EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION
The occupation with the highest number of employed persons in the ACT in the August quarter 2007 was Professionals (53,200). Of these Professionals, 52% were female and 48% were male.
In the August quarter 2007, the occupations most frequently reported by employed males in the ACT were Professionals (28%), followed by Associate professionals (18%), Managers and administrators (14%) and Tradespersons and related workers (13%). For employed females, the most frequently reported occupations were Professionals (27%), followed by Intermediate clerical, sales and service workers (26%), Associate professionals (15%) and Managers and administrators (13%).
10.7 Employed persons, By sex and occupation(a) - ACT - August quarter |
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| 2006 | 2007 | |
| Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | |
| '000 | '000 | '000 | '000 | '000 | '000 | |
| |
| Managers and administrators | 12.7 | 10.0 | 22.7 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 25.5 | |
| Professionals | 24.5 | 26.5 | 51.0 | 29.0 | 24.2 | 53.2 | |
| Associate professionals | 17.1 | 14.0 | 31.1 | 17.6 | 13.8 | 31.4 | |
| Tradespersons and related workers | 14.6 | 1.8 | 16.5 | 13.2 | 1.3 | 14.6 | |
| Advanced clerical and service workers | 1.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 | *1.0 | 4.2 | 5.2 | |
| Intermediate clerical, sales and service workers | 10.7 | 20.6 | 31.3 | 10.1 | 23.3 | 33.4 | |
| Intermediate production and transport workers | 5.7 | *1.0 | 6.7 | 4.6 | *0.9 | 5.5 | |
| Elementary clerical, sales and service workers | 6.0 | 10.2 | 16.2 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 13.9 | |
| Labourers and related workers | 3.9 | 2.1 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 7.1 | |
| Total | 96.5 | 92.7 | 189.2 | 100.6 | 89.1 | 189.7 | |
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| * estimate is subject to sampling variability too high for most practical purposes |
| (a) Classified according to the second edition of the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO). |
| Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly, Aug 2007 (cat. no. 6291.0.55.003), Data cubes. |
