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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