1st quarter | Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 570.4 | 580.4 | 583.6 | 584.6 | 599.8 | 600.7 | 638.4 | 649.1 | 656.9 | 610.0 | 551.6 | 585.4 | 604.5 | 610.1 | 605.8 |
Managers | | 67.1 | 72.2 | 64.9 | 69.3 | 69.6 | 70.4 | 76.8 | 84.2 | 69.6 | 76.0 | 60.0 | 60.7 | 55.2 | 56.2 | 70.3 |
Professionals | | 87.6 | 76.0 | 83.3 | 83.5 | 74.8 | 85.3 | 93.1 | 92.9 | 94.4 | 99.3 | 115.5 | 115.5 | 109.5 | 112.6 | 118.3 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 75.9 | 76.4 | 68.1 | 72.6 | 85.5 | 86.5 | 78.8 | 84.7 | 89.3 | 91.3 | 64.8 | 72.6 | 87.5 | 85.7 | 79.3 |
Clerical support workers | | 27.3 | 20.7 | 30.4 | 29.9 | 27.8 | 28.8 | 29.3 | 29.2 | 30.5 | 30.4 | 34.0 | 32.0 | 38.5 | 38.6 | 34.1 |
Service and sales workers | | 65.7 | 70.5 | 70.3 | 72.8 | 75.3 | 77.8 | 90.0 | 75.6 | 83.1 | 80.8 | 84.1 | 76.0 | 79.8 | 78.3 | 83.8 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 21.6 | 18.0 | 21.4 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 12.6 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 9.5 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 85.3 | 88.7 | 85.7 | 91.6 | 95.1 | 90.9 | 100.0 | 113.5 | 112.1 | 94.5 | 70.2 | 85.2 | 92.6 | 88.4 | 81.9 |
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 82.8 | 88.6 | 93.3 | 84.8 | 73.2 | 78.2 | 90.9 | 93.6 | 96.2 | 74.5 | 67.2 | 76.2 | 81.4 | 83.9 | 74.5 |
Elementary occupations | | 55.3 | 66.8 | 62.5 | 62.1 | 80.7 | 66.1 | 61.3 | 60.9 | 66.0 | 52.3 | 44.2 | 53.2 | 46.6 | 53.6 | 52.0 |
Proportion (major group of occupations total=100), % | Total | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Managers | | 11.8 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 11.6 |
Professionals | | 15.4 | 13.1 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 16.3 | 20.9 | 19.7 | 18.1 | 18.5 | 19.5 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 13.3 | 13.2 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 13.1 |
Clerical support workers | | 4.8 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
Service and sales workers | | 11.5 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 15.2 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 13.8 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 15.0 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 17.1 | 15.5 | 12.7 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 14.5 | 13.5 |
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 14.5 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 12.3 |
Elementary occupations | | 9.7 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 13.4 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 8.6 |
2nd quarter | Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 586.0 | 582.2 | 588.4 | 596.2 | 604.1 | 616.2 | 654.9 | 660.3 | 655.4 | 590.3 | 556.4 | 597.0 | 614.0 | 632.1 | 629.5 |
Managers | | 62.0 | 61.3 | 58.1 | 60.0 | 76.2 | 69.4 | 75.7 | 77.8 | 65.5 | 64.4 | 55.6 | 60.0 | 58.8 | 58.6 | 66.7 |
Professionals | | 81.3 | 72.6 | 79.9 | 83.3 | 76.6 | 97.0 | 103.0 | 96.6 | 79.1 | 99.4 | 120.9 | 117.0 | 121.5 | 125.7 | 117.1 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 75.0 | 71.4 | 79.2 | 79.7 | 82.5 | 76.2 | 78.2 | 87.4 | 89.8 | 77.6 | 63.2 | 79.3 | 83.7 | 81.3 | 85.5 |
Clerical support workers | | 28.2 | 30.1 | 26.4 | 29.2 | 23.8 | 27.0 | 27.7 | 34.5 | 31.7 | 26.1 | 30.2 | 35.2 | 35.6 | 34.6 | 40.2 |
Service and sales workers | | 69.1 | 68.5 | 79.7 | 88.0 | 80.1 | 76.3 | 86.5 | 77.2 | 87.2 | 79.3 | 80.6 | 75.9 | 84.5 | 82.2 | 84.7 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 18.1 | 15.7 | 17.0 | 13.6 | 12.0 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 11.3 | 11.1 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 102.3 | 102.2 | 88.6 | 88.2 | 86.6 | 88.2 | 110.5 | 118.5 | 122.9 | 88.0 | 66.3 | 82.1 | 83.6 | 84.3 | 91.8 |
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 84.9 | 82.1 | 85.3 | 79.8 | 90.6 | 92.2 | 99.5 | 89.1 | 100.8 | 89.0 | 71.1 | 81.1 | 78.4 | 85.4 | 71.2 |
Elementary occupations | | 64.3 | 74.7 | 71.9 | 72.5 | 72.7 | 72.9 | 56.8 | 63.2 | 64.0 | 56.3 | 54.3 | 52.5 | 53.0 | 65.9 | 59.3 |
Proportion (major group of occupations total=100), % | Total | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Managers | | 10.6 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 12.6 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 10.6 |
Professionals | | 13.9 | 12.5 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 12.1 | 16.8 | 21.7 | 19.6 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 18.6 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 12.8 | 12.3 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 13.6 |
Clerical support workers | | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.4 |
Service and sales workers | | 11.8 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 13.0 | 13.5 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 17.5 | 17.5 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 16.9 | 17.9 | 18.7 | 14.9 | 11.9 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 14.6 |
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 14.5 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 13.4 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 13.5 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 11.3 |
Elementary occupations | | 11.0 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 10.4 | 9.4 |
