 323 0.9% 3 44
435021 Couriers and messengers 170 171 0.3% 1 6
434031 Court, municipal, and license clerks 121 123 0.8% 1 3
434051 Customer service representatives 1,031 1,039 0.4% 4 11
519032 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 105 108 1.5% 2 3
439021 Data entry keyers 100 101 0.8% 1 2
419011 Demonstrators and product promoters 60 61 1.0% 1 3
319091 Dental assistants 262 286 4.6% 12 17
292021 Dental hygienists 145 158 4.6% 7 9
291020 Dentists 102 110 3.5% 4 6
475011 Derrick operators, oil and gas 91 88 -1.4% -1 2
333021 Detectives and criminal investigators 82 83 0.2% 0 2
359011 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 232 236 0.8% 2 12
359021 Dishwashers 294 298 0.8% 2 18
435032 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 132 134 0.8% 1 3
533031 Driver/sales workers 238 241 0.5% 1 4
472081 Drywall and ceiling tile installers 128 128 0.3% 0 1
119030 Education Administrators 219 223 0.9% 2 7
211012 Educational, vocational, and school counselors 156 158 0.6% 1 4
173023 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 103 110 3.3% 3 5
512022 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 75 75 0.1% 0 2
173012 Electrical and electronics drafters 52 56 4.1% 2 4
499051 Electrical power-line installers and repairers 283 276 -1.1% -3 6
472111 Electricians 487 492 0.6% 3 11
252021 Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,131 1,154 1.0% 12 34
434061 Eligibility interviewers, government programs 82 82 -0.4% 0 2
131071 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 127 131 1.4% 2 4
172199 Engineers, all other 282 296 2.6% 7 13
172081 Environmental engineers 203 205 0.4% 1 5
436011 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 538 562 2.2% 12 20
493041 Farm equipment mechanics 258 260 0.4% 1 7
452080 Farmworkers 6,736 6,707 -0.2% -14 215
434071 File clerks 137 146 3.3% 5 9
113031 Financial managers 239 245 1.4% 3 7
132099 Financial specialists, all other 68 69 0.2% 0 1
332011 Fire fighters 238 242 0.9% 2 8
471011 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 826 921 5.6% 47 65
331021 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 61 62 0.9% 1 2
351012 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 406 413 0.9% 4 14
531021 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 104 104 0.1% 0 2
371011 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 62 64 1.4% 1 3
371012 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 75 81 4.1% 3 3
491011 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 331 331 0.0% 0 8
411012 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 363 362 -0.1% 0 4
431011 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 867 893 1.5% 13 28
391021 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 87 87 0.0% 0 3
331012 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 64 66 0.9% 1 2
511011 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 275 277 0.5% 1 8
411011 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,235 1,229 -0.3% -3 12
531031 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 155 153 -0.4% -1 2
451010 First-line supervisors/managers/contractors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 492 494 0.2% 1 5
399031 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 126 129 1.1% 1 4
513092 Food batchmakers 118 117 -0.1% 0 3
352021 Food preparation workers 349 360 1.4% 5 23
119051 Food service managers 79 79 0.6% 0 1
111021 General and operations managers 817 837 1.2% 10 22
472121 Glaziers 71 69 -1.8% -1 0
452041 Graders and sorters, agricultural products 1,060 1,056 -0.2% -2 23
271024 Graphic designers 103 106 1.5% 2 2
395012 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 398 413 1.9% 7 17
211091 Health educators 84 88 2.3% 2 3
319099 Healthcare support workers, all other 68 71 2.0% 1 3
499021 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 63 63 0.2% 0 1
499098 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 142 144 0.8% 1 8
473014 Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons 56 57 1.0% 1 3
519198 Helpers--production workers 200 201 0.0% 0 5
499031 Home appliance repairers 81 79 -1.2% -1 1
311011 Home health aides 332 347 2.2% 7 11
359031 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 191 194 0.8% 2 8
434081 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 210 217 1.7% 4 14
434161 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 82 84 1.1% 1 3
113040 Human resources managers 72 75 1.9% 1 2
499041 Industrial machinery mechanics 129 130 0.1% 0 4
113051 Industrial production managers 127 127 0.2% 0 2
537051 Industrial truck and tractor operators 757 764 0.4% 3 13
434999 Information and Record Clerks, All Other 127 131 1.3% 2 3
519061 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 189 194 1.5% 3 7
439041 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 54 54 -0.8% 0 0
413021 Insurance sales agents 116 120 2.0% 2 5
434111 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 270 285 2.8% 8 14
372011 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,145 1,164 0.8% 10 30
252012 Kindergarten teachers, except special education 93 95 1.0% 1 2
537062 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,597 1,622 0.8% 13 77
373011 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 516 536 2.0% 10 24
516011 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 124 128 1.6% 2 5
231011 Lawyers 289 283 -1.0% -3 0
436012 Legal secretaries 58 58 0.0% 0 1
239099 Legal Support Workers, All Other 66 68 1.2% 1 1
254021 Librarians 123 126 1.3% 2 4
434121 Library assistants, clerical 91 93 0.9% 1 5
254031 Library technicians 100 102 1.0% 1 6
292061 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 339 361 3.2% 11 19
194099 Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 148 152 1.2% 2 7
434131 Loan interviewers and clerks 63 65 1.1% 1 1
132072 Loan officers 73 75 1.0% 1 2
534010 Locomotive engineers and firers 54 62 6.8% 4 6
372012 Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,444 1,478 1.2% 17 49
