Table III-C
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION
CURRENT DATA AND PROJECTION FOR 2005
September 27, 1999
FERRY, PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTIES

Occupation

98 Employment

2005 Employment

Growth

Percent

Truck Drivers, Heavy

436

498

62

14.2%

Carpenters

248

309

61

24.6%

Salespersons, Retail

359

419

60

16.7%

Child Care Workers

176

233

57

32.4%

Cashiers

512

562

50

9.8%

Teachers, Elementary

381

420

39

10.2%

Teachers, Secondary School

359

395

36

10.0%

Marketing/Sales Supervisors

310

346

36

11.6%

Log Handling Eqp Oprs

418

453

35

8.4%

General Office Clerks

310

342

32

10.3%

Reception/Information Clks

134

165

31

23.1%

Managers & Administrators,NEC

230

260

30

13.0%

Emergency Medical Technicians

96

126

30

31.3%

Waiters & Waitresses

241

268

27

11.2%

Registered Nurses

252

278

26

10.3%

Maintenance Repairers, Gen Util

310

335

25

8.1%

Janitors & Cleaners

236

260

24

10.2%

Food Service & Lodging Mgrs

133

156

23

17.3%

Instructors & Coaches, Sports

93

115

22

23.7%

Comb Food Prep/Serv Wkrs

210

232

22

10.5%

Fallers & Buckers

217

239

22

10.1%

General Mgrs & Top Execs

300

321

21

7.0%

Teacher Aides, Paraprof

217

238

21

9.7%

Nursing Aides & Orderlies

216

236

20

9.3%

Automotive Mechanics

114

134

20

17.5%

Personal/Home Care Aides

59

78

19

32.2%

Food Preparation Workers

142

160

18

12.7%

Accountants & Auditors

107

124

17

15.9%

Service Supervisors, NEC

142

159

17

12.0%

Lawyers

67

82

15

22.4%

Logging Tractor Operators

169

183

14

8.3%

Machine Setrs/Setup Oprs, NEC

145

159

14

9.7%

Clerical Supervisors

152

165

13

8.6%

Hairdressers & Hairstylists

96

109

13

13.5%

Bus Drivers, School

121

133

12

9.9%

Foresters, Conservation Scients

135

146

11

8.1%

Prof, Paraprof, Techns, NEC

85

96

11

12.9%

Bakers, Bread & Pastry

52

63

11

21.2%

Cooks, Restaurant

101

112

11

10.9%

Medical Assistants

24

35

11

45.8%

Helpers & Laborers, NEC

179

190

11

6.1%

Bartenders

127

137

10

7.9%

Truck Drivers, Light

113

123

10

8.8%

Teacher Aides/Education Assts

108

117

9

8.3%

Child Care Workers, Private

112

121

9

8.0%

Police Patrol Officers

70

79

9

12.9%

Agric,Forest,Fishng Wkrs, NEC

65

74

9

13.8%

Hand Packers & Packagers

105

114

9

8.6%

Education Administrators

61

69

8

13.1%

Social Workers, Exc Med, Psych

61

69

8

13.1%

Salespersons, Parts

46

54

8

17.4%

Cooks, Fast Food

45

53

8

17.8%

Home Health Aides

181

189

8

4.4%

Amusement & Recreation Attends

47

55

8

17.0%

Automotive Body Repairers

52

60

8

15.4%

Sawing Machine Opers/Tenders

127

135

8

6.3%

Assemb & Fabricatrs, NEC

80

88

8

10.0%

Construction Managers

38

45

7

18.4%

Legal Assistants, NEC

7

14

7

100.0%

Financial Managers

67

73

6

9.0%

Systems Analysts

16

22

6

37.5%

Computer Support Specialists

14

20

6

42.9%

Teachers, Special Education

66

72

6

9.1%

Farm, Home Mgmt Advisors

14

20

