Jordanian Employed Persons  Age 15+ Years by Sex & Current Occupation (Percentage Distribution)

Current Occupation

Sex

Total

Male

Female

Total

42120

36575

5545

Percent

100

100

100

Legislators and Senior Officials

0.1

0.1

0

Legislators and Senior Officials

0

0

0

Corporate Managers

0

0

0

General Managers

0

0

0

Professionals

18.2

14.6

42.2

    Physical, Mathematical And Engineering Science Professionals

2.8

2.6

3.6

    Life Science And Health Professionals

2

1.7

4

    Teaching Professionals

6.1

3.6

22.7

    Other Professionals

7.3

6.6

12

Technicians & Associate Professionals

11.4

8.7

29.1

    Physical And Engineering Science Associate Professionals

2.6

2.6

1.9

    Life Science And Health Associate Professionals

1.5

0.8

6

    Teaching Associate Professionals

1.8

0.4

10.6

    Other Associate Professionals

5.6

4.8

10.5

Clerks

6.6

6.2

9

    Office Clerks

5.5

5

8.4

    Customer Services Clerks

1.1

1.2

0.5

Service Workers & Shop & Market Sales

15.1

16.4

6.6

    Personal And Protective Service Workers

3.9

3.9

3.7

    Models, Salespersons & Demonstrators

11.2

12.5

2.9

Skilled Agricultural & Fishery Workers

1.9

2.1

0.5

    Market-Oriented Skilled Agricultural And Fishery Workers

1.9

2.1

0.5

Craft & Related Trades Workers

16.1

17.7

5.5

    Extraction And Building Trades Workers

5.4

6.2

0

    Metal, Machinery And Related Trades Workers

6.2

7.1

0

    Precision, Handicraft, Printing And Related Trades Workers

0.4

0.5

0

    Other Craft & Related Trades Workers

4.1

3.8

5.5

Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers

13.2

15.2

0.1

    Stationary-Plant & Related Operators

1

1.1

0

    Machine Operators & Assemblers

0.8

1

0

    Drivers & Mobile-Plant Operators

11.4

13.1

0.1

Elementary Occupation

17.4

19

7

    Sales & Services Elementary Occupations

6.2

6.4

4.6

    Agricultural, Fishery & Related Labourers

1.1

1.1

1

    Labourers in Mining, Construction, Manufacturing And Transport

10.2

11.5

1.4

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

   Department of Statistics/Employment and Unemployment Survey- Annual Report 2005

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