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Two Year Occupational Projections
for the Olympic Consortium Workforce Development Area
All Occupations
Partnership includes: Olympic Consortium
Counties are: Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap
 

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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 637 644 0.5% 3 12
113011 Administrative services managers 120 121 0.5% 1 2
413011 Advertising sales agents 100 103 1.3% 1 3
170000 All Other Architecture & Engineering Occupations 213 212 -0.3% -1 5
270000 All Other Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media Occupations 429 441 1.5% 6 15
370000 All Other Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations 75 73 -1.7% -1 1
130000 All Other Business & Financial Operations Occupations 217 222 1.1% 2 5
210000 All Other Community & Social Services Occupations 281 294 2.4% 7 10
470000 All Other Construction & Extraction Occupations 543 559 1.4% 8 20
219099 All other counselors, social, and religious workers 113 114 0.7% 1 2
173099 All other drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians 434 417 -2.0% -9 4
250000 All Other Education, Training, & Library Occupations 333 341 1.1% 4 9
450000 All Other Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations 355 337 -2.6% -9 1
459100 All other farming, fishing, and forestry workers 86 81 -2.7% -2 1
393199 All other gaming workers 55 56 1.1% 1 3
290000 All Other Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations 258 267 1.7% 4 8
310000 All Other Healthcare Support Occupations 59 61 1.9% 1 3
490000 All Other Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations 812 818 0.4% 3 21
499088 All other installation, maintenance, and repair workers 596 555 -3.5% -21 0
190000 All Other Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations 96 97 0.8% 1 3
110000 All Other Management Occupations 64 62 -1.4% -1 0
999999 All other occupations 4,607 4,354 -2.8% -126 83
430000 All Other Office & Administrative Support Occupations 167 172 1.5% 3 7
390000 All Other Personal Care & Service Occupations  919 952 1.8% 16 40
399098 All other personal care and service workers 68 69 0.7% 0 2
510000 All Other Production Occupations 1,582 1,569 -0.4% -7 31
330000 All Other Protective Service Occupations 125 126 0.5% 1 5
410000 All Other Sales & Related Occupations 343 355 1.8% 6 13
419098 All other sales and related workers 236 236 -0.1% 0 4
253999 All other teachers, primary, secondary, and adult 730 746 1.1% 8 14
530000 All Other Transportation & Material Moving Occupations 353 348 -0.7% -3 8
493099 All other vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers 92 91 -0.5% 0 3
393091 Amusement and recreation attendants 147 155 2.7% 4 10
171011 Architects, except landscape and naval 196 193 -0.7% -1 0
173011 Architectural and civil drafters 109 109 0.0% 0 3
512099 Assemblers and fabricators, all other 758 753 -0.4% -3 9
493021 Automotive body and related repairers 328 334 0.8% 3 10
493023 Automotive service technicians and mechanics 851 909 3.3% 29 48
513011 Bakers 291 298 1.2% 3 7
353011 Bartenders 932 952 1.1% 10 46
433011 Bill and account collectors 153 156 0.8% 1 5
433021 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 366 376 1.4% 5 14
472011 Boilermakers 51 51 0.2% 0 1
433031 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 2,022 2,020 -0.1% -1 35
132031 Budget analysts 52 50 -1.8% -1 0
493031 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 273 270 -0.5% -1 5
533022 Bus drivers, school 393 403 1.3% 5 15
533021 Bus drivers, transit and intercity 741 711 -2.0% -15 3
131198 Business operations specialists, all other 1,065 1,058 -0.4% -4 21
513021 Butchers and meat cutters 162 153 -2.8% -4 0
517011 Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 363 355 -1.1% -4 8
472031 Carpenters 3,665 3,550 -1.6% -57 0
412011 Cashiers 3,566 3,498 -1.0% -34 182
351011 Chefs and head cooks 229 234 1.1% 2 11
