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Two Year Occupational Projections
for the North Central Workforce Development Area
All Occupations
Partnership includes: North Central Washington
Counties are: Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan
 

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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 696 714 1.2% 9 18
113011 Administrative services managers 84 87 1.3% 1 2
253011 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 218 228 2.1% 5 7
413011 Advertising sales agents 91 89 -0.8% -1 1
194011 Agricultural and food science technicians 56 54 -1.6% -1 0
191010 Agricultural and food scientists 128 122 -2.1% -3 1
452011 Agricultural inspectors 96 92 -1.7% -2 0
270000 All Other Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media Occupations 121 122 0.4% 0 3
470000 All Other Construction & Extraction Occupations 319 323 0.6% 2 8
219099 All other counselors, social, and religious workers 117 119 0.9% 1 3
173099 All other drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians 71 71 -0.6% 0 1
459100 All other farming, fishing, and forestry workers 4,098 4,033 -0.8% -33 114
290000 All Other Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations 149 156 2.5% 4 7
310000 All Other Healthcare Support Occupations 324 338 2.2% 7 11
490000 All Other Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations 263 268 0.8% 2 9
499088 All other installation, maintenance, and repair workers 102 99 -1.5% -2 0
999999 All other occupations 5,414 5,416 0.0% 1 159
390000 All Other Personal Care & Service Occupations 295 299 0.6% 2 11
399098 All other personal care and service workers 91 92 0.2% 0 2
510000 All Other Production Occupations 1,088 1,026 -2.9% -31 8
410000 All Other Sales & Related Occupations 55 61 4.5% 3 3
419098 All other sales and related workers 216 216 0.0% 0 4
253999 All other teachers, primary, secondary, and adult 672 700 2.1% 14 20
530000 All Other Transportation & Material Moving Occupations 124 123 -0.6% -1 2
393091 Amusement and recreation attendants 347 355 1.0% 4 19
132021 Appraisers and assessors of real estate 64 65 0.5% 0 2
493023 Automotive service technicians and mechanics 416 440 2.9% 12 22
513011 Bakers 122 133 4.3% 5 7
353011 Bartenders 337 336 -0.1% 0 12
433011 Bill and account collectors 122 129 2.8% 3 6
433021 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 347 366 2.6% 9 17
515011 Bindery workers 52 51 -0.9% 0 1
191020 Biological scientists 106 105 -0.6% -1 3
194021 Biological technicians 116 115 -0.6% -1 2
433031 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,734 1,738 0.1% 2 33
493031 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 285 288 0.6% 2 9
533022 Bus drivers, school 385 400 2.0% 8 17
533021 Bus drivers, transit and intercity 314 316 0.2% 1 9
131198 Business operations specialists, all other 552 557 0.4% 2 15
513021 Butchers and meat cutters 114 119 2.2% 3 5
472031 Carpenters 1,022 997 -1.2% -12 3
472041 Carpet installers 57 59 2.5% 1 2
412011 Cashiers 2,900 2,931 0.5% 15 192
472051 Cement masons and concrete finishers 58 58 0.2% 0 1
351011 Chefs and head cooks 112 112 -0.2% 0 4
111011 Chief executives 130 131 0.4% 0 4
399011 Child care workers 1,315 1,379 2.4% 32 85
211021 Child, family, and school social workers 105 108 1.8% 2 3
173022 Civil engineering technicians 78 79 0.6% 0 2
172051 Civil engineers 213 215 0.4% 1 4
537061 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 292 290 -0.3% -1 10
272022 Coaches and scouts 90 93 1.9% 2 3
353021 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,817 1,805 -0.3% -6 134
131041 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 128 128 0.1% 0 3
113021 Computer and information systems managers 62 63 0.8% 0 1
439011 Computer operators 100 103 1.4% 1 3
151021 Computer programmers 109 115 3.0% 3 5
151041 Computer support specialists 212 219 1.7% 4 4
151051 Computer systems analysts 140 140 0.1% 0 1
492011 Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 53 54 1.7% 1 1
514011 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 55 53 -1.1% -1 1
191031 Conservation scientists 60 59 -1.0% -1 1
472061 Construction laborers 409 416 0.8% 3 7
119021 Construction managers 149 150 0.2% 0 2
499012 Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 59 57 -1.1% -1 1
537011 Conveyor operators and tenders 51 54 3.1% 2 3
352011 Cooks, fast food 350 345 -0.6% -2 10
