1st quarter | Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 615.3 | 609.4 | 579.8 | 564.6 | 564.0 | 575.0 | 576.8 | 589.3 | 594.5 | 634.7 | 647.0 | 656.5 | 612.1 | 553.6 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 83.4 | 85.3 | 76.8 | 73.3 | 69.1 | 70.3 | 77.6 | 75.1 | 75.9 | 86.8 | 92.0 | 75.0 | 78.7 | 65.7 |
Professionals | | 69.7 | 67.2 | 66.1 | 76.6 | 71.3 | 85.4 | 83.7 | 75.5 | 79.9 | 88.4 | 91.7 | 93.9 | 98.0 | 109.3 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 81.9 | 81.5 | 80.9 | 75.0 | 74.7 | 63.8 | 65.2 | 76.8 | 86.3 | 73.7 | 78.2 | 84.8 | 92.7 | 74.1 |
Clerks | | 29.1 | 28.3 | 27.6 | 29.1 | 23.7 | 30.5 | 29.9 | 27.2 | 26.9 | 27.3 | 29.2 | 35.9 | 35.0 | 37.2 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 66.6 | 67.4 | 62.5 | 61.7 | 65.5 | 65.7 | 66.3 | 70.2 | 73.6 | 86.3 | 73.7 | 76.0 | 73.3 | 69.0 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 28.2 | 28.5 | 23.8 | 24.8 | 20.2 | 22.3 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 106.0 | 103.9 | 97.0 | 85.8 | 90.3 | 85.4 | 88.4 | 92.4 | 90.1 | 101.3 | 110.3 | 109.9 | 91.7 | 63.9 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 80.8 | 77.4 | 75.8 | 82.2 | 84.4 | 88.0 | 82.9 | 75.7 | 78.3 | 89.7 | 94.5 | 98.2 | 77.9 | 73.0 |
Elementary occupations | | 67.5 | 67.5 | 66.6 | 54.3 | 62.3 | 59.9 | 63.6 | 77.8 | 65.0 | 62.7 | 62.8 | 67.6 | 54.4 | 50.5 |
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 | | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 11.9 |
Professionals | | 11.3 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 14.9 | 14.5 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 19.7 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 13.3 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 15.1 | 13.4 |
Clerks | | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.7 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 10.8 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.5 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 17.2 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 11.6 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 13.1 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 15.0 | 12.7 | 13.2 |
Elementary occupations | | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 13.2 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 9.1 |
2nd quarter | Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 616.7 | 609.0 | 580.1 | 568.4 | 576.1 | 581.2 | 589.1 | 595.2 | 609.1 | 650.0 | 658.6 | 656.6 | 592.6 | 558.8 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 83.9 | 85.5 | 76.3 | 69.4 | 66.0 | 62.1 | 67.0 | 79.0 | 77.0 | 82.5 | 84.1 | 75.2 | 70.2 | 59.3 |
Professionals | | 68.6 | 67.3 | 66.3 | 80.1 | 71.7 | 83.0 | 76.7 | 70.2 | 87.6 | 98.3 | 93.4 | 79.0 | 98.6 | 112.6 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 82.6 | 81.2 | 80.9 | 70.0 | 69.6 | 75.5 | 73.8 | 78.5 | 79.7 | 75.6 | 87.5 | 85.2 | 75.5 | 72.4 |
Clerks | | 28.4 | 27.2 | 27.3 | 27.8 | 32.3 | 27.3 | 31.0 | 25.1 | 28.8 | 29.4 | 33.7 | 35.6 | 30.6 | 33.3 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 67.4 | 67.6 | 64.2 | 60.8 | 64.0 | 71.5 | 80.3 | 77.2 | 72.6 | 84.0 | 74.6 | 80.2 | 70.9 | 72.1 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 28.4 | 29.5 | 23.6 | 19.6 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 6.8 | 9.5 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 105.6 | 102.5 | 95.9 | 95.4 | 101.7 | 91.7 | 91.2 | 87.9 | 87.2 | 106.6 | 115.6 | 120.2 | 84.5 | 58.7 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 81.2 | 77.7 | 75.2 | 81.6 | 80.2 | 82.2 | 81.0 | 89.0 | 87.6 | 99.2 | 88.5 | 100.6 | 92.8 | 79.0 |
Elementary occupations | | 68.3 | 68.1 | 67.6 | 63.0 | 69.9 | 68.0 | 72.4 | 72.8 | 71.4 | 57.7 | 65.4 | 67.2 | 59.7 | 59.0 |
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 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 10.6 |
Professionals | | 11.1 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 14.3 | 13.0 | 11.8 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 16.6 | 20.2 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 13.4 | 13.3 | 14.0 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 11.6 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 13.0 |
Clerks | | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.0 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 12.9 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 17.1 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 17.7 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 16.4 | 17.6 | 18.3 | 14.3 | 10.5 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 13.2 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 14.1 |
Elementary occupations | | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.6 |
3rd quarter | Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 617.3 | 607.1 | 581.3 | 584.7 | 588.0 | 597.4 | 608.6 | 596.5 | 611.4 | 649.6 | 662.1 | 660.5 | 598.1 | 578.2 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 84.8 | 80.2 | 73.8 | 75.4 | 67.9 | 66.5 | 60.6 | 72.1 | 77.9 | 74.6 | 77.5 | 79.1 | 69.4 | 69.4 |
