November 2007 Monthly Labor Review Table 1

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Employment by major occupational group

This file represents Table 1, Employment by major occupational group, 2006 and projected 2016, in "Occupational employment projections to 2016," published in the November 2007 Monthly Labor Review.

Table 1. Employment by major occupational group, 2006 and projected 2016 major groups
[Numbers in thousands]
2006 National Employment Matrix code and title		Employment				Change
Title	Code	Number		Percent distribution		Numeric	Percent
Title	Code	2006	2016	2006	2016	Numeric	Percent
Total, all occupations	00-0000	150,620	166,220	100.0	100.0	15,600	10.4
Management, business, and financial occupations⁽¹⁾	11-1300	15,397	16,993	10.2	10.2	1,596	10.4
Professional and related occupations⁽²⁾	15-2900	29,819	34,790	19.8	20.9	4,970	16.7
Service occupations⁽³⁾	31-3900	28,950	33,780	19.2	20.3	4,830	16.7
Sales and related occupations	41-0000	15,985	17,203	10.6	10.3	1,218	7.6
Office and administrative support occupations	43-0000	24,344	26,089	16.2	15.7	1,745	7.2
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	45-0000	1,039	1,010	0.7	0.6	-29	-2.8
Construction and extraction occupations	47-0000	8,295	9,079	5.5	5.5	785	9.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	49-0000	5,883	6,433	3.9	3.9	550	9.3
Production occupations	51-0000	10,675	10,147	7.1	6.1	-528	-4.9
Transportation and material moving occupations	53-0000	10,233	10,695	6.8	6.4	462	4.5
Footnotes: (1) Major occupational groups 11-0000 through 13-0000 in the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). (2) Major occupational groups 15-0000 through 29-0000 in the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). (3) Major occupational groups 31-0000 through 39-0000 in the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC).

Last Modified Date: December 4, 2007


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