352012 Cooks, institution and cafeteria 342 352 1.4% 5 17
352014 Cooks, restaurant 572 568 -0.4% -2 19
352015 Cooks, short order 142 142 -0.1% 0 5
333012 Correctional officers and jailers 434 434 0.1% 0 11
131051 Cost estimators 104 104 0.0% 0 2
412021 Counter and rental clerks 410 415 0.6% 2 25
353022 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 401 404 0.4% 2 53
435021 Couriers and messengers 158 159 0.4% 1 5
434031 Court, municipal, and license clerks 179 181 0.5% 1 3
339091 Crossing guards 60 61 0.7% 0 3
434051 Customer service representatives 581 593 1.0% 6 10
519032 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 100 93 -3.7% -4 0
514031 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 65 64 -0.9% -1 1
439021 Data entry keyers 140 142 0.7% 1 3
319091 Dental assistants 351 380 4.0% 14 20
292021 Dental hygienists 241 261 4.1% 10 13
291020 Dentists 79 83 2.7% 2 4
333021 Detectives and criminal investigators 52 52 0.1% 0 1
359011 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 339 339 0.0% 0 15
359021 Dishwashers 394 393 -0.2% -1 20
435032 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 104 105 0.5% 1 2
533031 Driver/sales workers 270 275 0.8% 2 5
472081 Drywall and ceiling tile installers 135 134 -0.4% -1 1
273041 Editors 61 60 -1.0% -1 1
119030 Education Administrators 253 263 2.1% 5 11
211012 Educational, vocational, and school counselors 203 208 1.4% 3 6
173023 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 70 70 0.3% 0 1
172071 Electrical engineers 106 106 0.3% 0 2
499051 Electrical power-line installers and repairers 177 179 0.5% 1 6
472111 Electricians 545 540 -0.5% -3 7
252021 Elementary school teachers, except special education 672 708 2.6% 18 31
434061 Eligibility interviewers, government programs 110 110 0.2% 0 3
292041 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 127 128 0.5% 1 4
131071 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 60 61 0.6% 0 1
119041 Engineering managers 75 76 0.3% 0 1
436011 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 352 360 1.1% 4 9
493041 Farm equipment mechanics 807 810 0.2% 2 21
452080 Farmworkers 21,884 21,422 -1.1% -231 521
434071 File clerks 118 124 2.6% 3 7
113031 Financial managers 174 177 0.7% 1 4
332011 Fire fighters 569 575 0.5% 3 16
471011 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 828 841 0.8% 6 23
331011 First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 52 52 0.1% 0 1
331021 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 57 57 0.5% 0 2
351012 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 536 535 0.0% 0 14
531021 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 152 149 -1.1% -2 1
371011 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 80 82 1.4% 1 3
371012 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 111 116 2.3% 3 3
491011 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 422 425 0.4% 2 11
411012 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 219 222 0.9% 2 5
431011 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 802 821 1.2% 9 23
391021 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 122 120 -0.7% -1 3
331012 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 85 86 0.4% 0 2
511011 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 537 525 -1.1% -6 8
411011 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,539 1,523 -0.5% -8 11
531031 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 111 113 1.1% 1 3
451010 First-line supervisors/managers/contractors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 1,391 1,377 -0.5% -7 3
399031 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 146 148 0.6% 1 4
271023 Floral designers 113 111 -0.7% -1 0
513091 Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders 69 65 -2.8% -2 0
513093 Food cooking machine operators and tenders 98 90 -4.1% -4 0
352021 Food preparation workers 578 590 1.0% 6 35
119051 Food service managers 112 111 -0.3% 0 1
194093 Forest and conservation technicians 155 151 -1.1% -2 4
191032 Foresters 72 71 -0.8% -1 2
393011 Gaming dealers 51 52 1.1% 1 3
111021 General and operations managers 793 808 0.9% 7 19
452041 Graders and sorters, agricultural products 3,160 3,138 -0.3% -11 63
271024 Graphic designers 74 74 0.1% 0 1
514033 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 213 208 -1.0% -2 3
395012 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 518 522 0.3% 2 14
319099 Healthcare support workers, all other 76 79 2.0% 2 4
