Occupations in Ireland by Class, Q4 2010

Working Class Occupations Sales assistants Other clerks (n.o.s.)

Care assistants & attendants Cleaners, domestics Drivers of road goods vehicles Cashiers bank & counter clerks Accounts & wages clerks, other financial clerks Other secretaries Technical & wholesale sales representatives All other labourers & related workers Bar staff Waiters, waitresses Hairdressers, barbers Taxi, cab drivers, chauffeurs & couriers Electricians, electrical maintenance fitters Carpenters & joiners Metal working production & maintenance fitters Warehousemen/women Counterhands, catering assistants Other childcare & related occupations Other sales representatives n.e.c Receptionists Motor mechanics Other food, drink & tobacco process operatives Builders, building contractors Security guards & related occupations Plumbers, heating & related trades Postal workers, mail sorters Gardeners, groundsmen/groundswomen Other Assemblers/lineworkers NCOs & other ranks Other building & civil engineering labourers Labourers in other making/processing industries All other gainful occupation n.e.c Caretakers Butchers, meat cutters Local government clerical officers & assistants Bus conductors & coach drivers Farm workers Painters & decorators Chemical, gas & petroleum process plant operatives Kitchen porters Assemblers/lineworkers (electrical/electronic goods) Nursery nurses Construction and related workers Laboratory technicians Filing, computer & other records clerks Other farming occupations

Q4-2008 125.4 66.4 43.2 38 48 34.8 28.3 31.5 24.4 21.2 20.3 18.3 18.1 18.7 25.7 38.3 20.3 18.3 14.5 14.3 13.1 14.7 14.9 11.5 22.1 13.7 15.3 9 11.2 5.8 5.6 21 11.2 7.5 7.8 7.2 9.6 9.5 7.5 10.2 5.8 7.3 6.7 7.7 6.2 5.8 5.6 7.9

Q4-2010 110.5 70.1 41.7 35.3 35 33.5 26 25.6 22.9 21.9 21.3 18.4 18 17.8 17.7 17.1 17 15.6 15.4 13.8 13.8 12.5 12.2 12.1 11.4 11.1 10.4 9.6 9.1 8.9 8.8 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.1 7.6 7.3 7.2 6.8 6.5 6.4 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.2 4.9

+/-14.9 3.7 -1.5 -2.7 -13 -1.3 -2.3 -5.9 -1.5 0.7 1 0.1 -0.1 -0.9 -8 -21.2 -3.3 -2.7 0.9 -0.5 0.7 -2.2 -2.7 0.6 -10.7 -2.6 -4.9 0.6 -2.1 3.1 3.2 -12.6 -3 0.7 0.3 0.4 -2.3 -2.3 -0.7 -3.7 0.6 -1 -0.8 -2 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -3

% -11.9% 5.6% -3.5% -7.1% -27.1% -3.7% -8.1% -18.7% -6.1% 3.3% 4.9% 0.5% -0.6% -4.8% -31.1% -55.4% -16.3% -14.8% 6.2% -3.5% 5.3% -15.0% -18.1% 5.2% -48.4% -19.0% -32.0% 6.7% -18.8% 53.4% 57.1% -60.0% -26.8% 9.3% 3.8% 5.6% -24.0% -24.2% -9.3% -36.3% 10.3% -13.7% -11.9% -26.0% -9.7% -8.6% -7.1% -38.0%

Hospital ward assistants Plasterers Other routine process operatives Mechanical plant drivers/operativers Other construction trades n.e.c.

Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers Travel & flight attendants Housekeepers (non-domestic) Telephone fitters Legal secretaries Bricklayers, masons Welding trades Printers Electrical engineers Prison service officers (below principal officer) Road construction & maintenance workers Roundsmen/women & van salespersons Beauticians Fork truck drivers Housekeepers (domestic) Other electrical/electronic trades n.e.c.

Other personal service workers Roofers, slaters, tilers, sheeters, cladders Messagers couriers Photographers, camera, sound & video operators Sheet metal workers Assemblers/lineworkers (metal goods & other goods) Other transport & machinery operatives n.e.c.

Cabinet makers Goods porters Buyers & purchasing officers (not retail) Retail cash desk and check out operators Fishing & related workers Hotel porters Computer operators, other office machine operators Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers Woodworking machine operatives Sewing machinists, menders, darners & embroiderers Bakers, flour confectioners Other security & protective service occupations n.e.c.

