1st quarter | Employees, thousands | Total | | 567.7 | 556.8 | 529.0 | 510.9 | 515.5 | 524.6 | 519.5 | 528.2 | 540.8 | 579.1 | 588.5 | 604.0 | 565.7 | 509.0 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 68.3 | 68.0 | 59.4 | 57.3 | 55.7 | 54.0 | 59.7 | 54.4 | 59.6 | 69.9 | 75.5 | 59.0 | 63.7 | 51.4 |
Professionals | | 66.1 | 63.1 | 62.6 | 73.5 | 68.5 | 83.1 | 80.3 | 71.0 | 74.9 | 84.2 | 87.8 | 87.9 | 93.3 | 102.9 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 80.2 | 79.6 | 78.3 | 70.1 | 70.4 | 62.3 | 61.5 | 72.4 | 83.1 | 70.9 | 71.7 | 80.7 | 88.3 | 69.0 |
Clerks | | 29.1 | 28.3 | 27.4 | 29.1 | 23.7 | 30.3 | 29.8 | 26.5 | 26.9 | 27.3 | 28.8 | 35.9 | 35.0 | 36.8 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 62.5 | 62.9 | 58.0 | 57.0 | 60.4 | 58.9 | 60.0 | 63.3 | 68.3 | 78.8 | 67.4 | 71.0 | 66.6 | 64.1 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 13.1 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 101.6 | 98.7 | 92.7 | 80.6 | 84.9 | 79.5 | 80.0 | 85.2 | 81.8 | 90.0 | 96.8 | 99.3 | 87.0 | 60.8 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 78.4 | 75.4 | 73.1 | 76.3 | 82.2 | 85.8 | 77.4 | 71.3 | 74.3 | 85.7 | 90.4 | 95.0 | 72.1 | 67.9 |
Elementary occupations | | 66.2 | 66.3 | 63.4 | 52.5 | 60.8 | 58.7 | 61.5 | 75.0 | 63.5 | 61.3 | 61.7 | 66.3 | 54.2 | 49.8 |
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 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 12.0 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 12.8 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 10.1 |
Professionals | | 11.6 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 14.4 | 13.3 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 16.5 | 20.2 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 15.6 | 13.5 |
Clerks | | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 7.2 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 12.6 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 17.9 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 15.4 | 11.9 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 14.9 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 15.7 | 12.7 | 13.3 |
Elementary occupations | | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 14.2 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 9.8 |
2nd quarter | Employees, thousands | Total | | 568.3 | 555.4 | 528.7 | 519.3 | 533.6 | 540.6 | 539.9 | 536.5 | 561.0 | 596.8 | 595.5 | 609.0 | 546.9 | 517.1 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 68.1 | 67.7 | 59.1 | 53.1 | 55.7 | 51.6 | 51.8 | 58.6 | 64.4 | 67.8 | 68.8 | 63.4 | 52.8 | 47.5 |
Professionals | | 65.0 | 63.1 | 62.7 | 76.2 | 70.2 | 81.9 | 72.2 | 65.0 | 84.8 | 94.0 | 88.5 | 74.2 | 93.8 | 105.8 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 81.0 | 79.1 | 78.1 | 66.6 | 65.6 | 72.7 | 70.8 | 75.7 | 76.9 | 72.0 | 81.5 | 79.7 | 71.6 | 66.5 |
Clerks | | 28.4 | 27.2 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 32.3 | 27.3 | 31.0 | 24.9 | 27.6 | 29.4 | 33.5 | 35.6 | 30.5 | 33.1 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 63.3 | 63.1 | 59.3 | 55.2 | 60.2 | 67.2 | 75.4 | 72.2 | 68.0 | 77.7 | 67.7 | 73.8 | 66.1 | 67.6 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 13.0 | 12.8 | 11.3 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 5.0 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 101.4 | 97.4 | 91.6 | 91.7 | 95.7 | 85.8 | 84.4 | 79.5 | 77.7 | 93.9 | 100.5 | 112.6 | 80.5 | 54.5 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 78.9 | 75.6 | 72.5 | 78.5 | 77.7 | 79.3 | 76.9 | 82.7 | 83.3 | 95.6 | 83.8 | 97.0 | 87.7 | 75.7 |
Elementary occupations | | 66.9 | 66.9 | 64.3 | 61.7 | 66.8 | 65.1 | 70.2 | 70.2 | 70.3 | 56.2 | 63.3 | 66.1 | 58.1 | 58.6 |
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 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 12.0 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 9.2 |
Professionals | | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 14.7 | 13.2 | 15.1 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 15.1 | 15.8 | 14.9 | 12.2 | 17.2 | 20.5 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 12.9 |
Clerks | | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 13.1 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 17.8 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 18.5 | 14.7 | 10.5 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 13.9 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 15.1 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 16.0 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 16.0 | 14.6 |
Elementary occupations | | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 11.3 |
