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

7,442

15,550

6,433

111

7,332

226

6,170

846

90

Percent of Total Applicants

100.0%

41.4%

0.7%

47.2%

1.5%

39.7%

5.4%

0.6%

PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL & MANAGERIAL

172

892

497

12

215

8

163

39

5

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

55.7%

1.3%

24.1%

0.9%

18.3%

4.4%

0.6%

CLERICAL

431

748

610

7

243

8

197

31

7

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

81.6%

0.9%

32.5%

1.1%

26.3%

4.1%

0.9%

SALES

225

352

165

6

77

3

65

5

4

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

46.9%

1.7%

21.9%

0.9%

18.5%

1.4%

1.1%

SERVICE

905

900

516

11

327

23

231

64

9

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

57.3%

1.2%

36.3%

2.6%

25.7%

7.1%

1.0%

AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY & FISHING

2,995

2,232

423

5

1,987

8

1,930

48

1

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

19.0%

0.2%

89.0%

0.4%

86.5%

2.2%

0.0%

PROCESSING

1,232

803

586

2

524

6

498

8

12

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

73.0%

0.2%

65.3%

0.7%

62.0%

1.0%

1.5%

MACHINE TRADES

183

316

17

4

98

5

74

14

5

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

5.4%

1.3%

31.0%

1.6%

23.4%

4.4%

1.6%

BENCHWORK

24

96

24

1

30

0

26

4

0

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

25.0%

1.0%

31.3%

0.0%

27.1%

4.2%

0.0%

STRUCTURAL WORK

358

993

26

11

277

9

237

31

0

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

2.6%

1.1%

27.9%

0.9%

23.9%

3.1%

0.0%

MOTOR FREIGHT & TRANSPORTATION

240

312

14

4

83

2

69

12

0

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

4.5%

1.3%

26.6%

0.6%

22.1%

3.8%

0.0%

PACKAGING & MATERIAL HANDLING

670

1,230

515

7

604

12

554

29

9

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

41.9%

0.6%

49.1%

1.0%

45.0%

2.4%

0.7%

MISC., NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

7

6,676

3,040

41

2,867

142

2,126

561

38

Percent of Individual Occupational Category

100.0%

45.5%

0.6%

42.9%

2.1%

31.8%

8.4%

0.6%

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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