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EMPLOYED PERSONS BY OCCUPATION

In May quarter 2008, there were approximately 1,838,800 persons employed full-time in Victoria. The Melbourne MSR accounted for 1,365,800 (74.3%) of total full-time employed persons and the Balance of Victoria MSR, 473,000 persons (25.7%).

In the Melbourne MSR over half of full-time and part-time workers were employed in three occupational categories: Professionals (22.9%), Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers (16.6%) and Associate Professionals (12.4%). In the Balance of Victoria, Tradespersons and Related Workers was the predominant group of workers (15.1%), followed closely by Professionals (15.0%) and Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers (14.9%).

Dissecting occupation by gender reveals that in the Melbourne MSR the three most predominant occupations for female employees were Professionals, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers, and Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers (26.2%, 26.2% and 13.3% respectively). For male employees, the three most predominant occupations were Professionals, Tradespersons and Related Workers, and Associate Professionals (20.2%, 18.3% and 13.4% respectively). In comparison, the proportion of female employees working as Professionals in Balance of Victoria was slightly lower (20.8%) and significantly lower for male employees (10.3%). The predominant occupation for females in Balance of Victoria was Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers (26.1%), while male employees tended to work as Tradespersons and Related Workers (24.4%), Intermediate Production and Transport Workers (15.9%), and Managers and Administrators (14.5%).

Full-time workers in the Melbourne MSR worked mainly as Professionals (24.7%), Associate Professionals (14.4%), Tradespersons and Related Workers (14.1%) and Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers (13.6%). In the Balance of Victoria, the three most predominant occupational groups working on a full-time basis were Tradespersons and Related Workers (19.6%), Professionals (15.4%), and Managers and Administrators (13.2%).

In terms of part-time workers in the Melbourne MSR, three occupational groups comprised 63.5% of the total: Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers (23.8%), Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers (21.1%) and Professionals (18.7%). Part-time workers in Balance of Victoria tended to concentrate predominantly in the following occupations: Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers (22.0%), Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers (17.6%), and Labourers and Related Workers (16.3%).

EMPLOYED PERSONS, By Occupation, Melbourne MSR and Balance of Victoria - May Quarter 2008