Table III-A3 Summary
JSC Applicants & Openings for Occupational Categories
SPOKANE 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

9,011

24,327

9,762

343

1,620

579

268

347

426

Percent of Total Applicants

100.0%

40.1%

1.4%

6.7%

2.4%

1.1%

1.4%

1.8%

PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL & MANAGERIAL

723

2,983

1,426

55

111

34

27

22

28

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

47.8%

1.8%

3.7%

1.1%

0.9%

0.7%

0.9%

CLERICAL

1,610

1,533

1,171

28

53

18

13

9

13

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

76.4%

1.8%

3.5%

1.2%

0.8%

0.6%

0.8%

SALES

1,086

979

371

7

35

16

7

2

10

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

37.9%

0.7%

3.6%

1.6%

0.7%

0.2%

1.0%

SERVICE

1,854

1,548

815

30

139

52

25

20

42

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

52.6%

1.9%

9.0%

3.4%

1.6%

1.3%

2.7%

AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY & FISHING

243

377

31

4

21

2

6

7

6

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

8.2%

1.1%

5.6%

0.5%

1.6%

1.9%

1.6%

PROCESSING

345

787

43

5

34

15

8

6

5

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

5.5%

0.6%

4.3%

1.9%

1.0%

0.8%

0.6%

MACHINE TRADES

459

1,538

135

25

58

22

15

9

12

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

8.8%

1.6%

3.8%

1.4%

1.0%

0.6%

0.8%

BENCHWORK

376

599

292

5

106

10

10

9

77

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

48.7%

0.8%

17.7%

1.7%

1.7%

1.5%

12.9%

STRUCTURAL WORK

1,380

2,290

56

57

84

36

30

15

3

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

2.4%

2.5%

3.7%

1.6%

1.3%

0.7%

0.1%

MOTOR FREIGHT & TRANSPORTATION

413

623

75

11

25

12

6

5

2

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

12.0%

1.8%

4.0%

1.9%

1.0%

0.8%

0.3%

PACKAGING & MATERIAL HANDLING

488

530

89

7

41

13

14

6

8

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

16.8%

1.3%

7.7%

2.5%

2.6%

1.1%

1.5%

MISC., NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

34

10,540

5,258

109

913

349

107

237

220

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

49.9%

1.0%

8.7%

3.3%

1.0%

2.2%

2.1%

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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