192031 Chemists 61 61 -0.4% 0 2
111011 Chief executives 124 125 0.4% 1 4
399011 Child care workers 1,647 1,656 0.3% 4 70
211021 Child, family, and school social workers 197 203 1.5% 3 5
291011 Chiropractors 253 264 2.2% 6 10
173022 Civil engineering technicians 116 113 -1.2% -1 1
172051 Civil engineers 428 422 -0.7% -3 3
537061 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 213 218 1.2% 2 11
272022 Coaches and scouts 136 136 0.1% 0 2
353021 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,608 1,609 0.1% 1 125
131072 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 52 52 -0.2% 0 1
131041 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 84 83 -0.5% 0 2
113021 Computer and information systems managers 131 131 0.1% 0 2
439011 Computer operators 57 57 -0.3% 0 1
151021 Computer programmers 166 171 1.6% 3 6
151031 Computer software engineers, applications 219 227 1.9% 4 5
151032 Computer software engineers, systems software 169 176 2.1% 4 4
151099 Computer specialists, all other 133 136 1.0% 1 2
151041 Computer support specialists 227 230 0.8% 2 2
151051 Computer systems analysts 349 341 -1.1% -4 0
474011 Construction and building inspectors 97 94 -1.6% -2 1
472061 Construction laborers 708 707 -0.1% -1 5
119021 Construction managers 114 113 -0.5% -1 1
352011 Cooks, fast food 648 661 1.0% 7 30
352012 Cooks, institution and cafeteria 450 457 0.8% 4 20
352014 Cooks, restaurant 1,158 1,182 1.1% 12 55
352015 Cooks, short order 242 248 1.1% 3 12
333012 Correctional officers and jailers 130 124 -2.3% -3 0
131051 Cost estimators 243 247 0.7% 2 6
412021 Counter and rental clerks 651 656 0.4% 3 39
353022 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 395 397 0.3% 1 52
435021 Couriers and messengers 91 94 1.2% 1 4
434031 Court, municipal, and license clerks 173 167 -2.0% -3 0
537021 Crane and tower operators 80 77 -1.4% -1 1
434051 Customer service representatives 782 792 0.7% 5 10
439021 Data entry keyers 109 110 0.7% 1 2
319091 Dental assistants 367 394 3.7% 14 20
292021 Dental hygienists 152 164 3.7% 6 8
519081 Dental laboratory technicians 74 79 3.3% 3 4
291020 Dentists 97 101 2.2% 2 4
333021 Detectives and criminal investigators 63 61 -2.1% -1 0
359011 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 431 440 1.1% 5 23
359021 Dishwashers 854 868 0.8% 7 52
435032 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 182 184 0.7% 1 4
533031 Driver/sales workers 521 540 1.8% 9 16
472081 Drywall and ceiling tile installers 183 179 -1.1% -2 0
273041 Editors 104 106 1.2% 1 4
119030 Education Administrators 293 299 1.0% 3 10
211012 Educational, vocational, and school counselors 230 235 1.1% 3 6
173023 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 187 183 -1.2% -2 1
492094 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 219 215 -0.8% -2 2
172071 Electrical engineers 116 114 -1.0% -1 1
472111 Electricians 1,073 1,048 -1.1% -12 6
172072 Electronics engineers, except computer 195 191 -1.0% -2 1
252021 Elementary school teachers, except special education 955 982 1.4% 13 33
434061 Eligibility interviewers, government programs 117 118 0.6% 1 4
292041 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 108 109 0.6% 1 3
131071 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 87 89 0.7% 1 2
512031 Engine and other machine assemblers 68 68 -0.4% 0 1
119041 Engineering managers 404 397 -0.9% -3 2
172199 Engineers, all other 94 94 0.2% 0 2
172081 Environmental engineers 73 74 0.3% 0 2
192041 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 96 94 -1.0% -1 2
537032 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 106 103 -1.7% -2 1
436011 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 624 632 0.7% 4 14
512091 Fiberglass laminators and fabricators 986 980 -0.3% -3 13
434071 File clerks 165 172 2.1% 3 9
113031 Financial managers 335 340 0.7% 2 7
132099 Financial specialists, all other 94 95 0.5% 0 2
332011 Fire fighters 408 393 -1.8% -7 2
471011 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 1,266 1,255 -0.4% -5 21
