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North Central Workforce Development Area


North Central WDA includes Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan counties

Estimated Empl. Average Annual
SOC Code Occupational Title  3rd Qtr 2001  3rd Qtr 2003  Growth Rate Empl. Growth  Total   Openings
  372012   Maids & housekeeping cleaners 1,896 1,991 2.5% 47 89
  399011   Child care workers 1,315 1,379 2.4% 32 85
  259041   Teacher assistants 1,201 1,261 2.4% 30 52
  291111   Registered nurses 1,221 1,278 2.3% 28 50
  251000   Postsecondary teachers 971 1,020 2.5% 24 50
  439061   Office clerks, general 1,624 1,667 1.3% 22 53
  252021   Elementary school teachers, except special education 672 708 2.6% 18 31
  412011   Cashiers 2,900 2,931 0.5% 15 192
  319091   Dental assistants 351 380 4.0% 14 20
  252031   Secondary school teachers, except special & vocational education 549 577 2.6% 14 30
  436013   Medical secretaries 374 402 3.7% 14 20
  253999   All other teachers, primary, secondary, & adult 672 700 2.1% 14 20
  434171   Receptionists & information clerks 735 760 1.7% 12 30
  493023   Automotive service technicians & mechanics 416 440 2.9% 12 22
  319092   Medical assistants 322 346 3.7% 12 21
  252022   Middle school teachers, except special & vocational education 455 479 2.6% 12 21
  435081   Stock clerks & order fillers 709 731 1.5% 11 47
  436014   Secretaries, except legal, medical, & executive 1,001 1,022 1.1% 11 26
  414012   Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, except technical & scientific products 697 718 1.5% 11 33
  292021   Dental hygienists 241 261 4.1% 10 13
  172141   Mechanical engineers 57 56 -0.9% -1 1
  472081   Drywall & ceiling tile installers 135 134 -0.4% -1 1
  191032   Foresters 72 71 -0.8% -1 2
  419021   Real estate brokers 89 88 -0.7% -1 1
  514011   Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal & plastic 55 53 -1.1% -1 1
  273041   Editors 61 60 -1.0% -1 1
  191031   Conservation scientists 60 59 -1.0% -1 1
  514031   Cutting, punching, & press machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic 65 64 -0.9% -1 1
  191020   Biological scientists 106 105 -0.6% -1 3
  113071   Transportation, storage, & distribution managers 66 65 -1.0% -1 0
  112022   Sales managers 61 60 -1.1% -1 0
  499012   Control & valve installers & repairers, except mechanical door 59 57 -1.1% -1 1
  413011   Advertising sales agents 91 89 -0.8% -1 1
  473012   Helpers--carpenters 91 90 -0.8% -1 4
  194021   Biological technicians 116 115 -0.6% -1 2
  530000   All Other Transportation & Material Moving Occupations 124 123 -0.6% -1 2
  131111   Management analysts 70 69 -1.1% -1 0
  359021   Dishwashers 394 393 -0.2% -1 20
  271023   Floral designers 113 111 -0.7% -1 0
  391021   First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 122 120 -0.7% -1 3
  537061   Cleaners of vehicles & equipment 292 290 -0.3% -1 10
  211093   Social & human service assistants 154 153 -0.6% -1 3
  292052   Pharmacy technicians 119 117 -0.8% -1 2
  194011   Agricultural & food science technicians 56 54 -1.6% -1 0
  119121   Natural sciences managers 86 84 -1.1% -1 0
  359031   Hosts & hostesses, restaurant, lounge, & coffee shop 250 248 -0.4% -1 7
  514041   Machinists 91 89 -1.2% -1 1
  514121   Welders, cutters, solderers, & brazers 130 128 -0.9% -1 2
  518021   Stationary engineers & boiler operators 58 55 -2.4% -1 0
  231011   Lawyers 421 418 -0.3% -1 1
  499088   All other installation, maintenance, & repair workers 102 99 -1.5% -2 0
  514072   Molding, coremaking, & casting machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic 173 170 -0.9% -2 2
  435061   Production, planning, & expediting clerks 117 114 -1.4% -2 0
  531021   First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, & material movers, hand 152 149 -1.1% -2 1
  452011   Agricultural inspectors 96 92 -1.7% -2 0
  194093   Forest & conservation technicians 155 151 -1.1% -2 4
  513091   Food & tobacco roasting, baking, & drying machine operators & tenders 69 65 -2.8% -2 0
  113051   Industrial production managers 105 101 -1.8% -2 0
  352014   Cooks, restaurant 572 568 -0.4% -2 19
  514033   Grinding, lapping, polishing, & buffing machine tool setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic 213 208 -1.0% -2 3
  352011   Cooks, fast food 350 345 -0.6% -2 10
  512092   Team assemblers 266 261 -0.9% -2 2
  191010   Agricultural & food scientists 128 122 -2.1% -3 1
  472111   Electricians 545 540 -0.5% -3 7
  519012   Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, & still machine setters, operators, & tenders 115 110 -2.4% -3 0
  537063   Machine feeders & offbearers 116 111 -2.4% -3 2
  499043   Maintenance workers, machinery 117 110 -2.9% -3 0
  419022   Real estate sales agents 351 345 -1.0% -3 5
  519032   Cutting & slicing machine setters, operators, & tenders 100 93 -3.7% -4 0
  513093   Food cooking machine operators & tenders 98 90 -4.1% -4 0
  373012   Pesticide handlers, sprayers, & applicators, vegetation 391 383 -1.1% -4 6
  519061   Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers 504 494 -1.0% -5 6
  499041   Industrial machinery mechanics 278 266 -2.0% -6 2
  353021   Combined food preparation & serving workers, including fast food 1,817 1,805 -0.3% -6 134
  511011   First-line supervisors/managers of production & operating workers 537 525 -1.1% -6 8
  451010   First-line supervisors/managers/contractors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers 1,391 1,377 -0.5% -7 3
  519199   Production workers, all other 210 196 -3.4% -7 0
  435071   Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks 624 610 -1.1% -7 5
  537064   Packers & packagers, hand 2,100 2,086 -0.4% -7 46
  411011   First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,539 1,523 -0.5% -8 11
  353031   Waiters & waitresses 1,343 1,326 -0.7% -9 73
  452041   Graders & sorters, agricultural products 3,160 3,138 -0.3% -11 63
  472031   Carpenters 1,022 997 -1.2% -12 3
  519198   Helpers--production workers 578 551 -2.3% -13 1
  537062   Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand 1,856 1,819 -1.0% -18 56
  537051   Industrial truck & tractor operators 900 858 -2.4% -21 0
  373013   Tree trimmers & pruners 3,678 3,626 -0.7% -26 69
  510000   All Other Production Occupations 1,088 1,026 -2.9% -31 8
  459100   All other farming, fishing, & forestry workers 4,098 4,033 -0.8% -33 114
  519111   Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders 1,571 1,473 -3.2% -49 0
  452080   Farmworkers 21,884 21,422 -1.1% -231 521


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Last Update: August 2002