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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
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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 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 2.7% 15 29
434131 Loan interviewers and clerks 104 108 1.7% 2 2
132072 Loan officers 105 109 2.2% 2 4
119081 Lodging managers 52 54 1.8% 1 2
537063 Machine feeders and offbearers 342 326 -2.4% -8 5
514041 Machinists 161 156 -1.7% -3 0
372012 Maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,178 2,230 1.2% 26 73
499042 Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,038 1,049 0.6% 6 17
499043 Maintenance workers, machinery 146 144 -0.6% -1 3
131111 Management analysts 149 150 0.3% 0 2
119198 Managers, all other 262 267 0.9% 2 6
112021 Marketing managers 60 61 1.3% 1 1
172141 Mechanical engineers 84 81 -1.3% -1 1
292012 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 61 67 4.9% 3 4
292011 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 81 83 1.4% 1 3
119111 Medical and health services managers 144 153 2.8% 4 6
211022 Medical and public health social workers 57 58 1.0% 1 1
319092 Medical assistants 343 381 5.3% 19 28
319093 Medical equipment preparers 60 63 1.9% 1 3
292071 Medical records and health information technicians 114 120 2.5% 3 5
436013 Medical secretaries 443 470 3.1% 14 21
319094 Medical transcriptionists 113 119 2.6% 3 6
211023 Mental health and substance abuse social workers 238 250 2.4% 6 8
211014 Mental health counselors 142 154 4.3% 6 9
252022 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 785 817 2.0% 16 32
493042 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 137 137 0.1% 0 3
533099 Motor vehicle operators, all other 52 52 0.1% 0 1
151071 Network and computer systems administrators 186 190 1.0% 2 2
151081 Network systems and data communications analysts 57 59 1.9% 1 1
434141 New accounts clerks 53 55 1.4% 1 2
311012 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,429 1,471 1.5% 21 38
299010 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians 57 57 0.5% 0 2
439999 Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 204 207 0.8% 2 5
439061 Office clerks, general 1,926 1,970 1.1% 22 60
472073 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 241 245 0.7% 2 7
434151 Order clerks 119 120 0.3% 0 3
519111 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 1,120 1,102 -0.8% -9 16
537064 Packers and packagers, hand 1,921 1,913 -0.2% -4 45
472141 Painters, construction and maintenance 389 397 1.0% 4 10
232011 Paralegals and legal assistants 100 103 1.4% 1 2
412022 Parts salespersons 383 390 0.9% 3 15
433051 Payroll and timekeeping clerks 229 236 1.5% 3 10
291051 Pharmacists 177 183 1.8% 3 8
319095 Pharmacy aides 88 93 2.8% 3 5
292052 Pharmacy technicians 128 132 1.6% 2 5
291071 Physician assistants 83 92 5.3% 4 6
291060 Physicians and surgeons 174 188 4.2% 7 10
472152 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 166 167 0.4% 1 3
333051 Police and sheriff's patrol officers 407 413 0.7% 3 11
435031 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 97 98 0.7% 1 2
435052 Postal service mail carriers 271 273 0.3% 1 9
251000 Postsecondary teachers 117 122 1.8% 2 5
252011 Preschool teachers, except special education 116 121 2.3% 3 4
515023 Printing machine operators 154 151 -0.8% -1 2
211092 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 95 95 0.2% 0 1
519199 Production workers, all other 212 201 -2.8% -6 0
435061 Production, planning, and expediting clerks 186 187 0.0% 0 3
119141 Property, real estate, and community association managers 76 76 -0.3% 0 1
193060 Psychologists 124 129 2.1% 3 5
112031 Public relations managers 56 58 2.2% 1 2
273031 Public relations specialists 123 126 1.2% 1 3
131023 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 130 129 -0.3% 0 2
292034 Radiologic technologists and technicians 134 141 2.6% 4 6
419022 Real estate sales agents 246 242 -0.8% -2 4
434171 Receptionists and information clerks 724 761 2.6% 19 36
399032 Recreation workers 371 374 0.3% 1 8
291111 Registered nurses 2,237 2,349 2.5% 56 96
211015 Rehabilitation counselors 654 646 -0.6% -4 7
291126 Respiratory therapists 76 78 1.1% 1 3
412031 Retail salespersons 2,160 2,234 1.7% 37 135
472181 Roofers 185 187 0.6% 1 5
112022 Sales managers 127 128 0.2% 0 2
414012 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 711 712 0.0% 0 23
414011 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 152 153 0.2% 0 4
252031 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 972 1,011 2.0% 20 48
436014 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,010 1,031 1.0% 11 26
413031 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 71 76 3.3% 2 3
339032 Security guards 469 483 1.6% 7 21
253021 Self-enrichment education teachers 129 133 1.4% 2 3
519012 Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 128 130 1.0% 1 4
536031 Service station attendants 55 49 -5.4% -3 0
472211 Sheet metal workers 104 103 -0.4% 0 2
435071 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 599 590 -0.8% -5 7
119151 Social and community service managers 68 69 1.3% 1 2
211093 Social and human service assistants 187 189 0.5% 1 6
252042 Special education teachers, middle school 68 70 2.0% 1 2
252041 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 195 203 2.0% 4 6
252043 Special education teachers, secondary school 106 111 2.0% 2 3
291127 Speech-language pathologists 85 91 3.7% 3 5
518021 Stationary engineers and boiler operators 99 101 0.6% 1 3
435081 Stock clerks and order fillers 839 855 1.0% 8 51
211011 Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 201 197 -0.9% -2 2
292055 Surgical technologists 90 97 3.5% 3 6
432011 Switchboard operators, including answering service 123 129 2.5% 3 7
472082 Tapers 111 110 -0.2% 0 1
259041 Teacher assistants 2,068 2,151 2.0% 42 80
512092 Team assemblers 633 604 -2.3% -14 0
492022 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 142 153 3.9% 6 8
419041 Telemarketers 121 124 1.2% 1 5
433071 Tellers 562 578 1.4% 8 39
493093 Tire repairers and changers 175 181 1.6% 3 11
131073 Training and development specialists 69 72 2.1% 1 3
113071 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 57 57 -0.4% 0 1
533032 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,901 1,919 0.5% 9 32
533033 Truck drivers, light or delivery services 560 563 0.3% 1 8
193051 Urban and regional planners 100 101 0.7% 1 3
319096 Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 86 87 0.5% 0 3
292056 Veterinary technologists and technicians 65 66 0.6% 0 2
252032 Vocational education teachers, secondary school 172 179 2.0% 3 8
353031 Waiters and waitresses 974 992 0.9% 9 69
518031 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 69 70 0.8% 1 3
435111 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 68 67 -0.4% 0 1
514121 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 286 274 -2.1% -6 2
131022 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 117 117 0.1% 0 4
517042 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 149 141 -2.8% -4 2
439022 Word processors and typists 67 69 0.9% 1 2
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