331021 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 111 107 -1.6% -2 2
351012 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 725 732 0.5% 4 22
371011 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 180 185 1.2% 2 7
371012 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 175 182 1.8% 3 4
491011 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 556 552 -0.4% -2 10
411012 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 196 198 0.3% 1 3
431011 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,015 1,028 0.6% 7 23
391021 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 128 123 -1.7% -2 2
331012 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 121 117 -1.8% -2 1
511011 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 618 606 -1.0% -6 9
411011 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 2,003 1,962 -1.0% -21 5
531031 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 179 177 -0.7% -1 2
271023 Floral designers 221 219 -0.5% -1 1
352021 Food preparation workers 675 679 0.3% 2 36
353041 Food servers, nonrestaurant 56 57 1.1% 1 4
119051 Food service managers 107 105 -0.6% -1 0
111021 General and operations managers 900 903 0.2% 2 15
472121 Glaziers 88 86 -1.1% -1 1
271024 Graphic designers 174 175 0.5% 1 2
395012 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 851 835 -1.0% -8 12
299198 Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other 95 98 1.6% 2 4
319099 Healthcare support workers, all other 90 92 1.1% 1 3
499021 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 95 96 0.6% 1 1
473019 Helpers, construction trades, all other 89 92 1.5% 1 6
473012 Helpers--carpenters 80 79 -1.0% -1 3
499098 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 135 136 0.2% 0 7
473014 Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons 141 140 -0.1% 0 7
519198 Helpers--production workers 141 142 0.3% 0 4
474051 Highway maintenance workers 111 107 -1.6% -2 0
499031 Home appliance repairers 81 78 -1.5% -1 0
311011 Home health aides 552 568 1.4% 8 14
359031 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 364 372 1.1% 4 16
434081 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 196 197 0.2% 0 10
434161 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 132 131 -0.3% 0 3
113040 Human resources managers 112 112 0.3% 0 2
172112 Industrial engineers 62 62 -0.2% 0 1
499041 Industrial machinery mechanics 252 245 -1.4% -3 3
113051 Industrial production managers 153 154 0.3% 0 3
537051 Industrial truck and tractor operators 352 349 -0.5% -2 3
434999 Information and Record Clerks, All Other 66 65 -0.6% 0 1
519061 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 215 210 -1.3% -3 2
259031 Instructional coordinators 74 76 1.2% 1 2
472130 Insulation workers 185 177 -2.1% -4 2
439041 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 96 91 -2.6% -2 0
413021 Insurance sales agents 226 235 2.0% 5 10
271025 Interior designers 57 58 0.5% 0 1
372011 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,766 1,801 1.0% 17 49
252012 Kindergarten teachers, except special education 105 108 1.2% 1 2
537062 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,455 1,458 0.1% 2 60
373011 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 1,008 994 -0.7% -7 19
516011 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 337 331 -0.9% -3 6
231011 Lawyers 438 413 -2.9% -12 0
436012 Legal secretaries 84 82 -1.0% -1 0
239099 Legal Support Workers, All Other 74 73 -0.2% 0 1
254021 Librarians 149 149 -0.2% 0 2
434121 Library assistants, clerical 139 134 -1.8% -3 4
254031 Library technicians 145 142 -0.9% -1 6
292061 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 442 458 1.8% 8 19
194099 Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 208 204 -0.8% -2 6
434131 Loan interviewers and clerks 161 166 1.3% 2 3
132072 Loan officers 197 204 1.8% 4 7
119081 Lodging managers 60 61 0.5% 0 1
514041 Machinists 298 292 -1.0% -3 3