3rd quarter | Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 596.2 | 598.6 | 596.0 | 616.2 | 601.0 | 619.4 | 656.4 | 664.1 | 659.4 | 596.8 | 574.1 | 621.8 | 625.8 | 627.1 | 633.7 |
Managers | | 71.3 | 58.4 | 61.8 | 55.9 | 65.5 | 71.6 | 65.5 | 72.0 | 69.3 | 57.8 | 67.6 | 51.4 | 56.4 | 64.2 | 68.1 |
Professionals | | 71.5 | 73.6 | 83.6 | 93.9 | 87.4 | 93.8 | 107.3 | 96.0 | 89.9 | 94.6 | 113.7 | 123.5 | 129.1 | 116.0 | 116.4 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 89.3 | 93.4 | 85.0 | 82.5 | 78.8 | 83.4 | 93.5 | 91.4 | 88.7 | 86.5 | 59.5 | 83.6 | 83.7 | 79.6 | 84.7 |
Clerical support workers | | 27.5 | 30.9 | 31.8 | 28.9 | 24.0 | 27.4 | 37.9 | 31.5 | 30.0 | 24.6 | 21.5 | 30.8 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 40.7 |
Service and sales workers | | 67.5 | 74.0 | 77.0 | 87.0 | 73.8 | 75.5 | 78.9 | 86.6 | 93.8 | 86.8 | 77.4 | 80.9 | 80.9 | 82.2 | 89.3 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 16.8 | 16.2 | 17.0 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 10.3 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 10.9 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 98.2 | 90.6 | 83.7 | 86.8 | 95.4 | 94.0 | 97.1 | 111.5 | 117.3 | 87.3 | 84.1 | 94.3 | 93.1 | 89.6 | 91.1 |
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 77.8 | 81.1 | 77.4 | 89.1 | 90.2 | 86.1 | 95.5 | 91.5 | 91.9 | 87.8 | 80.3 | 82.2 | 80.2 | 87.0 | 79.2 |
Elementary occupations | | 73.5 | 77.6 | 76.6 | 75.1 | 67.3 | 67.9 | 66.0 | 67.4 | 62.8 | 58.8 | 53.9 | 61.2 | 55.3 | 61.5 | 50.9 |
Proportion (major group of occupations total=100), % | Total | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Managers | | 12.0 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 10.7 |
Professionals | | 12.0 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 15.2 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 15.9 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 20.6 | 18.5 | 18.4 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 15.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 14.5 | 10.4 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 13.4 |
Clerical support workers | | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
Service and sales workers | | 11.3 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 16.5 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 16.8 | 17.8 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 14.3 | 14.4 |
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 13.0 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 12.5 |
Elementary occupations | | 12.3 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 8.0 |
4th quarter | Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 588.5 | 597.4 | 591.5 | 614.8 | 602.7 | 625.9 | 657.1 | 656.9 | 652.3 | 578.4 | 589.8 | 608.7 | 615.4 | 616.1 | 630.3 |
Managers | | 69.1 | 62.2 | 67.2 | 66.4 | 64.8 | 70.2 | 79.1 | 71.9 | 82.9 | 63.5 | 68.8 | 51.4 | 56.8 | 61.2 | 67.9 |
Professionals | | 78.3 | 85.7 | 82.8 | 78.4 | 91.1 | 91.7 | 93.8 | 99.8 | 98.0 | 95.1 | 108.3 | 116.8 | 117.5 | 121.0 | 107.4 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 86.1 | 84.3 | 81.6 | 84.7 | 81.2 | 75.6 | 85.1 | 85.2 | 89.0 | 80.4 | 57.6 | 76.7 | 80.4 | 78.0 | 85.7 |
Clerical support workers | | 27.0 | 25.9 | 26.0 | 24.4 | 26.0 | 29.6 | 34.5 | 25.0 | 31.8 | 33.1 | 32.1 | 31.7 | 41.2 | 38.8 | 39.7 |
Service and sales workers | | 68.3 | 75.0 | 68.0 | 85.8 | 74.7 | 86.6 | 83.4 | 91.0 | 97.8 | 88.6 | 81.3 | 80.9 | 76.5 | 80.7 | 91.2 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 22.4 | 17.0 | 15.5 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 13.1 | 10.6 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 12.9 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 8.2 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 88.3 | 81.8 | 94.1 | 99.7 | 91.4 | 101.1 | 101.9 | 105.1 | 101.8 | 81.6 | 98.7 | 109.1 | 98.2 | 91.7 | 94.1 |
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 81.8 | 91.9 | 83.4 | 88.9 | 82.2 | 87.0 | 91.5 | 88.7 | 79.4 | 76.1 | 74.7 | 75.0 | 81.1 | 82.2 | 80.5 |
Elementary occupations | | 66.3 | 70.7 | 68.9 | 64.1 | 72.1 | 66.9 | 73.2 | 72.3 | 54.5 | 46.1 | 55.1 | 52.6 | 50.3 | 51.0 | 52.2 |
Proportion (major group of occupations total=100), % | Total | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Managers | | 11.7 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 10.8 |
Professionals | | 13.3 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 16.4 | 18.4 | 19.2 | 19.1 | 19.6 | 17.0 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 14.6 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 9.8 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 13.6 |
Clerical support workers | | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
Service and sales workers | | 11.6 | 12.6 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 13.8 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 14.5 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 15.0 | 13.7 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.1 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 16.0 | 14.9 | 14.9 |
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 13.9 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 12.8 |
Elementary occupations | | 11.3 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 |