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Two Year Occupational Projections
for the Tri-County Workforce Development Area
All Occupations
Partnership includes: Tri-County (Central Washington)
Counties are: Kittitas, Klickitat and Yakima
 

SOC
Code

 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 521 532 1.1% 6 13
113011 Administrative services managers 82 84 1.2% 1 2
413011 Advertising sales agents 77 78 0.4% 0 2
191010 Agricultural and food scientists 56 54 -1.1% -1 1
452011 Agricultural inspectors 157 157 0.1% 0 4
170000 All Other Architecture & Engineering Occupations 212 209 -0.6% -1 3
270000 All Other Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media Occupations 398 406 1.0% 4 12
370000 All Other Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations 3,416 3,491 1.1% 38 126
130000 All Other Business & Financial Operations Occupations 140 141 0.4% 1 3
150000 All Other Computer & Mathematical Occupations 82 88 3.5% 3 4
470000 All Other Construction & Extraction Occupations 547 559 1.2% 6 18
219099 All other counselors, social, and religious workers 109 109 0.0% 0 2
250000 All Other Education, Training, & Library Occupations 325 337 1.9% 6 14
450000 All Other Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations 2,468 2,508 0.8% 20 111
459100 All other farming, fishing, and forestry workers 3,951 4,028 1.0% 39 180
290000 All Other Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations 283 296 2.3% 7 12
490000 All Other Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations 250 254 0.6% 2 7
499088 All other installation, maintenance, and repair workers 147 151 1.4% 2 5
190000 All Other Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations 128 131 1.5% 2 6
110000 All Other Management Occupations 155 157 0.6% 1 4
999999 All other occupations 4,382 4,295 -1.0% -44 118
430000 All Other Office & Administrative Support Occupations 160 163 1.1% 2 5
390000 All Other Personal Care & Service Occupations 664 680 1.2% 8 33
510000 All Other Production Occupations 2,019 1,998 -0.5% -10 42
330000 All Other Protective Service Occupations 126 127 0.6% 1 15
410000 All Other Sales & Related Occupations 135 133 -0.7% -1 2
419098 All other sales and related workers 224 231 1.4% 3 7
253999 All other teachers, primary, secondary, and adult 892 922 1.7% 15 23
530000 All Other Transportation & Material Moving Occupations 858 869 0.6% 5 30
393091 Amusement and recreation attendants 134 137 1.0% 1 7
493021 Automotive body and related repairers 109 110 0.5% 1 3
493023 Automotive service technicians and mechanics 854 916 3.5% 31 50
513011 Bakers 159 171 3.7% 6 8
353011 Bartenders 188 191 0.8% 2 9
433011 Bill and account collectors 177 185 2.2% 4 8
433021 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 361 378 2.4% 9 17
191020 Biological scientists 52 53 0.3% 0 2
194021 Biological technicians 111 113 1.0% 1 3
433031 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,764 1,783 0.5% 9 41
493031 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 330 333 0.5% 2 10
533022 Bus drivers, school 525 546 2.0% 10 24
131198 Business operations specialists, all other 872 878 0.3% 3 23
513021 Butchers and meat cutters 126 129 1.4% 2 5
517011 Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 89 84 -3.0% -3 0
472031 Carpenters 1,279 1,296 0.7% 8 28
412011 Cashiers 2,997 3,094 1.6% 48 232
351011 Chefs and head cooks 163 167 1.3% 2 9
111011 Chief executives 148 150 0.6% 1 5
399011 Child care workers 1,680 1,703 0.7% 11 78
211021 Child, family, and school social workers 136 144 2.7% 4 5
173022 Civil engineering technicians 118 119 0.4% 1 3
172051 Civil engineers 288 291 0.4% 1 5
131031 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 82 80 -0.7% -1 0
537061 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 278 285 1.2% 3 14
272022 Coaches and scouts 159 164 1.3% 2 5
519121 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 69 66 -2.4% -2 0
499091 Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 52 54 1.5% 1 2
353021 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 3,040 3,125 1.4% 43 280
131041 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 120 122 0.6% 1 3
113021 Computer and information systems managers 78 80 1.1% 1 2
439011 Computer operators 73 73 0.2% 0 1
151021 Computer programmers 123 129 2.5% 3 6
151031 Computer software engineers, applications 100 109 4.4% 4 5
151099 Computer specialists, all other 69 71 1.8% 1 2
151041 Computer support specialists 195 200 1.3% 3 3
151051 Computer systems analysts 180 178 -0.4% -1 0
514011 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 117 110 -3.1% -4 1
474011 Construction and building inspectors 82 83 0.6% 1 2
472061 Construction laborers 339 345 1.0% 3 6
119021 Construction managers 98 100 1.1% 1 2
352011 Cooks, fast food 486 500 1.4% 7 25
352012 Cooks, institution and cafeteria 547 565 1.6% 9 29
352014 Cooks, restaurant 368 378 1.3% 5 18
352015 Cooks, short order 56 58 1.3% 1 3
333012 Correctional officers and jailers 182 184 0.6% 1 5
131051 Cost estimators 158 158 0.1% 0 3
412021 Counter and rental clerks 364 371 1.0% 4 24
353022 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 299 308 1.5% 5 43
434031 Court, municipal, and license clerks 165 167 0.7% 1 4
339091 Crossing guards 59 60 1.1% 1 3
434051 Customer service representatives 976 997 1.1% 11 18
519031 Cutters and trimmers, hand 51 52 1.0% 1 1
519032 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 232 236 0.8% 2 6
