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EMPLOYED PERSONS BY OCCUPATION

In February quarter 2008, there were approximately 1,884,300 persons employed full-time in Victoria. The Melbourne MSR accounted for 1,404,400 (74.5%) of total full-time employed persons and the Balance of Victoria MSR, 479,900 persons (25.5%).

In the Melbourne MSR over half of full-time and part-time workers were employed in three occupational categories: Professionals (24.2%), Intermediate Clerical Sales and Service Workers (16.5%) and Associate Professionals (12.5%). In the Balance of Victoria, Professionals was the predominant group of workers (15.7%) followed closely by Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers (14.4%) and Tradespersons (14.2%).

Dissecting occupation by gender reveals that in the Melbourne MSR the three most predominant occupations for female employees were Professionals, Intermediate Clerical Sales and Service and Elementary Clerical, Sales and Services Workers (27.6%, 24.7% and 12.4% respectively). For male employees, the three most predominant occupations were Professionals, Tradespersons and Associated Professionals (21.3%, 18.7% and 12.9% respectively). In comparison, the proportion of female employees working as Professionals in Balance of Victoria was slightly lower (21.0%) and significantly lower for male employees (11.4%). The predominant occupation for females in Balance of Victoria was Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service (25.4%) while male employees tended to work as Tradespersons (23.0%), Managers and Administrators (15.7%) and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers (15.1%).

Full-time workers in the Melbourne MSR worked mainly as Professionals (25.9%), Associate Professionals (14.2%), Tradespersons (14.0%) and Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers (13.8%). In the Balance of Victoria the three most predominant occupational groups working on a full-time basis were Tradespersons (18.5%), Professionals (17.5%) and Associate Professionals (13.8%).

In terms of part-time workers, in the Melbourne MSR three occupational groups comprised 63.6% of the total: Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service (23.4%), Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service (20.4%) and Professionals (19.8%). Part-time workers in Balance of Victoria tended to concentrate predominantly in the following occupations: Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service (23.3%), Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service (20.1%) and Labourers (14.6%).