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Two Year Occupational Projections
for the Eastern Washington Workforce Development Area
All Occupations
Partnership includes: Eastern Washington
Counties are: Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Walla Walla, and Whitman 
 

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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 557 553 -0.4% -2 5
113011 Administrative services managers 81 83 1.1% 1 2
253011 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 408 423 1.8% 7 11
413011 Advertising sales agents 92 92 0.4% 0 2
191010 Agricultural and food scientists 87 86 -0.7% -1 2
452011 Agricultural inspectors 67 67 0.5% 0 2
270000 All Other Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media Occupations 100 103 1.2% 1 3
379099 All other building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers 50 52 1.8% 1 2
470000 All Other Construction & Extraction Occupations 233 235 0.5% 1 6
219099 All other counselors, social, and religious workers 124 127 1.2% 2 3
173099 All other drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians 66 66 -0.3% 0 2
450000 All Other Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations 58 57 -0.9% -1 1
459100 All other farming, fishing, and forestry workers 721 717 -0.3% -2 24
290000 All Other Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations 100 103 1.4% 1 4
310000 All Other Healthcare Support Occupations 301 309 1.4% 4 8
490000 All Other Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations 255 255 0.1% 0 7
499088 All other installation, maintenance, and repair workers 94 92 -1.1% -1 1
537098 All other material moving workers 59 60 1.0% 1 2
999999 All other occupations 5,691 5,618 -0.6% -36 148
390000 All Other Personal Care & Service Occupations 238 236 -0.5% -1 7
399098 All other personal care and service workers 61 59 -1.6% -1 0
510000 All Other Production Occupations 1,032 1,023 -0.5% -5 24
419098 All other sales and related workers 142 144 0.7% 1 4
253999 All other teachers, primary, secondary, and adult 1,106 1,146 1.8% 20 30
530000 All Other Transportation & Material Moving Occupations 68 68 -0.1% 0 1
393091 Amusement and recreation attendants 171 175 1.1% 2 9
493023 Automotive service technicians and mechanics 217 223 1.3% 3 8
513011 Bakers 74 82 4.8% 4 5
353011 Bartenders 217 218 0.3% 1 9
433011 Bill and account collectors 88 92 2.1% 2 4
433021 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 243 248 0.9% 2 8
515011 Bindery workers 52 52 0.5% 0 2
191020 Biological scientists 101 101 0.0% 0 4
194021 Biological technicians 93 94 0.4% 0 2
433031 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,189 1,189 0.0% 0 21
493031 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 220 220 0.0% 0 6
533022 Bus drivers, school 656 685 2.2% 14 31
533021 Bus drivers, transit and intercity 216 211 -1.2% -3 3
131198 Business operations specialists, all other 542 555 1.1% 6 19
513021 Butchers and meat cutters 279 282 0.5% 1 8
472031 Carpenters 665 647 -1.4% -9 1
412011 Cashiers 1,736 1,787 1.5% 26 132
351011 Chefs and head cooks 70 70 0.1% 0 3
111011 Chief executives 92 93 0.5% 0 3
399011 Child care workers 1,297 1,359 2.4% 31 83
211021 Child, family, and school social workers 105 107 1.2% 1 2
173022 Civil engineering technicians 59 58 -0.8% 0 1
172051 Civil engineers 175 174 -0.3% -1 2
537061 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 127 127 -0.3% 0 5
519192 Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders 68 68 -0.2% 0 1
272022 Coaches and scouts 158 164 1.7% 3 5
353021 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,194 1,196 0.1% 1 93
131041 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 108 108 0.0% 0 2
113021 Computer and information systems managers 60 60 0.7% 0 1
439011 Computer operators 70 72 1.0% 1 2
151021 Computer programmers 92 99 3.7% 3 5
151041 Computer support specialists 166 174 2.4% 4 4
151051 Computer systems analysts 110 113 1.7% 2 3
191031 Conservation scientists 57 57 -0.2% 0 2
472061 Construction laborers 311 317 0.9% 3 5
