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

142,166

275,074

120,722

3,455

55,321

15,392

20,778

5,756

13,395

Percent of Total Applicants

100.00%

43.89%

1.26%

20.11%

5.60%

7.55%

2.09%

4.87%

PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL & MANAGERIAL

11,991

41,871

21,352

694

4,960

1,624

1,115

522

1,699

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.00%

50.99%

1.66%

11.85%

3.88%

2.66%

1.25%

4.06%

CLERICAL

21,988

20,897

16,148

297

3,367

1,166

921

359

921

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.00%

77.27%

1.42%

16.11%

5.58%

4.41%

1.72%

4.41%

SALES

11,948

10,408

4,919

105

1,278

504

325

84

365

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.00%

47.26%

1.01%

12.28%

4.84%

3.12%

0.81%

3.51%

SERVICE

26,022

19,748

11,505

337

4,044

1,331

1,220

457

1,036

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.00%

58.26%

1.71%

20.48%

6.74%

6.18%

2.31%

5.25%

AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY & FISHING

13,303

8,917

1,640

58

5,073

90

4,717

160

106

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.00%

18.39%

0.65%

56.89%

1.01%

52.90%

1.79%

1.19%

PROCESSING

9,202

6,694

2,689

36

3,162

279

2,191

84

608

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.00%

40.17%

0.54%

47.24%

4.17%

32.73%

1.25%

9.08%

MACHINE TRADES

5,592

10,872

1,264

211

1,400

312

426

147

515

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.00%

11.63%

1.94%

12.88%

2.87%

3.92%

1.35%

4.74%

BENCHWORK

4,169

5,679

2,585

69

1,760

253

253

102

1,152

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.00%

45.52%

1.22%

30.99%

4.46%

4.46%

1.80%

20.29%

STRUCTURAL WORK

13,502

23,043

1,318

355

2,768

760

1,146

310

552

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.00%

5.72%

1.54%

12.01%

3.30%

4.97%

1.35%

2.40%

MOTOR FREIGHT & TRANSPORTATION

7,007

6,701

882

148

901

339

359

74

129

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.00%

13.16%

2.21%

13.45%

5.06%

5.36%

1.10%

1.93%

PACKAGING & MATERIAL HANDLING

16,923

10,954

2,717

129

3,115

738

1,554

168

655

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.00%

24.80%

1.18%

28.44%

6.74%

14.19%

1.53%

5.98%

MISC., NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

519

109,290

53,703

1,016

23,493

7,996

6,551

3,289

5,657

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.00%

49.14%

0.93%

21.50%

7.32%

5.99%

3.01%

5.18%

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. OCCUPATIONS, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED".
2/ AA-African American, HI-Hispanic, IN-American Indian/Native Alaskan, AS-Asian/Pacific Islander. 

Detail reports available for Washington and most counties.  
Produced 9/99.


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