Table III-A3 Summary
JSC Applicants & Openings for Occupational Categories
KING COUNTY
July 1, 1998 - June 30, 1999 1/

APPLICANTS

OPENINGS

MINORITY 2/

D.O.T. OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY TITLE

TOTAL

TOTAL

FEMALE

DISABLED

MINORITY

AA

HI

IN

AS

TOTAL APPLICANTS REGISTERED & OPENINGS

44,154

64,995

28,255

794

18,010

7,570

2,417

1,145

6,878

Percent of Total Applicants

100.0%

43.5%

1.2%

27.7%

11.6%

3.7%

1.8%

10.6%

PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL & MANAGERIAL

4,296

15,061

7,176

173

2,230

785

339

150

956

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

47.6%

1.1%

14.8%

5.2%

2.3%

1.0%

6.3%

CLERICAL

9,001

5,337

3,836

82

1,332

607

150

83

492

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

71.9%

1.5%

25.0%

11.4%

2.8%

1.6%

9.2%

SALES

3,734

3,002

1,351

28

555

279

83

21

172

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

45.0%

0.9%

18.5%

9.3%

2.8%

0.7%

5.7%

SERVICE

6,876

4,176

2,122

59

1,405

572

226

82

525

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

50.8%

1.4%

33.6%

13.7%

5.4%

2.0%

12.6%

AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY & FISHING

713

586

80

8

137

29

68

7

33

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

13.7%

1.4%

23.4%

4.9%

11.6%

1.2%

5.6%

PROCESSING

1,598

965

216

10

548

153

162

20

213

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

22.4%

1.0%

56.8%

15.9%

16.8%

2.1%

22.1%

MACHINE TRADES

1,725

2,407

304

39

517

122

84

32

279

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

12.6%

1.6%

21.5%

5.1%

3.5%

1.3%

11.6%

BENCHWORK

1,737

1,829

900

18

901

122

74

35

670

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

49.2%

1.0%

49.3%

6.7%

4.0%

1.9%

36.6%

STRUCTURAL WORK

3,843

4,939

354

58

954

363

246

75

270

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

7.2%

1.2%

19.3%

7.3%

5.0%

1.5%

5.5%

MOTOR FREIGHT & TRANSPORTATION

2,537

1,360

201

25

303

171

48

13

71

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

14.8%

1.8%

22.3%

12.6%

3.5%

1.0%

5.2%

PACKAGING & MATERIAL HANDLING

7,875

2,304

494

37

864

350

168

27

319

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

21.4%

1.6%

37.5%

15.2%

7.3%

1.2%

13.8%

MISC., NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

219

23,029

11,221

257

8,264

4,017

769

600

2,878

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

48.7%

1.1%

35.9%

17.4%

3.3%

2.6%

12.5%

1/ D.O.T. categories are based on the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Fourth Edition, Revised 1991. Sometimes the D.O.T. code is incomplete. If the general category is known, it is included with the category. If no code is available, it is included in the "MISC., NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED."
2/ AA-African American, HI-Hispanic, IN-American Indian/Native Alaskan, AS-Asian/Pacific Islander.

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