Table III-B Detail
WHITMAN COUNTY
UI CLAIMANTS BY OCCUPATION /1
July 1, 1998 - June 30, 1999 /2

The following shows a count of Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants resident in this county (determined by ZIP Code) who had an active claim under any program or entitlement during the period July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999. "Exhaustees" are those who exhausted regular benefits during this period. "Average Weeks Claimed" is computed from the total, not necessarily continuous, weeks claimed during this 52-week period. Employees with more than one employer or occupation may be counted twice.

AVERAGE

TOTAL

NUMBER OF

WEEKS

D.O.T. CODE

OCCUPATION

CLAIMANTS

EXHAUSTEES

CLAIMED

TOTAL, ALL OCCUPATIONS

621

78

10.0

PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL & MANAGERIAL

111

14

9.2

CLERICAL

66

9

9.1

219.362-010

ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK

11

3

11.2

ALL OTHER

55

6

8.7

SALES

33

7

10.6

SERVICE

78

6

9.5

313.361-014

COOK

16

1

10.8

355.674-014

NURSE AIDE

15

1

7.9

ALL OTHER

47

4

9.5

AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY & FISHING

47

7

11.7

421.683-010

FARMWORKER, GENERAL 1

13

2

9.5

ALL OTHER

34

5

12.5

PROCESSING

12

1

9.5

MACHINE TRADES

19

3

9.0

BENCHWORK

6

3

18.5

STRUCTURAL WORK

155

20

10.7

859.683-010

OPERATING ENGINEER

25

6

15.9

860.381-022

CARPENTER

21

3

5.3

869.664-014

CONSTRUCTION WORKER 1

34

1

10.9

ALL OTHER

75

10

10.4

MOTOR FREIGHT & TRANSPORTATION

72

6

9.3

905.663-014

TRUCK DRIVER, HEAVY

36

4

8.8

906.683-022

TRUCK DRIVER, LIGHT

10

1

11.7

ALL OTHER

26

1

9.0

PACKAGING & MATERIALS HANDLING

17

2

10.0

922.687-058

LABORER, STORES

11

1

9.2

ALL OTHER

6

1

11.5

MISC., NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

5

0

10.2

1/Occupations For which there are fewer than 10 claimants have not been individually identified but are included in the totals.
2/D.O.T. codes are based on the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Fourth Edition, Revised 1991. Some unrevised codes appear when the claimants file was initially coded before June 1992. Sometimes the D.O.T. code is incomplete. If the general category is known, it is included in the category total and the "ALL OTHER" sub-category, otherwise it is included in the "MISC., NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED-ALL OTHER."

September 1999. This table and detail tables are available for Washington and all counties.