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 Table III-C
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION
CURRENT DATA AND PROJECTION FOR 2005
September 27, 1999
COWLITZ AND WAHKIAKUM COUNTIES

 

1998

2005

Occupation

Employment

Employment

Growth

Percentage

Salespersons, Retail

1,553

1,995

442

28.5%

Slaughterers & Butchers

29

354

325

1120.7%

Truck Drivers, Heavy

1,121

1,407

286

25.5%

Marketing/Sales Supervisors

812

993

181

22.3%

General Mgrs & Top Execs

885

1,054

169

19.1%

Registered Nurses

636

797

161

25.3%

Cashiers

923

1,077

154

16.7%

Maintenance Repairers, Gen Util

562

683

121

21.5%

General Office Clerks

795

914

119

15.0%

Janitors & Cleaners

660

772

112

17.0%

Teachers, Secondary School

601

712

111

18.5%

Carpenters

854

955

101

11.8%

Teachers, Elementary

516

612

96

18.6%

Managers & Administrators, NEC*

663

751

88

13.3%

Reception/Information Clks

395

482

87

22.0%

Machinery Mechanics, NEC*

277

363

86

31.0%

Food Preparation Workers

390

473

83

21.3%

Clerical Supervisors

359

437

78

21.7%

Comb Food Prep/Serv Wkrs

595

672

77

12.9%

Truck Drivers, Light

303

378

75

24.8%

Hairdressers & Hairstylists

359

427

68

18.9%

Helpers & Laborers, NEC*

764

828

64

8.4%

Teacher Aides, Paraprof

342

405

63

18.4%

Welders & Cutters

311

373

62

19.9%

Sales Representatives, NEC*

199

260

61

30.7%

Nursing Aides & Orderlies

381

442

61

16.0%

Home Health Aides

258

319

61

23.6%

First Line Superv: Production

220

279

59

26.8%

Painters & Paperhangers

239

297

58

24.3%

Electricians

476

533

57

12.0%

Medical Assistants

124

180

56

45.2%

Personal/Home Care Aides

84

140

56

66.7%

Secretaries, Ex Legal or Med

592

644

52

8.8%

Waiters & Waitresses

573

625

52

9.1%

Crane & Tower Operators

62

113

51

82.3%

Cooks, Restaurant

309

358

49

15.9%

Child Care Workers

166

211

45

27.1%

Automotive Mechanics

350

395

45

12.9%

Human Services Workers

74

118

44

59.5%

Food Service & Lodging Mgrs

172

215

43

25.0%

Bank Tellers

211

254

43

20.4%

Cooks, Fast Food

220

263

43

19.5%

Sheet Metal Workers

38

81

43

113.2%

Health Service Wkrs, NEC*

130

171

41

31.5%

Financial Managers

207

247

40

19.3%

*NEC=Not Elsewhere Classified

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