473012 Helpers--carpenters 91 90 -0.8% -1 4
499098 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 137 137 0.0% 0 7
519198 Helpers--production workers 578 551 -2.3% -13 1
474051 Highway maintenance workers 543 545 0.1% 1 8
311011 Home health aides 391 406 1.9% 7 12
359031 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 250 248 -0.4% -1 7
434081 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 302 312 1.6% 5 20
434161 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 88 88 -0.2% 0 2
113040 Human resources managers 57 58 1.0% 1 1
499041 Industrial machinery mechanics 278 266 -2.0% -6 2
113051 Industrial production managers 105 101 -1.8% -2 0
537051 Industrial truck and tractor operators 900 858 -2.4% -21 0
519061 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 504 494 -1.0% -5 6
413021 Insurance sales agents 170 177 2.0% 3 8
434111 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 61 63 1.3% 1 2
372011 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,277 1,296 0.7% 9 32
252012 Kindergarten teachers, except special education 69 73 2.5% 2 2
537062 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,856 1,819 -1.0% -18 56
373011 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 677 693 1.2% 8 26
516011 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 184 183 0.0% 0 5
231011 Lawyers 421 418 -0.3% -1 1
436012 Legal secretaries 85 87 1.6% 1 3
111031 Legislators 120 122 0.6% 1 4
254021 Librarians 81 84 2.0% 2 3
434121 Library assistants, clerical 349 354 0.7% 2 20
254031 Library technicians 95 97 1.3% 1 6
292061 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 392 409 2.1% 8 18
434131 Loan interviewers and clerks 107 112 2.5% 3 3
132072 Loan officers 90 95 2.7% 2 4
119081 Lodging managers 86 89 1.9% 2 3
454022 Logging equipment operators 109 111 0.9% 1 3
537063 Machine feeders and offbearers 116 111 -2.4% -3 2
514041 Machinists 91 89 -1.2% -1 1
372012 Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,896 1,991 2.5% 47 89
499042 Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,055 1,056 0.0% 0 12
499043 Maintenance workers, machinery 117 110 -2.9% -3 0
131111 Management analysts 70 69 -1.1% -1 0
119198 Managers, all other 257 260 0.6% 2 5
172141 Mechanical engineers 57 56 -0.9% -1 1
292012 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 92 98 3.0% 3 5
292011 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 54 57 2.7% 1 3
119111 Medical and health services managers 113 118 1.9% 2 4
211022 Medical and public health social workers 143 146 1.0% 1 3
319092 Medical assistants 322 346 3.7% 12 21
292071 Medical records and health information technicians 123 129 2.4% 3 6
436013 Medical secretaries 374 402 3.7% 14 20
319094 Medical transcriptionists 67 72 3.4% 2 4
211023 Mental health and substance abuse social workers 230 239 2.0% 5 7
211014 Mental health counselors 81 84 2.2% 2 3
271026 Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 133 143 3.7% 5 6
435041 Meter readers, utilities 72 73 0.5% 0 2
252022 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 455 479 2.6% 12 21
493042 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 84 86 1.4% 1 3
514072 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 173 170 -0.9% -2 2
119121 Natural sciences managers 86 84 -1.1% -1 0
151071 Network and computer systems administrators 131 134 1.1% 1 2
434141 New accounts clerks 88 92 2.5% 2 4
392021 Nonfarm animal caretakers 58 59 1.4% 1 2
311012 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 849 869 1.2% 10 20
439999 Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 256 257 0.0% 0 4
439061 Office clerks, general 1,624 1,667 1.3% 22 53
472073 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 342 348 0.9% 3 10
434151 Order clerks 82 85 1.7% 1 3
519111 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 1,571 1,473 -3.2% -49 0
537064 Packers and packagers, hand 2,100 2,086 -0.4% -7 46
472141 Painters, construction and maintenance 585 594 0.8% 5 14
232011 Paralegals and legal assistants 103 107 1.8% 2 2
412022 Parts salespersons 331 335 0.6% 2 12
433051 Payroll and timekeeping clerks 148 150 0.7% 1 5
373012 Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation 391 383 -1.1% -4 6
291051 Pharmacists 123 123 0.0% 0 4
292052 Pharmacy technicians 119 117 -0.8% -1 2
291123 Physical therapists 84 89 2.6% 2 4
291060 Physicians and surgeons 407 424 2.0% 8 14
472151 Pipelayers 84 85 0.6% 1 2
