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Table III-B Summary
SPOKANE 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

27,559

3,593

10.7

PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND MANAGERIAL

4,762

772

11.1

CLERICAL

3,103

456

9.7

SALES

2,198

353

10.3

SERVICE

2,960

393

9.4

AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND FISHING

662

104

11.7

PROCESSING

1,342

69

18.1

MACHINE TRADES

2,590

209

14.5

BENCHWORK

1,410

210

10.5

STRUCTURAL WORK

5,750

716

9.1

MOTOR FREIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION

1,377

147

9.5

PACKAGING AND MATERIALS HANDLING

1,252

146

9.1

MISC., NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

153

18

8.7

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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