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Table III-B Summary
MASON COUNTY
UI CLAIMANTS BY OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY
July 1, 1998 - June 30, 1999 /1

The following list 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 - 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. CATEGORY TITLE

CLAIMANTS

EXHAUSTEES

CLAIMED

TOTAL, ALL OCCUPATIONS

3,145

522

10.1

PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND MANAGERIAL

430

80

12.2

CLERICAL

346

63

9.9

SALES

116

22

9.2

SERVICE

379

72

10.1

AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND FISHING

148

21

10.7

PROCESSING

49

9

8.4

MACHINE TRADES

229

45

10.1

BENCHWORK

118

8

5.6

STRUCTURAL WORK

648

100

9.8

MOTOR FREIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION

197

23

9.5

PACKAGING AND MATERIALS HANDLING

473

78

10.2

MISC., NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

12

1

8.9

1/ D.O.T. categories are based on the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Fourth Edition, Revised 1991. Sometimes the source D.O.T. code is incomplete. If the general category is known, it is included with the category, otherwise it is included in the "MISC., NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED." September 1999. This table and detail tables are available for Washington and all counties.

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