119021 Construction managers 106 105 -0.1% 0 1
352011 Cooks, fast food 236 236 -0.2% 0 8
352012 Cooks, institution and cafeteria 369 380 1.6% 6 19
352014 Cooks, restaurant 366 366 0.0% 0 13
352015 Cooks, short order 84 85 0.4% 0 3
333012 Correctional officers and jailers 397 398 0.1% 0 10
131051 Cost estimators 73 73 0.1% 0 1
412021 Counter and rental clerks 276 280 0.7% 2 18
353022 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 296 301 0.9% 3 41
435021 Couriers and messengers 83 86 1.5% 1 4
434031 Court, municipal, and license clerks 124 121 -1.3% -2 0
519021 Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 61 0.5% 0 2
434051 Customer service representatives 424 431 0.8% 3 6
519032 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 96 96 -0.1% 0 2
514031 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 61 58 -2.5% -2 0
439021 Data entry keyers 72 74 1.1% 1 2
319091 Dental assistants 185 196 2.8% 5 8
292021 Dental hygienists 126 134 2.9% 4 5
359011 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 216 217 0.3% 1 10
359021 Dishwashers 261 262 0.2% 1 14
435032 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 71 72 0.5% 0 1
533031 Driver/sales workers 180 178 -0.3% -1 2
472081 Drywall and ceiling tile installers 91 90 -0.7% -1 0
273041 Editors 61 61 0.1% 0 2
119030 Education Administrators 459 476 1.9% 9 19
211012 Educational, vocational, and school counselors 292 302 1.7% 5 10
173023 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 81 81 0.0% 0 1
172071 Electrical engineers 84 82 -1.0% -1 1
499051 Electrical power-line installers and repairers 140 141 0.7% 1 5
472111 Electricians 439 438 -0.1% -1 7
252021 Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,229 1,286 2.3% 29 53
434061 Eligibility interviewers, government programs 113 114 0.7% 1 4
292041 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 110 112 0.8% 1 4
119041 Engineering managers 74 75 0.3% 0 1
436011 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 355 364 1.2% 4 10
259021 Farm and home management advisors 62 65 2.0% 1 2
493041 Farm equipment mechanics 346 341 -0.6% -2 6
452080 Farmworkers 3,625 3,588 -0.5% -19 107
434071 File clerks 67 69 1.7% 1 3
113031 Financial managers 149 152 1.0% 2 3
332011 Fire fighters 375 364 -1.6% -6 3
471011 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 632 643 0.8% 5 18
351012 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 377 380 0.4% 1 11
531021 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 57 57 -0.1% 0 1
371011 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 64 66 1.8% 1 3
371012 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 59 62 2.7% 2 2
491011 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 275 273 -0.2% -1 6
411012 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 161 159 -0.7% -1 1
431011 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 547 555 0.7% 4 13
391021 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 85 83 -1.3% -1 1
331012 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 61 60 -1.1% -1 1
511011 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 435 428 -0.8% -4 8
411011 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 952 959 0.3% 3 15
531031 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 81 80 -0.6% -1 1
451010 First-line supervisors/managers/contractors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 265 268 0.5% 1 3
399031 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 100 103 1.6% 2 4
271023 Floral designers 75 78 1.7% 1 2
352021 Food preparation workers 473 486 1.3% 6 30
119051 Food service managers 93 94 0.3% 0 1
194093 Forest and conservation technicians 151 151 -0.2% 0 6
191032 Foresters 83 83 0.3% 0 3
519051 Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders 53 53 0.2% 0 1
111021 General and operations managers 606 613 0.6% 4 12
452041 Graders and sorters, agricultural products 697 676 -1.6% -11 5
271024 Graphic designers 62 64 1.0% 1 1
514033 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 78 66 -7.8% -6 0
395012 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 381 368 -1.7% -6 2