499042 Maintenance and repair workers, general 866 882 0.9% 8 17
499043 Maintenance workers, machinery 194 192 -0.7% -1 4
131111 Management analysts 240 254 2.9% 7 9
119198 Managers, all other 264 275 2.1% 6 10
193021 Market research analysts 80 86 3.9% 3 5
112021 Marketing managers 155 156 0.6% 1 3
292012 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 73 77 2.8% 2 4
292011 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 54 56 2.0% 1 2
119111 Medical and health services managers 92 98 3.0% 3 4
211022 Medical and public health social workers 68 71 2.1% 1 2
319092 Medical assistants 211 224 3.1% 7 12
319093 Medical equipment preparers 82 86 2.7% 2 4
292071 Medical records and health information technicians 59 61 2.1% 1 2
436013 Medical secretaries 307 333 4.0% 13 17
211014 Mental health counselors 58 58 0.5% 0 1
435041 Meter readers, utilities 292 284 -1.3% -4 3
252022 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 492 502 1.0% 5 15
493042 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 73 87 9.2% 7 9
119121 Natural sciences managers 147 155 2.6% 4 6
434141 New accounts clerks 122 125 1.6% 2 5
392021 Nonfarm animal caretakers 132 134 0.8% 1 4
311012 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 343 350 1.0% 3 7
439999 Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 414 433 2.2% 9 15
439061 Office clerks, general 1,750 1,801 1.5% 26 60
472073 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 259 427 28.4% 84 90
434151 Order clerks 144 148 1.2% 2 5
519111 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 675 692 1.2% 8 24
537064 Packers and packagers, hand 753 755 0.1% 1 20
472141 Painters, construction and maintenance 190 196 1.5% 3 6
232011 Paralegals and legal assistants 78 79 0.7% 1 1
412022 Parts salespersons 177 176 -0.2% 0 5
433051 Payroll and timekeeping clerks 136 144 2.7% 4 8
373012 Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation 137 138 0.2% 0 4
291051 Pharmacists 114 115 0.5% 1 4
292052 Pharmacy technicians 128 128 0.1% 0 3
192099 Physical scientists, all other 81 84 1.3% 1 5
291071 Physician assistants 102 109 3.4% 4 6
291060 Physicians and surgeons 194 204 2.5% 5 7
472151 Pipelayers 100 196 40.2% 48 50
472152 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 555 559 0.4% 2 10
333051 Police and sheriff's patrol officers 276 280 0.8% 2 7
435052 Postal service mail carriers 200 201 0.2% 0 6
251000 Postsecondary teachers 233 238 1.1% 3 9
518012 Power distributors and dispatchers 72 72 0.1% 0 2
518013 Power plant operators 118 115 -1.3% -2 2
252011 Preschool teachers, except special education 228 238 2.0% 5 7
211092 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 59 58 0.0% 0 1
435061 Production, planning, and expediting clerks 137 141 1.5% 2 4
119141 Property, real estate, and community association managers 56 56 -0.3% 0 1
193060 Psychologists 67 69 1.3% 1 2
273031 Public relations specialists 136 140 1.4% 2 4
131023 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 155 159 1.4% 2 5
292034 Radiologic technologists and technicians 98 104 3.1% 3 5
534031 Railroad conductors and yardmasters 64 63 -1.3% -1 2
419022 Real estate sales agents 198 195 -0.7% -1 4
434171 Receptionists and information clerks 816 868 3.1% 26 45
399032 Recreation workers 170 173 0.8% 1 5
291111 Registered nurses 1,077 1,120 2.0% 21 41
211015 Rehabilitation counselors 226 217 -2.1% -5 0
412031 Retail salespersons 2,917 2,930 0.2% 6 138
475012 Rotary drill operators, oil and gas 108 105 -1.4% -2 2
475071 Roustabouts, oil and gas 122 119 -1.4% -2 2
112022 Sales managers 122 122 0.2% 0 2
414012 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 534 544 1.0% 5 22
414011 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 216 223 1.6% 4 9
252031 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 521 531 1.0% 5 20
436014 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 905 923 1.0% 9 23
413031 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 116 126 4.3% 5 6
519012 Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 94 97 1.5% 1 4
472211 Sheet metal workers 131 134 0.9% 1 4
435071 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 391 393 0.3% 1 9
211093 Social and human service assistants 127 123 -1.8% -2 1
252042 Special education teachers, middle school 60 61 1.0% 1 1
252041 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 112 114 1.1% 1 2
252043 Special education teachers, secondary school 70 71 1.0% 1 1
291127 Speech-language pathologists 50 52 1.4% 1 2
435081 Stock clerks and order fillers 557 564 0.7% 4 32
173031 Surveying and mapping technicians 155 172 5.5% 9 12
171022 Surveyors 160 187 8.0% 13 18
432011 Switchboard operators, including answering service 94 99 2.8% 3 6
472082 Tapers 79 80 0.4% 0 1
259041 Teacher assistants 1,207 1,234 1.1% 14 36
512092 Team assemblers 115 111 -1.9% -2 0
492022 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 101 111 4.8% 5 7
419041 Telemarketers 126 128 0.9% 1 5
433071 Tellers 340 351 1.6% 5 24
113071 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 69 69 -0.1% 0 1
413041 Travel agents 68 67 -0.7% 0 1
373013 Tree trimmers and pruners 1,452 1,449 -0.1% -1 36
533032 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,295 1,385 3.4% 45 61
533033 Truck drivers, light or delivery services 769 794 1.6% 12 22
193051 Urban and regional planners 134 148 5.3% 7 10
319096 Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 74 80 3.9% 3 5
252032 Vocational education teachers, secondary school 83 85 1.0% 1 3
353031 Waiters and waitresses 1,121 1,132 0.5% 6 74
518031 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 83 83 0.1% 0 3
435111 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 72 74 1.5% 1 3
514121 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 118 114 -1.6% -2 1
131022 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 119 120 0.1% 0 4
439022 Word processors and typists 87 92 2.8% 2 4
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