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Projected Hiring Rate, 2002-12
Percent
Capital District
Occupation
Community and social services

Growth +
Rate

18.5

Retirement
Rate

United States

= Hiring
Rate

Growth
Rate

+

Retirement =
Rate

Hiring
Rate

17.9

36.4

26.2

19.0

45.2

Health care support

22.4

13.7

36.1

34.5

14.0

48.5

Health care practitioner and technical

17.5

15.7

33.2

26.0

16.3

42.3

Construction and extraction

16.5

15.2

31.7

15.0

12.6

27.6

Education, training, and library

12.6

18.2

30.8

24.7

18.1

42.9

Computer and mathematical

19.1

11.3

30.4

34.8

10.0

44.9

Personal care and service (including tourism)

18.9

10.5

29.4

20.6

14.0

34.6

Legal

12.6

16.2

28.8

16.2

16.6

32.8

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

11.6

17.0

28.6

16.4

16.9

33.3

9.1

19.1

28.2

12.1

19.3

31.4

Management
Installation, maintenance, and repair

12.4

15.0

27.5

13.6

14.7

28.3

Protective service

11.9

14.0

25.9

24.7

14.8

39.5

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

11.2

13.9

25.1

16.5

14.3

30.8

Business and financial operations

7.0

17.8

24.7

21.3

16.5

37.8

Architecture and engineering

6.4

17.6

24.0

8.6

16.1

24.7

Transportation and material moving

7.0

16.2

23.2

13.1

14.9

28.0

Life, physical, and social science

6.8

15.4

22.2

17.2

14.6

31.9

Sales and related (including retail)

8.4

12.4

20.9

12.9

14.3

27.3

Food preparation and serving related

10.7

7.6

18.4

15.8

8.4

24.1

Office and administrative support

-2.1

17.4

15.3

6.8

15.3

22.1

Production

-5.6

17.6

12.0

3.1

15.4

18.5

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000, Five Percent Public Use Microdata Sample; Toosi (2004);
author’s calculations.
Notes: Figures may not sum to totals because of rounding. Capital District includes Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady,
Warren, and Washington counties.