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Pierce County Workforce Development Area


Pierce County WDA consists of Pierce County

Estimated Empl. Average Annual
SOC Code Occupational Title  3rd Qtr 2001  3rd Qtr 2003  Growth Rate Empl. Growth  Total   Openings
  412031   Retail salespersons 7,122 7,346 1.6% 112 435
  291111   Registered nurses 4,343 4,517 2.0% 87 164
  412011   Cashiers 8,012 8,177 1.0% 82 571
  493023   Automotive service technicians & mechanics 1,918 2,075 4.0% 79 123
  436013   Medical secretaries 1,784 1,925 3.9% 70 98
  372012   Maids & housekeeping cleaners 4,126 4,239 1.4% 56 145
  311012   Nursing aides, orderlies, & attendants 2,227 2,329 2.3% 51 77
  292061   Licensed practical & licensed vocational nurses 2,084 2,183 2.3% 49 101
  372011   Janitors & cleaners, except maids & housekeeping cleaners 3,649 3,743 1.3% 47 113
  413031   Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents 989 1,079 4.5% 45 52
  252021   Elementary school teachers, except special education 2,852 2,938 1.5% 43 100
  259041   Teacher assistants 2,733 2,817 1.5% 42 93
  431011   First-line supervisors/managers of office & administrative support workers 2,372 2,452 1.7% 40 79
  399021   Personal & home care aides 2,434 2,512 1.6% 39 73
  439061   Office clerks, general 5,037 5,114 0.8% 38 137
  373011   Landscaping & groundskeeping workers 2,280 2,352 1.6% 36 95
  319091   Dental assistants 865 934 4.0% 35 49
  211023   Mental health & substance abuse social workers 988 1,057 3.4% 34 44
  492022   Telecommunications equipment installers & repairers, except line installers 870 937 3.8% 34 48
  411011   First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 3,808 3,868 0.8% 30 78
  433071   Tellers 1,157 1,216 2.5% 29 93
  251000   Postsecondary teachers 1,980 2,038 1.5% 29 82
  434171   Receptionists & information clerks 1,998 2,053 1.4% 28 74
  435081   Stock clerks & order fillers 2,492 2,548 1.1% 28 154
  253999   All other teachers, primary, secondary, & adult 2,284 2,338 1.2% 27 46
  439999   Office & Administrative Support Workers, All Other 1,625 1,676 1.6% 26 49
  319092   Medical assistants 836 887 3.0% 26 48
  292021   Dental hygienists 597 648 4.2% 25 34
  472141   Painters, construction & maintenance 1,646 1,695 1.5% 24 52
  471011   First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades & extraction workers 2,798 2,847 0.9% 24 82
  499052   Telecommunications line installers & repairers 712 757 3.1% 22 33
  111021   General & operations managers 2,249 2,293 1.0% 22 55
  436011   Executive secretaries & administrative assistants 1,627 1,670 1.3% 22 46
  414012   Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, except technical & scientific products 2,585 2,626 0.8% 21 104
  252031   Secondary school teachers, except special & vocational education 1,385 1,426 1.5% 21 61
  339032   Security guards 1,325 1,366 1.6% 21 60
  290000   All Other Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations 736 777 2.7% 20 31
  491011   First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, & repairers 1,153 1,194 1.7% 20 46
  371012   First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, & groundskeeping workers 497 537 3.9% 20 22
  119198   Managers, all other 959 997 1.9% 19 33
  131198   Business operations specialists, all other 2,322 2,358 0.8% 18 73
  252022   Middle school teachers, except special & vocational education 1,206 1,242 1.5% 18 42
  537062   Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand 2,972 3,007 0.6% 17 137
  399011   Child care workers 4,582 4,616 0.4% 17 199
  433021   Billing & posting clerks & machine operators 916 949 1.8% 16 38
  252011   Preschool teachers, except special education 1,170 1,202 1.4% 16 29
  434051   Customer service representatives 1,786 1,819 0.9% 16 28
  537061   Cleaners of vehicles & equipment 722 753 2.1% 15 44
  319093   Medical equipment preparers 430 460 3.5% 15 27
  291123   Physical therapists 517 545 2.7% 14 26
  472073   Operating engineers & other construction equipment operators 916 944 1.5% 14 33
  113031   Financial managers 842 870 1.6% 14 25
  472061   Construction laborers 1,721 1,748 0.8% 14 28
  132011   Accountants & auditors 1,913 1,940 0.7% 14 39
  499042   Maintenance & repair workers, general 2,106 2,132 0.6% 13 36
  132072   Loan officers 421 447 3.1% 13 21
  433011   Bill & account collectors 486 511 2.6% 13 24
  537051   Industrial truck & tractor operators 1,329 1,354 0.9% 13 29
  299198   Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Workers, All Other 622 647 2.0% 13 28
  493021   Automotive body & related repairers 692 716 1.7% 12 28
  193060   Psychologists 569 592 2.0% 11 23
  412021   Counter & rental clerks 1,591 1,613 0.7% 11 100
  533022   Bus drivers, school 756 778 1.4% 11 30
