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Labor & Employment Profile LABOR FORCE STATISTICS A large portion (66.8 percent) of the population in the City of Silverton are in the labor force. Of those, 61.8 percent are employed and 3.2 percent are unemployed. Those not in the labor force make up approximetaly 35 percent of the total population. These individuals have usually retired from the labor force. LABOR FORCE STATUS In Labor Force.................................................2,776 Employed........................................................2,638 Unemployed.......................................................138 Not In labor Force............................................1,493 EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION Management and professional occupations are the dominant fields which the population is employed (44 percent). While service occupations are the second most common (25 percent). Occupations in the field of production and transportation (17.6 percent) and construction and maintenance (12.8 percent) follow. There is a low percentage (less than 1 percent) of workers employed in farming, fishing, or forestry occupations. OCCUPATIONS Management, professional, and related occupations............................................804 Service occupations ...........................................458 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...........10 Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupation..........................................................234 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations............................................321
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