Employment by Occupational Group

North Carolina Occupational Trends

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Employment by Occupational Group
in 2006 and Projected to 2016

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Major Occupational Group
Architecture and Engineering Occupations	58,880	67,930	1.44
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	54,100	61,200	1.25
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	142,790	171,650	1.86
Business and Financial Operations Occupations	167,380	199,800	1.79
Community and Social Services Occupations	80,760	109,000	3.05
Computer and Mathematical Occupations	87,460	109,420	2.26
Construction and Extraction Occupations	240,000	296,930	2.15
Education, Training, and Library Occupations	241,770	299,000	2.15
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	22,490	19,740	-1.31
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	332,240	410,040	2.13
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	213,420	275,030	2.57
Healthcare Support Occupations	135,850	184,480	3.11
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	186,380	209,770	1.19
Legal Occupations	24,830	31,470	2.40
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	41,100	49,800	1.94
Management Occupations	272,670	298,250	0.90
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	645,440	724,400	1.16
Personal Care and Service Occupations	96,840	128,080	2.84
Production Occupations	413,290	387,840	-0.63
Protective Service Occupations	88,930	106,720	1.84
Sales and Related Occupations	475,590	536,290	1.21
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	323,730	348,470	0.74

* Indicates suppressed employment lower than 10