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 Table III-B Summary
YAKIMA 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

27,479

4,667

10.5

PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND MANAGERIAL

1,744

285

10.6

CLERICAL

1,849

329

10.5

SALES

649

96

10.1

SERVICE

2,114

343

9.5

AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND FISHING

9,505

1,855

11.3

PROCESSING

3,078

575

10.9

MACHINE TRADES

725

106

9.1

BENCHWORK

275

39

9.1

STRUCTURAL WORK

2,581

383

10.3

MOTOR FREIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION

828

108

10.4

PACKAGING AND MATERIALS HANDLING

4,073

533

9.1

MISC., NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

58

15

10.7

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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