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Table III-B Summary
PIERCE 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

36,777

5,567

9.5

PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND MANAGERIAL

6,086

1,032

10.6

CLERICAL

4,520

815

10.2

SALES

2,177

405

9.8

SERVICE

4,436

734

9.4

AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND FISHING

644

132

9.9

PROCESSING

1,085

181

10

MACHINE TRADES

2,461

334

9.4

BENCHWORK

1,553

177

11

STRUCTURAL WORK

6,917

776

8.5

MOTOR FREIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION

1,918

215

8.7

PACKAGING AND MATERIALS HANDLING

4,745

730

8.6

MISC., NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

235

36

9.5

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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