6

42.9%

Pharmacists

31

37

6

19.4%

Medical Records Technicians

18

24

6

33.3%

Insurance Sales Workers

47

53

6

12.8%

Counter & Rental Clerks

45

51

6

13.3%

Guards

62

68

6

9.7%

Counter Attendants, Lunchrm

60

66

6

10.0%

Dental Assistants

44

50

6

13.6%

Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners

104

110

6

5.8%

Concrete & Terrazzo Finishers

16

22

6

37.5%

Electronic Pagination Sys Wkrs

7

13

6

85.7%

Water & Waste Treat Plant Ops

51

57

6

11.8%

Driver & Sales Workers

38

44

6

15.8%

Excavation/Loading Mach Opr

30

36

6

20.0%

Operating Engineers

38

44

6

15.8%

Engineer, Math, Nat Sci Mgrs

12

17

5

41.7%

Medicine & Health Service Mgrs

32

37

5

15.6%

Recreation Workers

26

31

5

19.2%

Brokers, Real Estate

44

49

5

11.4%

Bill & Account Collectors

9

14

5

55.6%

Secretaries, Ex Legal or Med

210

215

5

2.4%

Laborers, Landscp/Groundskeep

61

66

5

8.2%

Drywall Installers

20

25

5

25.0%

Const & Extractive Wrkrs

21

26

5

23.8%

Industrial Truck & Tractor Ops

103

108

5

4.9%

Biological Scientists

22

26

4

18.2%

Residential Counselors

13

17

4

30.8%

Human Services Workers

46

50

4

8.7%

Title Examiners & Abstractors

16

20

4

25.0%

Teachers, Preschool/Kindergartn

49

53

4

8.2%

Physical Therapists

21

25

4

19.0%

Dental Hygienists

21

25

4

19.0%

Radiologic Techs, Hospitals

29

33

4

13.8%

Writers & Editors

13

17

4

30.8%

Hotel Desk Clerks

27

31

4

14.8%

Legal Secretaries

22

26

4

18.2%

Billing, Cost/Rate Clerks

22

26

4

18.2%

Stock Clerks:Stockrm/Warehouse

54

58

4

7.4%

Clerical/Admin Wkrs, NEC

47

51

4

8.5%

Dining Room/Cafe Helpers

51

55

4

7.8%

Phys, Corrct Therapy Assts

13

17

4

30.8%

Bus, Truck, Diesel Eng Mechs

98

102

4

4.1%

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechs

33

37

4

12.1%

Telephone/Cable TV Instlr/Rprs

20

24

4

20.0%

Tire Repairers & Changers

31

35

4

12.9%

Painters & Paperhangers

17

21

4

23.5%

Paving/Surfacing/Tamping Oprs

12

16

4

33.3%

Welders & Cutters

42

46

4

9.5%

Carpenters & Related Helpers

24

28

4

16.7%

Market/Adver/Public Rel Mgrs

19

22

3

15.8%

Electrical & Electronic Engineer

12

15

3

25.0%

Psychologists

40

43

3

7.5%

Social Workers, Med & Psyc

64

67

3

4.7%

Teachers & Instructors, VocED

35

38

3

8.6%

Respiratory Therapists

9

12

3

33.3%

Sales & Related Workrs

36

39

3

8.3%

Postal Mail Carriers

58

61

3

5.2%

Meter Readers, Utilities

38

41

3

7.9%

Correction Officers

14

17

3

21.4%

Cooks, Institution/Cafe

89

92

3

3.4%

Manicurists

5

8

3

60.0%

First Line Superv: Const,Extrac

74

77

3

4.1%

First Line Superv: Production

79

82

3

3.8%

Machinery Mechanics, NEC

46

49

3

6.5%

Tapers

12

15

3

25.0%

Machinists

51

54

3

5.9%

Material Moving Oprs, NEC

32

35

3

9.4%

Electricians & Related Helpers

27

30

3

11.1%

Freight/Stock/Movers, Hand, NEC

33

36

3

9.1%

Postmasters, Mail Superintend

28

30

2

7.1%

Purch Agts, Ex Who/Ret/Farm