514031 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 181 174 -1.8% -3 0
439021 Data entry keyers 185 189 1.0% 2 5
419011 Demonstrators and product promoters 95 98 1.5% 1 5
319091 Dental assistants 426 474 5.5% 24 31
292021 Dental hygienists 142 159 5.7% 8 10
291020 Dentists 192 210 4.5% 9 13
333021 Detectives and criminal investigators 150 151 0.4% 1 4
359011 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 333 342 1.4% 5 19
359021 Dishwashers 410 421 1.3% 5 27
435032 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 159 163 1.3% 2 5
533031 Driver/sales workers 335 343 1.3% 4 9
472081 Drywall and ceiling tile installers 119 119 0.0% 0 1
119030 Education Administrators 292 302 1.7% 5 12
211012 Educational, vocational, and school counselors 249 257 1.6% 4 8
492092 Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers 67 67 0.3% 0 2
173023 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 87 90 1.3% 1 3
172071 Electrical engineers 55 55 0.8% 0 1
499051 Electrical power-line installers and repairers 69 70 0.9% 1 3
472111 Electricians 494 494 0.0% 0 8
252021 Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,354 1,409 2.0% 27 55
434061 Eligibility interviewers, government programs 195 195 0.0% 0 5
131071 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 62 63 0.8% 1 2
119041 Engineering managers 86 87 0.5% 0 2
192041 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 133 134 0.2% 0 5
436011 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 451 460 1.0% 5 11
514021 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 157 158 0.4% 1 4
493041 Farm equipment mechanics 545 555 0.9% 5 18
452080 Farmworkers 15,846 16,065 0.7% 109 652
434071 File clerks 195 209 3.5% 7 13
113031 Financial managers 303 308 0.8% 2 6
332011 Fire fighters 336 341 0.8% 3 10
471011 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 482 496 1.4% 7 17
331021 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 87 88 0.8% 1 3
351012 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 601 617 1.4% 8 24
531021 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 128 128 -0.2% 0 2
371011 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 135 140 1.8% 2 6
371012 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 345 358 1.7% 6 8
491011 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 404 411 0.8% 3 12
411012 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 216 215 -0.2% 0 2
431011 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 952 982 1.6% 15 31
391021 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 107 106 -0.3% 0 3
331012 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 105 106 0.7% 1 3
511011 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 513 505 -0.8% -4 9
411011 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,081 1,103 1.0% 11 25
531031 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 122 123 0.4% 0 3
451010 First-line supervisors/managers/contractors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 1,123 1,150 1.2% 13 21
271023 Floral designers 225 237 2.6% 6 8
513092 Food batchmakers 79 80 0.6% 1 2
513093 Food cooking machine operators and tenders 138 142 1.2% 2 4
352021 Food preparation workers 546 561 1.4% 8 35
119051 Food service managers 150 154 1.1% 2 3
194093 Forest and conservation technicians 55 55 0.5% 0 2
393011 Gaming dealers 104 106 1.1% 1 6
111021 General and operations managers 1,007 1,020 0.6% 6 21
452041 Graders and sorters, agricultural products 3,066 3,083 0.3% 9 81
271024 Graphic designers 120 121 0.3% 0 1
514033 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 151 130 -7.5% -11 0
395012 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 476 475 0.0% 0 11
319099 Healthcare support workers, all other 135 141 2.3% 3 7
499021 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 135 137 0.9% 1 2
473012 Helpers--carpenters 203 208 1.4% 3 13
499098 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 130 131 0.5% 1 7
519198 Helpers--production workers 410 407 -0.3% -1 9
474051 Highway maintenance workers 173 174 0.4% 1 3
311011 Home health aides 382 405 2.9% 11 16
359031 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 217 222 1.3% 3 10
434081 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 266 275 1.6% 4 18
434161 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 115 117 1.0% 1 4
113040 Human resources managers 72 73 0.7% 1 2
499041 Industrial machinery mechanics 227 221 -1.3% -3 3
113051 Industrial production managers 167 164 -1.0% -2 1
537051 Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,200 1,197 -0.1% -1 14
434999 Information and Record Clerks, All Other 51 52 0.9% 0 1
519061 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 391 380 -1.5% -6 2
413021 Insurance sales agents 132 130 -0.8% -1 2
372011 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,442 1,476 1.2% 17 43
252012 Kindergarten teachers, except special education 183 190 2.0% 4 6
537062 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,687 2,726 0.7% 19 128
373011 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 604 608 0.3% 2 17
516011 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 213 214 0.1% 0 6
231011 Lawyers 352 350 -0.3% -1 1
436012 Legal secretaries 269 277 1.4% 4 8
239099 Legal Support Workers, All Other 81 80 0.0% 0 1
254021 Librarians 160 165 1.5% 2 5
434121 Library assistants, clerical 125 127 0.9% 1 7
254031 Library technicians 125 128 1.2% 2 8
292061 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 552 582