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Description of Occupational Classes
Professional, Technical: Persons concerned with theoretical or practical aspects of art, and Managerial science, engineering, education, medicine, law, business relations and administrative, managerial and technical work.
Clerical and Sales: Persons concerned with preparing, transcribing, transferring, systematizing and preserving written communications and records,collecting accounts, distributing information, and influencing customers in favor of a commodity or service.
Service: Persons concerned with performing tasks in households, serving individuals in institutions and in commercial or other establishments, or with protecting the public against crime, fire and accidents.
Farming, Fishing: Persons concerned with growing, harvesting, catching, and Forestry gathering land and aquatic plant and animal life and products thereof.
Processing: Persons concerned with refining, mixing, compounding, chemically treating, heat treating, or similarly working materials and products.
Machine Trades: Persons concerned with feeding, tending, operating, controlling and setting up machines to cut, bore drill, abrade, print and work such materials as metal, paper, wood and stone.
Benchwork: Persons concerned with use of handtools and bench machines to fit, carve, mold, paint, sew, assemble, inspect, repair and similarly work small objects and materials.
Structural: Persons concerned with fabricating, erecting, installing, paving, painting, repairing structures such as buildings, bridges, roads, motor vehicles, cables, engines, etc.
Miscellaneous: Persons concerned with transportation services, packaging and warehousing, utilities, amusement, recreation, logging, graphic arts.
Partials: Persons who have registered for work but whose applications have not been assigned an occupation class. Most of these applicants are job ready.
Hertford County Labor Statistics 1996 - 1997
| Date |
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Labor Force |
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Employed |
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Unemployed |
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Rate |
| April 1996 |
|
9,780 |
|
9,260 |
|
520 |
|
5.3 |
| May 1996 |
|
10,000 |
|
9,500 |
|
500 |
|
5.0 |
| June 1996 |
|
10,050 |
|
9,430 |
|
620 |
|
6.2 |
| July 1996 |
|
10,100 |
|
9,510 |
|
590 |
|
5.8 |
| August 1996 |
|
10,060 |
|
9,460 |
|
600 |
|
6.0 |
| September 1996 |
|
10,010 |
|
9,490 |
|
520 |
|
5.2 |
| October 1996 |
|
10,220 |
|
9,700 |
|
520 |
|
5.1 |
| November 1996 |
|
10,200 |
|
9,650 |
|
550 |
|
5.4 |
| December 1996 |
|
10,130 |
|
9,610 |
|
520 |
|
5.1 |
| January 1997 |
|
9,790 |
|
9,170 |
|
620 |
|
6.3 |
| February 1997 |
|
9,800 |
|
9,160 |
|
640 |
|
6.5 |
| March 1997 |
|
9,760 |
|
9,310 |
|
450 |
|
4.6 |
| April 1997 |
|
9,960 |
|
9,350 |
|
610 |
|
6.1 |
| May 1997 |
|
9,970 |
|
9,510 |
|
460 |
|
4.6 |
| June 1997 |
|
10,020 |
|
9,440 |
|
580 |
|
5.8 |
| July 1997 |
|
9,910 |
|
9,360 |
|
550 |
|
5.0 |
| August 1997 |
|
9,720 |
|
9,250 |
|
470 |
|
4.8 |
| September 1997 |
|
9,730 |
|
9,330 |
|
400 |
|
4.1 |
| October 1997 |
|
9,950 |
|
9,570 |
|
380 |
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3.8 |
Employment and Wages by Industry (Quarter Ending June 30, 1996)
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INDUSTRY |
SIC Code |
# Of Units |
Average Employment |
Total Wages |
Weekly Wage |
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Total All Industries |
|
555 |
8,410 |
39,792,187 |
363.96 |
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Private Total |
|
502 |
6,769 |
30,372,944 |
345.16 |
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing |
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24 |
184 |
671,481 |
280.72 |
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Agricultural Production- Crops |
01 |
12 |
87 |
259,372 |
229.33 |
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Agricultural Production - Livestock |
02 |
5 |
72 |
329,472 |
352.00 |
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Construction |
