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Area Name : Washington State
Occupation Title : Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
Occupational Group : Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Description : Drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,000 GVW, to transport and deliver goods, livestock, or materials in liquid, loose, or packaged form. May be required to unload truck. May require use of automated routing equipment. Requires commercial drivers' license.
Demand Designation : in Demand Demand
Demand Rank : 74
Estimated Employment : 30,346
Projected Employment : 32,112
Annual
Growth Rate : 		2.87%
Annual Openings : 1,384
Short-Term Trend: in Demand growth
Long-Term Trend : in Demand growth
Annual Wage : $43,174.00
UI Ratio : 13.65%
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Data Source : WA State Employment Security Dept. : Labor Market Economic Analysis
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Wage Data : is for March 2011
Employment Data (including Growth Rates and Estimated and Projected Employment: is for 2nd Qrtr. 2010 - 2nd Qrtr. 2012 (published May 2011)
Demand Data : published in May 2011.

The UI Ratio is the number of unemployment insurance claims divided by estimated employment for second quarter 2010.
A lower number indicates that fewer UI Claims were made for the given occupation and a blank ratio -- indicated by just a '%' sign -- shows that no UI Claims were made for the occupation.

Demand Designations : are relative to a given area. So, an occupation deemed to be 'Not In Demand' statewide could still be 'In Demand' within a sub-state area, such as, Spokane.

For comparison purposes the average Wages and Growth Rates by Area within Washington are as follow:

Area NameMean Annual WageMean Hourly WageAverage
Short-term Growth Rate
Washington State $49,514$23.801.49%
Olympic Consortium $45,566$21.910.86%
Pacific Mountain $43,760$21.041.22%
Northwest $41,861$20.121.40%
Snohomish County $50,213$24.141.84%
Seattle-King County $56,287$27.061.67%
Pierce County $46,161$22.191.37%
SW Washington $45,103$21.691.57%
North Central Washington$38,932 $18.711.03%
South Central$39,008 $18.760.88%
Eastern Washington$42,691 $20.530.93%
Benton-Franklin$48,214 $23.181.18%
Spokane$42,594 $20.481.66%


Further information regarding the data, including a description of the methodology used to construct the Demand-Decline rankings for individual occupations, can be found in the 'About the Data' section of this website.

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