27

29

2

7.4%

Inspectors & Compliance Offics

44

46

2

4.5%

Metallurgists & Rel Engineers

4

6

2

50.0%

Agricultural/Food Scientists

5

7

2

40.0%

Technical Assistants, Library

20

22

2

10.0%

Licensed Practical Nurses

74

76

2

2.7%

Pharmacy Technicians

8

10

2

25.0%

Sales Representatives, NEC

34

36

2

5.9%

Medical Secretaries

20

22

2

10.0%

Switchboard Operators

9

11

2

22.2%

Cleaners/Servants, Private

111

113

2

1.8%

Sheriffs & Deputy Sheriffs

34

36

2

5.9%

Protect Service Occs, NEC

31

33

2

6.5%

Cooks, Short Order

20

22

2

10.0%

Health Service Wkrs, NEC

27

29

2

7.4%

Ushers/Lobby Atts/Ticket Takrs

6

8

2

33.3%

Const/Related Supervs, NEC

16

18

2

12.5%

Farm Equipment Mechanics

20

22

2

10.0%

Electricians

103

105

2

1.9%

Sheet Metal Workers

18

20

2

11.1%

Custom Tailors & Sewers

4

6

2

50.0%

Sewing Mach Oprs, Garment

64

66

2

3.1%

Laundry/Drycleaning Mach Oprs

20

22

2

10.0%

Personnel/Training/Lab Rel Mgrs

21

22

1

4.8%

Purchasing Managers

28

29

1

3.6%

Administrative Services Mgrs

18

19

1

5.6%

Communi, Transp, Util Mgrs

15

16

1

6.7%

Govt Chief Exec & Legislators

81

82

1

1.2%

Loan Officers & Counselors

16

17

1

6.3%

Tax Preparers

6

7

1

16.7%

Financial Specialists, NEC

20

21

1

5.0%

Claims Takers, UI Benefits

4

5

1

25.0%

Assessors

20

21

1

5.0%

Mgmt Support Workers, NEC

22

23

1

4.5%

Industrial Engineers, Ex Safety

9

10

1

11.1%

Mechanical Engineers

16

17

1

6.3%

Architects, Ex Lndscpe & Marine

10

11

1

10.0%

Electrical & Electronic Techns

13

14

1

7.7%

Physicists & Astronomers

2

3

1

50.0%

Chemists

3

4

1

33.3%

Geologists, Geophysicists, Ocean

19

20

1

5.3%

Physical Scientists, NEC

2

3

1

50.0%

Biological, Agric, Food Techns

20

21

1

5.0%

Science Technicians, NEC

15

16

1

6.7%

Database Administrators

2

3

1

50.0%

Computer Scientists, NEC

2

3

1

50.0%

Clergy

9

10

1

11.1%

Paralegals

2

3

1

50.0%

Title Searchers

7

8

1

14.3%

Instructors, Adult (Non-VocEd)

18

19

1

5.6%

Teachers & Instructors, NEC

16

17

1

6.3%

Librarians, Professional

19

20

1

5.3%

Counselors

15

16

1

6.7%

Instructional Coordinators

4

5

1

25.0%

Vets & Vet Inspectors

10

11

1

10.0%

Speech Path/Audiologist

11

12

1

9.1%

Physician Assistants

7

8

1

14.3%

Opticians, Dispensing/Measuring

7

8

1

14.3%

Med/Clin Lab Technologists

23

24

1

4.3%

Med/Clinical Lab Technicians

7

8

1

14.3%

Surgical Technologists

8

9

1

12.5%

Health Prof/Paraprof/Techns, NEC

9

10

1

11.1%

Artists/Commercial Artists

14

15

1

7.1%

Designers, Ex Interior

14

15

1

7.1%

Merchandise Displayers

7

8

1

14.3%

Travel Agents

15

16

1

6.7%

Sales Reps, Science

15

16

1

6.7%

Insurance Policy Process Clerks

17

18

1

5.9%

Court Clerks

26

27

1

3.8%

Municipal Clerks

28

29

1

3.6%

Library Assists/Bookmobile

17

18

1

5.9%

Real Estate Clerks

3

4

1

33.3%

Order Clerks: Materials, Service

6

7

1

16.7%