|
40 |
313 |
1,665,368 |
409.28 |
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Special Trade Contractors |
17 |
25 |
120 |
427,873 |
274.28 |
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|
|
|
|
|
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Manufacturing |
|
40 |
1,747 |
9,557,936 |
420.85 |
|
Apparel & Other Finished Products |
23 |
3 |
248 |
772,273 |
239.54 |
|
Lumber & Wood Products |
24 |
16 |
348 |
1,761,922 |
389.46 |
|
Printing & Publishing |
27 |
4 |
70 |
275,489 |
302.74 |
|
Industrial Mach. & Equip |
35 |
5 |
90 |
528,907 |
452.06 |
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|
|
|
|
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Transportation, Communications, |
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|
|
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|
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& Utilities |
|
21 |
206 |
1,446,111 |
550.69 |
|
Trucking & Warehousing |
42 |
12 |
117 |
661,849 |
435.14 |
|
Communications |
|
4 |
43 |
323,619 |
578.92 |
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|
|
|
|
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Wholesale Trade |
|
40 |
330 |
1,662,373 |
387.50 |
|
Durable Goods |
50 |
13 |
57 |
281,500 |
379.89 |
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Nondurable Goods |
51 |
27 |
273 |
1,380,873 |
389.09 |
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Retail Trade |
|
138 |
1,779 |
4,816,071 |
208.24 |
|
Bldg. Materials & Garden Sup. |
52 |
10 |
130 |
460,713 |
272.61 |
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General Merchandise |
53 |
12 |
264 |
696,877 |
203.05 |
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Food Stores |
54 |
27 |
413 |
1,048,954 |
195.37 |
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Auto Dealers/Service Stations |
55 |
21 |
159 |
653,355 |
316.09 |
|
Apparel & Accessory Stores |
56 |
8 |
35 |
68,767 |
151.14 |
|
Furniture/Home Furnishings |
57 |
7 |
36 |
149,011 |
318.40 |
|
Eating & Drinking Places |
58 |
30 |
583 |
1,031,960 |
136.16 |
|
Miscellaneous Retail |
59 |
23 |
160 |
706,434 |
339.63 |
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|
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|
|
|
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Finance, Insurance & Real Estate |
|
35 |
161 |
817,554 |
390.61 |
|
Depository Institutions |
60 |
10 |
102 |
552,993 |
417.04 |
|
Nondepository Inst. |
61 |
6 |
19 |
100,626 |
407.39 |
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Insurance Agents, Brokers |
64 |
8 |
24 |
107,610 |
344.90 |
|
Services |
|
164 |
2,052 |
9,736,050 |
364.97 |
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Hotels & Lodging Places |
70 |
4 |
53 |
108,550 |
157.55 |
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Personal Services |
72 |
23 |
100 |
310,706 |
239.00 |
|
. Business Services |
73 |
10 |
45 |
173,398 |
296.41 |
|
Auto Repair, Serv.&Park |
75 |
16 |
62 |
207.341 |
257.25 |
|
Amusement/Recreation Serv |
79 |
4 |
35 |
71,214 |
156.51 |
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Health Services |
80 |
38 |
976 |
5,814,069 |
458.23 |
|
Legal Services |
81 |
11 |
45 |
358,079 |
612.10 |
|
Social Services |
83 |
18 |
252 |
650,013 |
198.42 |
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Engineering & |
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|
|
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|
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Management Services |
87 |
6 |
93 |
384,995 |
318.44 |
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Private Households |
88 |
21 |
36 |
64,306 |
137.41 |
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Government |
|
53 |
1,641 |
9,419,243 |
441.53 |
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Federal |
|
13 |
68 |
564,559 |
638.64 |
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State |
|
18 |
448 |
2,808,031 |
482.15 |
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Local |
|
22 |
1,125 |
6,046,653 |
413.45 |
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