Professionals | | 68.5 | 66.4 | 77.9 | 72.2 | 69.6 | 88.2 | 93.1 | 80.5 | 87.6 | 103.2 | 96.6 | 90.7 | 92.5 | 109.0 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 82.8 | 82.2 | 73.7 | 90.1 | 91.5 | 80.0 | 70.3 | 76.6 | 82.3 | 89.2 | 87.1 | 82.7 | 81.1 | 66.3 |
Clerks | | 27.8 | 29.2 | 27.2 | 25.8 | 32.6 | 34.5 | 32.9 | 26.8 | 29.7 | 39.0 | 33.4 | 33.9 | 28.7 | 28.9 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 66.6 | 64.9 | 65.6 | 60.7 | 70.2 | 68.2 | 80.8 | 69.5 | 70.8 | 75.1 | 80.4 | 86.3 | 77.5 | 66.9 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 28.7 | 24.6 | 22.3 | 16.6 | 17.4 | 20.0 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 13.6 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 10.7 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 105.4 | 104.5 | 96.3 | 92.7 | 87.8 | 87.5 | 93.5 | 100.2 | 95.0 | 93.2 | 111.2 | 113.5 | 84.7 | 77.4 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 81.2 | 81.0 | 84.5 | 77.6 | 76.6 | 76.3 | 85.3 | 86.8 | 84.2 | 95.4 | 90.0 | 94.1 | 89.5 | 86.9 |
Elementary occupations | | 69.2 | 71.6 | 58.4 | 71.0 | 71.8 | 74.0 | 73.9 | 65.3 | 65.1 | 65.7 | 69.6 | 65.1 | 62.1 | 58.3 |
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 | | 13.7 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 12.0 |
Professionals | | 11.1 | 10.9 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 13.5 | 14.3 | 15.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 18.9 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 13.4 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 13.4 | 11.6 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 13.6 | 11.5 |
Clerks | | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 10.8 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 11.6 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 17.1 | 17.2 | 16.6 | 15.9 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 15.5 | 14.3 | 16.8 | 17.2 | 14.2 | 13.4 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 13.2 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
Elementary occupations | | 11.2 | 11.8 | 10.0 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.1 |
4th quarter | Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 619.7 | 600.4 | 576.0 | 572.2 | 582.7 | 588.6 | 602.5 | 601.0 | 614.6 | 650.7 | 653.8 | 652.6 | 580.5 | 592.9 |
Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 86.3 | 78.7 | 73.0 | 71.3 | 72.1 | 79.4 | 74.0 | 68.1 | 76.6 | 88.0 | 78.9 | 88.8 | 69.8 | 68.0 |
Professionals | | 69.2 | 66.6 | 78.9 | 73.8 | 82.4 | 79.6 | 77.0 | 89.2 | 88.5 | 89.3 | 99.2 | 97.7 | 93.1 | 104.7 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 82.7 | 82.5 | 72.7 | 85.9 | 77.6 | 79.7 | 77.5 | 82.2 | 74.3 | 78.1 | 80.5 | 86.9 | 82.9 | 67.2 |
Clerks | | 28.2 | 28.7 | 27.6 | 25.5 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 26.9 | 24.6 | 32.3 | 35.4 | 29.5 | 34.6 | 36.1 | 37.4 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 67.5 | 63.6 | 65.2 | 65.4 | 69.6 | 63.8 | 77.8 | 69.6 | 77.0 | 79.2 | 82.6 | 90.5 | 78.6 | 74.3 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 28.1 | 24.3 | 22.4 | 24.0 | 18.1 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 17.8 | 13.5 | 10.2 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 10.1 | 9.7 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 106.2 | 103.0 | 94.4 | 89.0 | 81.0 | 90.1 | 101.5 | 96.0 | 98.6 | 100.4 | 103.4 | 99.0 | 76.2 | 87.4 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 80.4 | 79.4 | 83.0 | 74.8 | 82.6 | 79.0 | 82.8 | 81.1 | 86.3 | 91.6 | 89.1 | 81.0 | 79.6 | 84.5 |
Elementary occupations | | 68.7 | 71.1 | 57.4 | 61.6 | 68.6 | 68.1 | 63.7 | 69.7 | 61.9 | 74.2 | 73.2 | 57.2 | 50.4 | 56.8 |
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 | | 13.9 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 12.1 | 13.6 | 12.0 | 11.5 |
Professionals | | 11.2 | 11.1 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 13.7 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.7 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 13.3 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 15.0 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 11.3 |
Clerks | | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 10.9 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 12.5 |
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
Craft and related trade workers | | 17.1 | 17.2 | 16.4 | 15.5 | 13.9 | 15.3 | 16.8 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 13.1 | 14.7 |
Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 13.0 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 14.3 |
Elementary occupations | | 11.1 | 11.8 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 10.1 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 9.6 |