Jordanian Employed Persons  Age 15+ Yearsby Governorates, Sex and Current Occupation -2003

Sex & Current Occupation Governorates
Total Amman Balqa Zarqa Madaba Irbid Mafraq Jarash Ajloun Karak Tafiela Ma’an Aqaba

Total

Total

42684

17372

2708

6680

1124

7514

1661

928

819

1640

567

790

881

Percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Legislators and senior officials & Managers

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.9

Professionals

16.9

21.4

14.2

12.0

17.8

16.0

10.7

14.4

14.8

15.4

11.8

10.8

11.5

Technicians & Associate Professionals

11.9

13.2

11.1

11.0

11.4

11.8

8.1

8.4

11.1

10.3

14.1

9.4

14.0

Clerks

7.5

7.9

6.6

6.2

9.2

6.1

7.2

6.9

6.6

10.1

9.9

9.7

14.1

Service Workers & Shop & Market Sales Workers

14.9

18.1

11.6

15.7

10.7

14.5

8.2

13.9

9.6

7.7

7.1

9.5

8.5

Skilled Agricultural & Fishery Workers

2.3

1.0

6.9

0.6

3.1

2.6

5.7

3.8

5.1

8.0

2.5

2.0

1.2

Craft & Related Trades Workers

17.0

17.8

14.6

23.4

12.5

16.3

11.3

8.9

11.6

11.4

10.6

10.9

15.4

Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers

13.2

11.8

14.2

16.5

12.9

12.7

16.4

13.0

11.1

10.8

14.1

15.7

16.1

Elementary Occupation

15.9

8.4

20.6

14.4

22.1

19.8

32.4

30.5

30.0

25.9

29.8

31.9

18.3

Male

Total

36815

14698

2272

5970

939

6557

1486

826

707

1372

496

704

788

Percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Legislators and senior officials & Managers

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.4

0.2

0.0

1.0

Professionals

13.8

17.7

11.1

9.8

13.4

13.6

7.7

10.9

11.7

12.4

8.3

7.4

9.3

Technicians & Associate Professionals

8.9

10.4

7.7

8.9

8.5

7.8

5.1

6.1

7.1

6.3

10.5

6.4

10.7

Clerks

7.0

6.9

5.9

5.8

8.7

6.6

6.9

7.3

7.2

9.5

10.1

9.8

13.7

Service Workers & Shop & Market Sales Workers

16.1

19.9

12.8

16.5

11.4

15.6

8.8

15.0

10.0

8.4

7.1

9.8

8.9

Skilled Agricultural & Fishery Workers

2.5

1.2

6.9

0.7

3.5

2.9

5.7

4.1

5.1

8.7

2.6

2.3

1.4

Craft & Related Trades Workers

18.6

20.4

16.4

24.5

13.2

17.2

12.0

8.8

12.0

12.2

11.9

11.5

16.9

Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers

15.2

13.8

16.6

18.2

15.3

14.5

18.2

14.5

12.9

12.9

16.1

17.6

18.0

Elementary Occupation

17.6

9.3

22.4

15.5

25.5

21.8

35.5

33.2

33.9

29.2

33.3

35.2

20.2

Female

Total

5873

2677

437

710

184

960

175

103

112

267

70

87

91

Percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Legislators and senior officials & Managers

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Professionals

36.5

41.2

30.2

30.0

40.2

32.0

36.0

41.7

33.9

31.1

37.1

37.9

30.8

Technicians & Associate Professionals

31.1

28.6

28.8

28.7

26.1

39.2

32.6

27.2

37.5

31.1

40.0

34.5

41.8

Clerks

10.5

13.4

10.5

9.9

11.4

3.3

9.7

4.9

2.7

13.5

7.1

9.2

17.6

Service Workers & Shop & Market Sales Workers

7.5

8.3

5.5

9.3

6.5

7.4

3.4

5.8

6.3

4.1

7.1

6.9

4.4

Skilled Agricultural & Fishery Workers

1.3

0.3

6.6

0.4

1.1

0.7

6.3

1.0

5.4

4.1

1.4

0.0

0.0

Craft & Related Trades Workers

6.9

3.9

5.3

14.1

9.8

10.7

5.1

9.7

8.9

7.1

1.4

5.7

3.3

Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers

0.7

0.7

1.8

2.1

0.5

0.0

0.6

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Elementary Occupation

5.1

3.2

11.0

5.1

4.3

6.4

6.3

8.7

5.4

9.0

5.7

5.7

2.2

     Note: Slight differences in the totals of some tables are due to weighting procedures and rounding of figures

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