372012 Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,602 1,619 0.5% 9 43
439051 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 50 51 0.4% 0 2
499042 Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,106 1,119 0.5% 6 18
131111 Management analysts 427 425 -0.2% -1 2
119198 Managers, all other 566 562 -0.3% -2 7
172121 Marine engineers and naval architects 135 133 -0.7% -1 2
193021 Market research analysts 74 77 1.5% 1 3
112021 Marketing managers 58 59 1.0% 1 1
513022 Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 82 77 -2.7% -2 0
172141 Mechanical engineers 234 224 -2.2% -5 2
292012 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 122 129 2.5% 3 6
292011 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 112 118 2.6% 3 5
119111 Medical and health services managers 124 129 1.7% 2 4
211022 Medical and public health social workers 102 104 1.3% 1 2
319092 Medical assistants 682 726 3.2% 22 40
292071 Medical records and health information technicians 125 129 1.8% 2 5
191040 Medical scientists 59 59 -0.1% 0 1
436013 Medical secretaries 361 385 3.3% 12 17
319094 Medical transcriptionists 96 101 2.6% 3 5
271026 Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 124 128 1.8% 2 3
514199 Metal workers and plastic workers, all other 109 104 -1.9% -2 0
252022 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 434 446 1.4% 6 15
493042 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 125 124 -0.7% -1 2
517030 Model makers and patternmakers, wood 83 82 -0.4% 0 3
533099 Motor vehicle operators, all other 98 98 0.0% 0 2
493051 Motorboat mechanics 389 388 -0.2% -1 9
271014 Multi-media artists and animators 63 61 -1.6% -1 0
151071 Network and computer systems administrators 142 145 1.0% 1 2
151081 Network systems and data communications analysts 60 62 1.6% 1 1
434141 New accounts clerks 61 63 1.6% 1 2
392021 Nonfarm animal caretakers 251 242 -1.8% -5 0
172161 Nuclear engineers 206 196 -2.4% -5 0
311012 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,495 1,527 1.1% 16 33
299010 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians 57 57 -0.3% 0 1
291122 Occupational therapists 57 58 1.0% 1 2
439999 Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 577 568 -0.8% -5 6
439061 Office clerks, general 1,722 1,743 0.6% 10 44
472073 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 245 246 0.2% 0 5
292081 Opticians, dispensing 69 68 -0.4% 0 1
291041 Optometrists 159 163 1.3% 2 5
434151 Order clerks 265 269 0.8% 2 7
537064 Packers and packagers, hand 1,010 970 -2.0% -20 5
472141 Painters, construction and maintenance 815 819 0.2% 2 15
519196 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 116 120 1.5% 2 4
232011 Paralegals and legal assistants 113 112 -0.8% -1 0
412022 Parts salespersons 241 247 1.2% 3 10
433051 Payroll and timekeeping clerks 141 141 0.0% 0 4
291051 Pharmacists 266 261 -1.0% -3 5
319095 Pharmacy aides 94 93 -0.6% -1 2
292052 Pharmacy technicians 182 179 -0.8% -1 3
291123 Physical therapists 97 100 1.3% 1 4
291071 Physician assistants 61 64 2.6% 2 3
291060 Physicians and surgeons 199 203 1.0% 2 5
472151 Pipelayers 66 66 0.2% 0 1
472152 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 1,099 1,073 -1.2% -13 3
333051 Police and sheriff's patrol officers 490 474 -1.6% -8 1
435031 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 110 107 -1.3% -1 0
435051 Postal service clerks 62 62 0.1% 0 1
435052 Postal service mail carriers 323 324 0.1% 0 10
251000 Postsecondary teachers 986 1,010 1.2% 12 38
515022 Prepress technicians and workers 83 86 1.5% 1 3
252011 Preschool teachers, except special education 240 245 1.1% 3 5
515023 Printing machine operators 161 165 1.3% 2 6
211092 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 87 86 -0.4% 0 1
433061 Procurement clerks 111 109 -1.2% -1 1
519199 Production workers, all other 95 93 -1.1% -1 1
435061 Production, planning, and expediting clerks 203 199 -0.9% -2 1
119141 Property, real estate, and community association managers 77 78 0.4% 0 1