3rd quarter | Employees, thousands | Total | | 567.7 | 556.2 | 533.2 | 534.5 | 539.6 | 553.5 | 560.7 | 541.9 | 564.9 | 601.6 | 605.3 | 608.9 | 546.7 | 529.2 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 68.5 | 62.6 | 58.1 | 60.1 | 56.6 | 54.0 | 48.3 | 59.4 | 64.8 | 60.9 | 63.0 | 63.4 | 55.0 | 54.2 |
Professionals | | 64.9 | 63.0 | 75.0 | 68.6 | 67.3 | 85.1 | 89.5 | 74.0 | 83.0 | 97.9 | 90.2 | 84.3 | 86.0 | 103.4 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 81.2 | 79.5 | 69.6 | 85.6 | 85.8 | 78.0 | 68.6 | 74.3 | 80.4 | 85.1 | 84.0 | 78.0 | 76.8 | 59.4 |
Clerks | | 27.8 | 29.1 | 27.1 | 25.8 | 32.6 | 34.5 | 32.9 | 26.3 | 28.8 | 38.8 | 33.2 | 33.9 | 28.7 | 28.8 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 62.4 | 60.4 | 61.5 | 56.3 | 65.2 | 65.3 | 74.4 | 63.3 | 66.0 | 69.7 | 74.4 | 79.3 | 71.1 | 62.0 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 12.9 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 101.0 | 100.4 | 92.2 | 86.2 | 83.2 | 84.2 | 86.6 | 90.3 | 86.7 | 84.3 | 97.8 | 105.2 | 76.2 | 70.6 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 78.9 | 78.6 | 80.8 | 74.1 | 73.0 | 73.8 | 81.7 | 82.9 | 81.0 | 92.6 | 86.9 | 90.8 | 85.5 | 83.8 |
Elementary occupations | | 67.8 | 68.4 | 56.9 | 68.5 | 67.2 | 69.3 | 70.7 | 63.6 | 64.4 | 64.5 | 67.5 | 64.0 | 59.6 | 57.3 |
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 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 12.1 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
Professionals | | 11.4 | 11.3 | 14.1 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 16.3 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 19.5 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 14.3 | 14.3 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 14.1 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 11.2 |
Clerks | | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 11.0 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 11.7 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 17.8 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 16.2 | 17.3 | 13.9 | 13.3 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 13.9 | 14.1 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 15.4 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.8 |
Elementary occupations | | 11.9 | 12.3 | 10.7 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 10.8 |
4th quarter | Employees, thousands | Total | | 568.8 | 549.5 | 527.2 | 518.2 | 530.4 | 534.1 | 545.7 | 545.4 | 566.0 | 601.1 | 598.0 | 601.8 | 529.9 | 540.6 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 69.6 | 61.2 | 57.3 | 55.6 | 56.8 | 63.9 | 59.5 | 52.8 | 63.3 | 72.9 | 61.6 | 71.0 | 55.8 | 51.3 |
Professionals | | 65.6 | 63.1 | 75.8 | 68.7 | 79.9 | 77.9 | 72.5 | 83.9 | 81.9 | 85.2 | 93.7 | 92.6 | 85.3 | 100.4 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 81.0 | 79.8 | 68.6 | 81.1 | 73.3 | 73.7 | 74.1 | 80.5 | 71.7 | 74.4 | 79.3 | 83.4 | 78.8 | 61.2 |
Clerks | | 28.2 | 28.6 | 27.5 | 25.5 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 26.5 | 24.3 | 31.7 | 34.8 | 29.4 | 34.6 | 35.9 | 36.5 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 63.1 | 59.0 | 60.8 | 60.9 | 63.9 | 59.2 | 70.4 | 62.2 | 70.7 | 73.3 | 75.9 | 83.7 | 70.8 | 66.4 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 12.1 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 4.1 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 101.5 | 98.7 | 90.1 | 82.6 | 75.7 | 82.8 | 94.4 | 86.9 | 91.1 | 89.8 | 92.6 | 91.8 | 69.2 | 80.2 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 78.0 | 76.9 | 79.1 | 71.9 | 78.5 | 75.4 | 78.8 | 77.8 | 82.4 | 88.7 | 85.0 | 77.2 | 75.3 | 81.4 |
Elementary occupations | | 67.3 | 67.9 | 55.9 | 61.2 | 65.2 | 64.2 | 60.1 | 68.0 | 61.7 | 72.9 | 71.4 | 56.8 | 49.3 | 56.3 |
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 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 12.2 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 9.5 |
Professionals | | 11.5 | 11.5 | 14.4 | 13.3 | 15.1 | 14.6 | 13.3 | 15.4 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 18.6 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 14.2 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 15.7 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 14.8 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 14.9 | 11.3 |
Clerks | | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 11.1 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 12.3 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 17.8 | 18.0 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 14.3 | 15.5 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 13.1 | 14.8 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 13.7 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 12.8 | 14.2 | 15.1 |
Elementary occupations | | 11.8 | 12.4 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 10.4 |