Table 2.7 Current Occupational Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1998 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total employed 2/ | 15,260| 100.0| 4,335| 100.0| 5,426| 100.0| 3,277| 100.0| 2,222| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 1,503| 9.9| 292| 6.7| 517| 9.5| 386| 11.8| 308| 13.9| |Professional speciality | 2,096| 13.7| 674| 15.6| 556| 10.2| 414| 12.6| 452| 20.3| |Technical and related support | 430| 2.8| 102| 2.3| 164| 3.0| 122| 3.7| 42| 1.9| |Sales | 1,479| 9.7| 362| 8.3| 546| 10.1| 317| 9.7| 255| 11.5| |Administrative support, including clerical | 1,406| 9.2| 248| 5.7| 495| 9.1| 402| 12.3| 261| 11.8| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,826| 12.0| 482| 11.1| 655| 12.1| 411| 12.5| 278| 12.5| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 1,493| 9.8| 540| 12.5| 554| 10.2| 276| 8.4| 124| 5.6| |Transportation and material moving | 583| 3.8| 123| 2.8| 217| 4.0| 163| 5.0| 80| 3.6| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 738| 4.8| 292| 6.7| 289| 5.3| 101| 3.1| 56| 2.5| |Service workers, private household | 303| 2.0| 84| 1.9| 150| 2.8| 49| 1.5| 19| 0.9| |Service workers, except private household | 2,785| 18.3| 937| 21.6| 1,032| 19.0| 521| 15.9| 296| 13.3| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 619| 4.1| 200| 4.6| 252| 4.7| 115| 3.5| 51| 2.3| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total employed 2/ | 9,099| 100.0| 2,763| 100.0| 3,218| 100.0| 1,860| 100.0| 1,257| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 896| 9.9| 184| 6.7| 318| 9.9| 228| 12.3| 166| 13.2| |Professional speciality | 1,181| 13.0| 414| 15.0| 276| 8.6| 221| 11.9| 270| 21.5| |Technical and related support | 226| 2.5| 52| 1.9| 84| 2.6| 68| 3.6| 22| 1.8| |Sales | 795| 8.7| 163| 5.9| 309| 9.6| 179| 9.6| 144| 11.5| |Administrative support, including clerical | 469| 5.2| 109| 4.0| 172| 5.3| 116| 6.2| 71| 5.7| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,614| 17.7| 421| 15.3| 575| 17.9| 365| 19.6| 253| 20.1| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 814| 8.9| 329| 11.9| 277| 8.6| 142| 7.6| 66| 5.2| |Transportation and material moving | 557| 6.1| 121| 4.4| 206| 6.4| 157| 8.4| 73| 5.8| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 609| 6.7| 243| 8.8| 240| 7.5| 87| 4.7| 39| 3.1| |Service workers, private household | 18| 0.2| -| -| 11| 0.3| 2| 0.1| 6| 0.4| |Service workers, except private household | 1,397| 15.3| 545| 19.7| 531| 16.5| 216| 11.6| 105| 8.3| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 523| 5.8| 180| 6.5| 220| 6.8| 80| 4.3| 43| 3.4| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total employed 2/ | 6,161| 100.0| 1,572| 100.0| 2,208| 100.0| 1,417| 100.0| 964| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 607| 9.9| 108| 6.8| 200| 9.0| 158| 11.1| 142| 14.7| |Professional speciality | 915| 14.9| 260| 16.5| 280| 12.7| 193| 13.7| 182| 18.8| |Technical and related support | 204| 3.3| 50| 3.2| 79| 3.6| 55| 3.8| 20| 2.1| |Sales | 684| 11.1| 198| 12.6| 237| 10.7| 138| 9.7| 111| 11.5| |Administrative support, including clerical | 937| 15.2| 139| 8.8| 322| 14.6| 286| 20.2| 190| 19.7| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 212| 3.4| 61| 3.9| 79| 3.6| 46| 3.3| 25| 2.6| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 679| 11.0| 211| 13.4| 276| 12.5| 134| 9.4| 58| 6.0| |Transportation and material moving | 26| 0.4| 2| 0.1| 11| 0.5| 6| 0.4| 7| 0.7| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 129| 2.1| 49| 3.1| 49| 2.2| 14| 1.0| 17| 1.8| |Service workers, private household | 284| 4.6| 84| 5.3| 140| 6.3| 47| 3.3| 14| 1.4| |Service workers, except private household | 1,388| 22.5| 393| 25.0| 501| 22.7| 304| 21.5| 191| 19.8| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 96| 1.6| 20| 1.3| 32| 1.5| 35| 2.5| 8| 0.9| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Age 16 years and over. 2/ Status refers to reference week of the survey. SOURCE: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census Current Population Survey, March 1998 Internet Release date: September 12, 2000