339095 Protective service workers, all other 156 158 0.5% 1 20
311013 Psychiatric aides 58 60 1.9% 1 2
193060 Psychologists 149 154 1.7% 3 6
273031 Public relations specialists 177 181 1.1% 2 5
131023 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 302 298 -0.6% -2 4
113061 Purchasing managers 70 69 -0.6% 0 2
292034 Radiologic technologists and technicians 160 170 3.0% 5 8
419022 Real estate sales agents 278 279 0.1% 0 7
434171 Receptionists and information clerks 876 910 1.9% 17 37
399032 Recreation workers 431 428 -0.3% -1 7
291111 Registered nurses 1,709 1,771 1.8% 31 61
211015 Rehabilitation counselors 564 567 0.3% 2 11
412031 Retail salespersons 3,404 3,379 -0.4% -12 140
499096 Riggers 322 305 -2.7% -9 0
472181 Roofers 206 206 -0.1% 0 4
535011 Sailors and marine oilers 187 190 0.8% 2 8
112022 Sales managers 134 135 0.3% 0 2
414012 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 545 543 -0.1% -1 17
414011 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 91 91 -0.2% 0 2
517041 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 104 101 -1.5% -2 3
252031 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 575 592 1.4% 8 25
436014 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,119 1,126 0.3% 3 20
339032 Security guards 670 688 1.3% 9 29
253021 Self-enrichment education teachers 253 260 1.5% 4 6
536031 Service station attendants 105 105 0.0% 0 7
516031 Sewing machine operators 212 214 0.3% 1 3
472211 Sheet metal workers 296 291 -0.9% -3 3
535020 Ship and boat captains and operators 84 86 0.7% 1 3
435071 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 539 529 -0.9% -5 5
119151 Social and community service managers 124 127 1.3% 2 4
211093 Social and human service assistants 164 162 -0.7% -1 3
252042 Special education teachers, middle school 57 58 1.4% 1 1
252041 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 169 174 1.4% 2 4
252043 Special education teachers, secondary school 77 79 1.4% 1 2
291127 Speech-language pathologists 82 84 1.2% 1 3
518021 Stationary engineers and boiler operators 94 95 0.7% 1 3
435081 Stock clerks and order fillers 885 868 -1.0% -9 36
512041 Structural metal fabricators and fitters 269 259 -1.9% -5 0
211011 Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 149 146 -0.8% -1 1
292055 Surgical technologists 109 116 3.3% 4 6
173031 Surveying and mapping technicians 71 70 -0.2% 0 1
432011 Switchboard operators, including answering service 108 110 0.8% 1 4
472082 Tapers 97 95 -1.0% -1 0
259041 Teacher assistants 1,207 1,239 1.3% 16 38
512092 Team assemblers 451 445 -0.7% -3 4
419041 Telemarketers 90 91 0.6% 1 3
433071 Tellers 610 630 1.6% 10 43
493093 Tire repairers and changers 77 79 1.0% 1 4
131073 Training and development specialists 104 105 0.7% 1 3
113071 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 72 71 -0.6% 0 1
413041 Travel agents 141 139 -0.5% -1 3
533032 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,237 1,234 -0.1% -1 14
533033 Truck drivers, light or delivery services 461 458 -0.4% -2 4
193051 Urban and regional planners 121 118 -1.4% -2 1
393031 Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 69 68 -0.6% 0 8
291131 Veterinarians 73 69 -2.8% -2 0
319096 Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 106 103 -1.4% -1 1
292056 Veterinary technologists and technicians 130 127 -1.2% -2 2
252032 Vocational education teachers, secondary school 96 99 1.4% 1 4
353031 Waiters and waitresses 2,163 2,196 0.8% 17 149
518031 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 92 90 -1.1% -1 2
435111 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 120 116 -1.9% -2 1
514121 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 610 588 -1.9% -11 5
131022 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 103 99 -1.7% -2 1
517042 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 90 87 -2.0% -2 2
439022 Word processors and typists 132 132 0.0% 0 3
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