319099 Healthcare support workers, all other 61 63 1.2% 1 2
499098 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 72 72 0.0% 0 4
519198 Helpers--production workers 364 370 0.9% 3 12
474051 Highway maintenance workers 454 450 -0.5% -2 4
311011 Home health aides 308 313 0.8% 2 6
359031 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 164 164 -0.1% 0 5
434081 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 115 118 1.6% 2 8
434161 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 66 68 1.0% 1 2
113040 Human resources managers 58 60 1.5% 1 2
499041 Industrial machinery mechanics 156 151 -1.7% -3 1
113051 Industrial production managers 86 86 0.1% 0 1
537051 Industrial truck and tractor operators 289 287 -0.4% -1 2
519061 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 342 334 -1.3% -4 3
259031 Instructional coordinators 83 87 2.3% 2 3
413021 Insurance sales agents 151 157 1.8% 3 7
372011 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,159 1,190 1.3% 15 36
252012 Kindergarten teachers, except special education 127 133 2.1% 3 4
537062 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 816 801 -0.9% -7 25
373011 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 479 494 1.6% 8 20
516011 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 146 143 -1.0% -2 3
231011 Lawyers 280 273 -1.3% -4 0
436012 Legal secretaries 54 54 0.9% 0 1
111031 Legislators 79 77 -1.6% -1 1
254021 Librarians 123 128 1.9% 2 5
434121 Library assistants, clerical 259 255 -0.9% -2 11
254031 Library technicians 103 105 0.8% 1 6
292061 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 325 335 1.5% 5 13
194099 Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 63 65 1.6% 1 3
434131 Loan interviewers and clerks 98 102 2.1% 2 3
132072 Loan officers 91 95 2.3% 2 4
454023 Log graders and scalers 119 117 -0.6% -1 2
454022 Logging equipment operators 448 434 -1.5% -7 2
537063 Machine feeders and offbearers 137 135 -0.7% -1 4
514041 Machinists 106 102 -2.0% -2 0
372012 Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,336 1,410 2.7% 37 66
499042 Maintenance and repair workers, general 696 700 0.3% 2 10
499043 Maintenance workers, machinery 55 55 -0.1% 0 1
131111 Management analysts 68 70 1.4% 1 1
119198 Managers, all other 252 256 1.0% 2 6
513022 Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 270 270 0.0% 0 7
172141 Mechanical engineers 70 70 -0.1% 0 2
292012 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 69 71 1.8% 1 3
119111 Medical and health services managers 91 93 1.2% 1 2
211022 Medical and public health social workers 100 98 -0.6% -1 0
319092 Medical assistants 185 193 2.4% 4 9
292071 Medical records and health information technicians 93 96 1.4% 1 3
436013 Medical secretaries 209 219 2.3% 5 8
211023 Mental health and substance abuse social workers 174 176 0.7% 1 3
271026 Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 84 81 -1.7% -1 0
435041 Meter readers, utilities 58 59 0.8% 0 2
252022 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 832 870 2.3% 19 36
493042 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 96 97 0.2% 0 2
514072 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 57 48 -8.2% -5 0
119121 Natural sciences managers 83 83 0.0% 0 1
151071 Network and computer systems administrators 116 120 1.5% 2 2
434141 New accounts clerks 94 100 2.7% 3 5
392021 Nonfarm animal caretakers 51 53 1.6% 1 2
311012 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 805 828 1.4% 11 21
439999 Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 258 262 0.7% 2 6
439061 Office clerks, general 1,282 1,306 0.9% 12 37
472073 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 283 285 0.4% 1 7
434151 Order clerks 67 68 0.3% 0 2
519111 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 361 355 -0.7% -3 5
537064 Packers and packagers, hand 732 729 -0.2% -2 17
472141 Painters, construction and maintenance 365 374 1.2% 5 11
232011 Paralegals and legal assistants 66 67 1.1% 1 1
412022 Parts salespersons 188 188 0.2% 0 6
433051 Payroll and timekeeping clerks 114 115 0.4% 0 4
