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What kinds of jobs are available in different industries?
Each industry needs people with particular kinds of job skills. This table shows the kinds of people needed by manufacturing, service, construction and primary industries. It shows that:
- The service-producing industries need people in a broad range of occupations – about 10 percent of jobs are in management occupations, 20 percent in business, finance and administrative occupations, and 30 percent in sales and service occupations.
- The largest share of employment in the manufacturing industry is in occupations that are unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities.
- In the construction industry, trades, transport and equipment operators represent 72 percent of that industry's employment.
- In primary industry, 71 percent of employment is unique to that industry, although these industries also employ people in management, business, finance and administrative, natural and applied science and sales and service occupations.
Occupational Employment by Industry*
Ontario, 2006 |
Occupational Groupings |
Manufacturing Industry
(%) |
Service
Industry
(%) |
Construction Industry
(%) |
Primary Industry
(%) |
All Occupations |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Management |
9 |
11 |
11 |
3 |
Business, Finance and Administration |
12 |
21 |
9 |
6 |
Natural and Applied Sciences |
9 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
Health |
-- |
7 |
-- |
-- |
Social Science, Education, Government Services and Religion |
1 |
11 |
-- |
-- |
Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport |
1 |
4 |
-- |
-- |
Sales and Service |
5 |
29 |
3 |
4 |
Trade, Transport and Equipment Operators |
20 |
8 |
72 |
9 |
Primary Industries |
-- |
1 |
1 |
71 |
Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities |
43 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Note: May not add to 100% due to rounding. – indicates employment share is less than 1 per cent of the industry total
* Grouped according to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and excludes Utilities.
** Primary Industry includes Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Mining, Oil and Gas.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census |
Important to know
Each occupational group shown in this chart represents a collection of many different jobs that have a similar function. For example, all jobs concerned with providing health care are grouped in health occupations, which include doctors, dentists, nurses and many other types of healthcare worker. |
