(Numbers in thousands )
Occupational group |
Employment | Change | ||||||||
| Number | Percent distribution | Number | Percent | |||||||
| 1986 | 1996 | 2006 | 1986 | 1996 | 2006 | 1986-96 | 1996-200 | 1986-96 | 1996-2006 | |
| Total, all occupations | 111,375 | 132,353 | 150,927 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 20,978 | 18,574 | 18.8 | 14.0 |
| Executive, administrative, and managerial | 10,568 | 13,542 | 15,866 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 2,974 | 2,324 | 28.1 | 17.2 |
| Professional specialty | 13,589 | 18,173 | 22,998 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 15.2 | 4,584 | 4,826 | 33.7 | 26.6 |
| Technicians and related support | 3,724 | 4,618 | 5,558 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 894 | 940 | 24.0 | 20.4 |
| Marketing and sales | 11,496 | 14,633 | 16,897 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 3,137 | 2,264 | 27.3 | 15.5 |
| Administrative support, including clerical | 20,871 | 24,019 | 25,825 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 3,147 | 1,806 | 15.1 | 7.5 |
| Service | 17,427 | 21,294 | 25,147 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 16.7 | 3,867 | 3,853 | 22.2 | 18.1 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and related | 3,661 | 3,785 | 3,823 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 124 | 37 | 3.4 | 1.0 |
| Precision production, craft, and repair | 13,832 | 14,446 | 15,448 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 614 | 1,002 | 4.4 | 6.9 |
| Operators, fabricators, and laborers | 16,206 | 17,843 | 19,365 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 1,637 | 1,522 | 10.1 | 8.5 |