373012 Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation 69 69 -0.2% 0 2
291051 Pharmacists 83 86 1.5% 1 4
292052 Pharmacy technicians 78 81 1.7% 1 3
291123 Physical therapists 61 63 1.7% 1 2
291060 Physicians and surgeons 267 270 0.6% 2 5
472151 Pipelayers 62 62 -0.6% 0 1
472152 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 185 186 0.5% 1 4
333051 Police and sheriff's patrol officers 274 268 -1.1% -3 2
435031 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 162 157 -1.5% -2 0
435051 Postal service clerks 62 63 0.4% 0 1
435052 Postal service mail carriers 215 217 0.4% 1 7
119131 Postmasters and mail superintendents 62 62 0.4% 0 1
251000 Postsecondary teachers 1,767 1,847 2.2% 40 87
518012 Power distributors and dispatchers 96 94 -0.7% -1 2
518013 Power plant operators 65 63 -1.6% -1 1
252011 Preschool teachers, except special education 440 444 0.5% 2 7
211092 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 86 85 -0.3% 0 1
519199 Production workers, all other 144 143 -0.3% 0 2
435061 Production, planning, and expediting clerks 65 65 0.1% 0 1
119141 Property, real estate, and community association managers 68 68 0.1% 0 1
339095 Protective service workers, all other 124 127 1.2% 1 16
193060 Psychologists 199 207 2.0% 4 8
273031 Public relations specialists 112 115 1.3% 1 3
131023 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 131 130 -0.3% 0 2
292034 Radiologic technologists and technicians 76 79 1.7% 1 3
419022 Real estate sales agents 232 227 -1.1% -3 3
434171 Receptionists and information clerks 502 514 1.2% 6 18
399032 Recreation workers 242 242 0.1% 0 5
291111 Registered nurses 1,011 1,042 1.5% 15 33
211015 Rehabilitation counselors 285 287 0.3% 1 6
412031 Retail salespersons 1,323 1,349 1.0% 13 73
472181 Roofers 61 62 0.3% 0 2
414012 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 481 476 -0.5% -2 13
414011 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 100 98 -1.0% -1 2
517041 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 129 131 0.9% 1 7
252031 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,003 1,049 2.3% 23 52
436014 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,000 1,016 0.8% 8 23
339032 Security guards 224 229 1.1% 2 9
253021 Self-enrichment education teachers 299 310 1.9% 6 8
472211 Sheet metal workers 76 76 0.0% 0 2
435071 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 296 296 0.0% 0 6
119151 Social and community service managers 58 59 1.0% 1 2
211093 Social and human service assistants 123 119 -1.6% -2 1
252042 Special education teachers, middle school 107 112 2.3% 2 4
252041 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 205 215 2.3% 5 7
252043 Special education teachers, secondary school 136 142 2.3% 3 4
291127 Speech-language pathologists 79 82 2.2% 2 4
435081 Stock clerks and order fillers 455 466 1.1% 5 28
432011 Switchboard operators, including answering service 51 52 0.9% 0 2
259041 Teacher assistants 2,113 2,208 2.2% 48 87
512092 Team assemblers 189 180 -2.4% -4 0
499052 Telecommunications line installers and repairers 109 113 2.0% 2 4
433071 Tellers 386 407 2.7% 10 32
514194 Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners 63 63 0.5% 0 2
373013 Tree trimmers and pruners 658 653 -0.4% -2 15
533032 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 772 768 -0.3% -2 7
533033 Truck drivers, light or delivery services 357 353 -0.7% -2 2
319096 Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 71 76 3.6% 3 4
252032 Vocational education teachers, secondary school 225 236 2.3% 5 12
353031 Waiters and waitresses 878 875 -0.2% -2 52
518031 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 80 77 -1.4% -1 1
514121 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 140 133 -2.5% -3 0
131022 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 70 71 0.3% 0 2
517099 Woodworkers, all other 59 57 -1.7% -1 2
517042 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 291 287 -0.8% -2 11
439022 Word processors and typists 102 103 0.3% 0 2
273043 Writers and authors 108 110 0.8% 1 3
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