  352021   Food preparation workers 1,024 1,045 1.0% 11 62
  434071   File clerks 442 463 2.4% 11 25
  413021   Insurance sales agents 641 662 1.6% 11 27
  292071   Medical records & health information technicians 350 371 3.0% 10 18
  436014   Secretaries, except legal, medical, & executive 3,090 3,111 0.3% 10 57
  513011   Bakers 329 349 3.1% 10 15
  493031   Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists 896 916 1.1% 10 32
  490000   All Other Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations 432 431 -0.1% -1 9
  435111   Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping 148 147 -0.3% -1 3
  516093   Upholsterers 59 58 -0.9% -1 1
  515023   Printing machine operators 247 246 -0.2% -1 6
  499044   Millwrights 88 86 -0.7% -1 2
  512041   Structural metal fabricators & fitters 80 79 -0.8% -1 0
  516021   Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials 175 174 -0.4% -1 2
  514193   Plating & coating machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic 76 74 -0.9% -1 1
  435041   Meter readers, utilities 82 81 -0.9% -1 1
  173013   Mechanical drafters 79 77 -1.0% -1 2
  395012   Hairdressers, hairstylists, & cosmetologists 2,840 2,838 0.0% -1 66
  516092   Fabric & apparel patternmakers 80 79 -1.0% -1 2
  517021   Furniture finishers 65 63 -1.3% -1 2
  519032   Cutting & slicing machine setters, operators, & tenders 182 180 -0.5% -1 2
  534031   Railroad conductors & yardmasters 74 73 -1.3% -1 2
  499041   Industrial machinery mechanics 231 229 -0.4% -1 5
  519198   Helpers--production workers 682 680 -0.1% -1 16
  459100   All other farming, fishing, & forestry workers 110 108 -1.1% -1 3
  119051   Food service managers 379 376 -0.4% -1 3
  519022   Grinding & polishing workers, hand 88 85 -1.6% -1 0
  515021   Job printers 204 201 -0.7% -1 4
  472082   Tapers 351 348 -0.4% -1 1
  339091   Crossing guards 261 258 -0.6% -2 9
  419021   Real estate brokers 333 330 -0.5% -2 4
  271014   Multi-media artists & animators 353 350 -0.5% -2 5
  474041   Hazardous materials removal workers 131 128 -1.3% -2 2
  113051   Industrial production managers 314 310 -0.6% -2 3
  499043   Maintenance workers, machinery 157 153 -1.3% -2 2
  352014   Cooks, restaurant 2,186 2,182 -0.1% -2 77
  131051   Cost estimators 525 520 -0.4% -2 8
  514072   Molding, coremaking, & casting machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic 188 184 -1.1% -2 1
  373013   Tree trimmers & pruners 203 198 -1.1% -2 3
  172141   Mechanical engineers 217 212 -1.2% -3 4
  396031   Flight attendants 105 100 -2.6% -3 2
  472081   Drywall & ceiling tile installers 616 611 -0.5% -3 2
  172011   Aerospace engineers 55 49 -5.6% -3 0
  519121   Coating, painting, & spraying machine setters, operators, & tenders 197 191 -1.5% -3 1
  352011   Cooks, fast food 1,863 1,856 -0.2% -3 64
  390000   All Other Personal Care & Service Occupations 621 614 -0.6% -3 11
  353011   Bartenders 1,722 1,715 -0.2% -4 63
  519195   Molders, shapers, & casters, except metal & plastic 137 129 -2.9% -4 0
  511011   First-line supervisors/managers of production & operating workers 1,251 1,243 -0.3% -4 28
  173023   Electrical & electronic engineering technicians 232 223 -1.9% -4 0
  517011   Cabinetmakers & bench carpenters 1,043 1,034 -0.4% -4 29
  512022   Electrical & electronic equipment assemblers 210 200 -2.4% -5 0
  514199   Metal workers & plastic workers, all other 84 73 -6.3% -5 0
  516031   Sewing machine operators 603 593 -0.9% -5 0
  514031   Cutting, punching, & press machine setters, operators, & tenders, metal & plastic 335 324 -1.6% -5 1
  514121   Welders, cutters, solderers, & brazers 611 599 -0.9% -6 11
  519061   Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers 686 674 -0.8% -6 9
  514111   Tool & die makers 81 69 -7.4% -6 0
  211011   Substance abuse & behavioral disorder counselors 503 490 -1.2% -6 2
  391021   First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 639 626 -1.0% -7 12
  512099   Assemblers & fabricators, all other 481 468 -1.4% -7 1
  419022   Real estate sales agents 1,029 1,015 -0.7% -7 18
  512092   Team assemblers 1,330 1,314 -0.6% -8 13
  499062   Medical equipment repairers 353 336 -2.5% -9 0
  514011   Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal & plastic 209 191 -4.3% -9 0
  514041   Machinists 573 550 -2.1% -12 0
  452080   Farmworkers 1,044 1,019 -1.2% -13 23
  430000   All Other Office & Administrative Support Occupations 486 454 -3.4% -16 3
  419091   Door-to-door sales workers, news & street vendors, & related workers 1,207 1,174 -1.4% -16 6
  533032   Truck drivers, heavy & tractor-trailer 5,103 5,069 -0.3% -17 45
  231011   Lawyers 1,461 1,416 -1.5% -22 0
  353031   Waiters & waitresses 4,524 4,476 -0.5% -24 251
  472031   Carpenters 4,592 4,527 -0.7% -32 39
  510000   All Other Production Occupations 2,044 1,920 -3.1%