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Table III-C
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION
CURRENT DATA AND PROJECTION FOR 2005
September 30, 1999
ADAMS AND GRANT COUNTIES
 

 

1998

2005

Occupation

Employment

Employment

Growth

Percentage

Farm Wkrs, Food & Fiber Crops

5,866

6,165

299

5.1%

Cashiers

1,067

1,251

184

17.2%

Salespersons, Retail

903

1,049

146

16.2%

Truck Drivers, Heavy

980

1,123

143

14.6%

General Mgrs & Top Execs

882

1,014

132

15.0%

Welders & Cutters

118

233

115

97.5%

Teachers, Elementary

590

701

111

18.8%

Child Care Workers

256

360

104

40.6%

Teachers, Secondary School

541

643

102

18.9%

Graders/Sorters, Ag Product

719

820

101

14.0%

Industrial Truck & Tractor Ops

546

646

100

18.3%

General Office Clerks

708

807

99

14.0%

Maintenance Repairers, Gen Util

542

639

97

17.9%

Helpers & Laborers, NEC*

642

730

88

13.7%

Teacher Aides, Paraprof

448

534

86

19.2%

Machinery Mechanics, NEC*

295

373

78

26.4%

Personal/Home Care Aides

105

179

74

70.5%

Managers & Administrators, NEC*

455

527

72

15.8%

Janitors & Cleaners

506

577

71

14.0%

Waiters & Waitresses

604

671

67

11.1%

Food Preparation Workers

312

377

65

20.8%

Hand Packers & Packagers

383

447

64

16.7%

Mechanical Engineers

39

102

63

161.5%

Marketing/Sales Supervisors

504

566

62

12.3%

Machinists

72

132

60

83.3%

Cooks, Fast Food

283

342

59

20.8%

Food Service & Lodging Mgrs

250

307

57

22.8%

Comb Food Prep/Serv Wkrs

344

399

55

16.0%

Clerical Supervisors

350

404

54

15.4%

Registered Nurses

316

367

51

16.1%

Numerical Control Mach Oprs

43

91

48

111.6%

Packaging/Filling Mach Oprs

261

309

48

18.4%

First Line Superv: Production

224

271

47

21.0%

Vehicle Washers/Eq Cleaners

230

276

46

20.0%

Automotive Mechanics

228

273

45

19.7%

Truck Drivers, Light

319

364

45

14.1%

Mach Builder Assemblers, Prec

4

47

43

1075.0%

Cannery Workers

451

494

43

9.5%

Assemb & Fabricatrs, NEC*

72

115

43

59.7%

Bus Drivers, School

225

268

43

19.1%

Secretaries, Ex Legal or Med

498

540

42

8.4%

Farm Equipment Operators

1,358

1,399

41

3.0%

Teacher Aides/Education Assts

214

254

40

18.7%

Emergency Medical Technicians

93

131

38

40.9%

Production Inspectors, Graders

369

407

38

10.3%

Salespersons, Parts

147

183

36

24.5%

*NEC=Not Elsewhere Classified

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