472152 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 227 228 0.2% 0 4
291081 Podiatrists 60 64 3.5% 2 3
333051 Police and sheriff's patrol officers 379 382 0.4% 1 9
435031 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 241 244 0.5% 1 5
435051 Postal service clerks 62 63 0.6% 0 2
435052 Postal service mail carriers 213 216 0.6% 1 7
119131 Postmasters and mail superintendents 61 62 0.6% 0 1
251000 Postsecondary teachers 971 1,020 2.5% 24 50
518012 Power distributors and dispatchers 114 113 -0.4% 0 3
518013 Power plant operators 95 96 0.6% 1 3
252011 Preschool teachers, except special education 449 459 1.1% 5 10
211092 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 101 101 0.1% 0 1
519199 Production workers, all other 210 196 -3.4% -7 0
435061 Production, planning, and expediting clerks 117 114 -1.4% -2 0
119141 Property, real estate, and community association managers 94 93 -0.5% 0 1
339095 Protective service workers, all other 132 134 0.7% 1 17
193060 Psychologists 147 154 2.4% 4 7
273031 Public relations specialists 119 122 1.0% 1 3
131023 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 146 147 0.4% 1 3
292034 Radiologic technologists and technicians 98 104 2.8% 3 5
419021 Real estate brokers 89 88 -0.7% -1 1
419022 Real estate sales agents 351 345 -1.0% -3 5
434171 Receptionists and information clerks 735 760 1.7% 12 30
399032 Recreation workers 306 308 0.3% 1 7
537081 Refuse and recyclable material collectors 80 80 0.2% 0 5
291111 Registered nurses 1,221 1,278 2.3% 28 50
211015 Rehabilitation counselors 274 275 0.2% 0 5
434181 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 56 55 -0.6% 0 1
412031 Retail salespersons 2,441 2,446 0.1% 2 112
472181 Roofers 89 90 0.5% 0 2
112022 Sales managers 61 60 -1.1% -1 0
414012 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 697 718 1.5% 11 33
414011 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 119 124 2.0% 2 6
252031 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 549 577 2.6% 14 30
436014 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,001 1,022 1.1% 11 26
339032 Security guards 278 282 0.7% 2 10
253021 Self-enrichment education teachers 173 181 2.1% 4 5
519012 Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 115 110 -2.4% -3 0
472211 Sheet metal workers 118 118 -0.1% 0 2
435071 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 624 610 -1.1% -7 5
119151 Social and community service managers 62 63 1.3% 1 2
211093 Social and human service assistants 154 153 -0.6% -1 3
252042 Special education teachers, middle school 59 62 2.6% 2 2
252041 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 112 118 2.6% 3 4
252043 Special education teachers, secondary school 74 78 2.6% 2 3
518021 Stationary engineers and boiler operators 58 55 -2.4% -1 0
435081 Stock clerks and order fillers 709 731 1.5% 11 47
211011 Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 55 57 2.0% 1 2
432011 Switchboard operators, including answering service 76 78 1.4% 1 3
259041 Teacher assistants 1,201 1,261 2.4% 30 52
512092 Team assemblers 266 261 -0.9% -2 2
492022 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 61 66 4.1% 3 4
499052 Telecommunications line installers and repairers 126 131 2.1% 3 5
433071 Tellers 358 376 2.5% 9 29
493093 Tire repairers and changers 110 111 0.3% 0 5
113071 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 66 65 -1.0% -1 0
413041 Travel agents 70 72 1.2% 1 3
373013 Tree trimmers and pruners 3,678 3,626 -0.7% -26 69
533032 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,336 1,344 0.3% 4 20
533033 Truck drivers, light or delivery services 608 612 0.4% 2 10
193051 Urban and regional planners 54 55 0.9% 0 2
291131 Veterinarians 54 56 2.0% 1 2
319096 Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 87 93 3.6% 3 5
252032 Vocational education teachers, secondary school 123 130 2.6% 3 7
353031 Waiters and waitresses 1,343 1,326 -0.7% -9 73
518031 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 120 121 0.5% 1 4
435111 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 63 63 0.1% 0 2
514121 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 130 128 -0.9% -1 2
131022 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 102 103 0.2% 0 3
517042 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 88 90 1.0% 1 5
439022 Word processors and typists 113 114 0.3% 0 3
273043 Writers and authors 90 90 -0.4% 0 1
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