Steel erectors Petrol pump attendants Ambulance staff Library assistants/clerks Refuse & salvage collectors Window dressers, floral arrangers Floorers, floor coverers, carpet fitters, tilers Telephone operators Plastics process operatives Cable jointers, lines repairers

6.6 9.5 3.5 9.4 5.1 5.3 4 2.2 3.9 3.8 10.8 8.2 4.1 4.1 2.8 3.9 3.4 3.3 5.8 4.3 3.2 2.8 7.6 2.3 2.6 2.3 1.8 1.5 4.3 2.8 2.5 2.3 1.5 1.6 2.9 2.1 1.8 2.2 1.9 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.3 1.3 1 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.3

4.9 4.4 4.3 4.2 4 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2 2 2 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

-1.7 -5.1 0.8 -5.2 -1.1 -1.5 -0.3 1.4 -0.5 -0.4 -7.5 -4.9 -0.8 -0.9 0.4 -0.8 -0.3 -0.3 -2.9 -1.5 -0.4 0 -4.9 0.3 -0.1 0 0.5 0.7 -2.2 -0.7 -0.5 -0.3 0.5 0.2 -1.3 -0.5 -0.2 -0.7 -0.4 -0.9 -0.7 -0.5 -0.1 0 0 0.3 -0.9 -0.9 -0.7 -0.1

-25.8% -53.7% 22.9% -55.3% -21.6% -28.3% -7.5% 63.6% -12.8% -10.5% -69.4% -59.8% -19.5% -22.0% 14.3% -20.5% -8.8% -9.1% -50.0% -34.9% -12.5% 0.0% -64.5% 13.0% -3.8% 0.0% 27.8% 46.7% -51.2% -25.0% -20.0% -13.0% 33.3% 12.5% -44.8% -23.8% -11.1% -31.8% -21.1% -39.1% -33.3% -26.3% -6.7% 0.0% 0.0% 30.0% -42.9% -42.9% -36.8% -7.7%

Other printing trades Bakery & confectionery process operatives Tyre & exhaust fitters Other occupations in sales & services n.e.c.

Other woodworking trades n.e.c.

Debt, rent & other cash collectors Driving instructors (excluding HGV) TOTALS Middle Class Occupations Farm owners and managers Nurses Managers/proprietors of shops etc.

Chartered & certified accountants Secondary and vocational education teachers Primary & nursery education teachers Civil Service administrative officers Chefs, cooks Other financial managers n.e.c.

Marketing etc. managers Computer analyst/programmers Police officers (sergeant & below) Computer systems managers Production & works managers Other managers n.e.c.

Educational assistants University and RTC teachers Medical practitioners Other teaching professionals nec.

Solicitors Restaurant & catering managers Underwriters, claims assessors & analysts Social workers, probation officers Bank etc. managers Software engineers Other scientific technicians n.e.c.

Civil/mining engineers Artists, commercial/industrial & designers Welfare, community & youth workers General Managers; large companies Hotel & accommodation managers Vocational, industrial trainers Other engineers & technologists n.e.c.

Occupational & therapists n.e.c Personnel etc. managers Transport managers Publicans, innkeepers & club stewards Authors, writers, journalists Professional athletes, sports officials

2.5 2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1 1 1132.2 Q4-2008 94.7 60.9 38.8 43.2 34 37.1 26 22 21.6 21 17 13.3 13.1 17.9 12.5 15.3 15.2 9.8 10.1 8.7 11.7 12.2 8.7 8.5 9.8 8.1 12.6 10.1 9.2 10.4 7 6.1 4.7 6.7 7.5 4.7 4.4 6.2 6.5

1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1 1 1 960.7 Q4-2010 65.9 57.4 43.5 42.9 36.9 35.5 21.9 20.7 20.7 20 18.3 16.6 15.7 15.5 14.5 13.4 12.3 12.2 11.9 10.6 10.5 9.9 9.7 9.2 9.1 8.4 8.3 8.3 8.1 7.7 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.4 6.4 6.4 5.8 5.7

-1.4 -0.9 -0.2 0 -0.1 0 0 -171.5 +/-28.8 -3.5 4.7 -0.3 2.9 -1.6 -4.1 -1.3 -0.9 -1 1.3 3.3 2.6 -2.4 2 -1.9 -2.9 2.4 1.8 1.9 -1.2 -2.3 1 0.7 -0.7 0.3 -4.3 -1.8 -1.1 -2.7 -0.1 0.8 2.2 0.1 -1.1 1.7 2 -0.4 -0.8

-56.0% -45.0% -15.4% 0.0% -9.1% 0.0% 0.0% -15.1% % -30.4% -5.7% 12.1% -0.7% 8.5% -4.3% -15.8% -5.9% -4.2% -4.8% 7.6% 24.8% 19.8% -13.4% 16.0% -12.4% -19.1% 24.5% 17.8% 21.8% -10.3% -18.9% 11.5% 8.2% -7.1% 3.7% -34.1% -17.8% -12.0% -26.0% -1.4% 13.1% 46.8% 1.5% -14.7% 36.2% 45.5% -6.5% -12.3%

Management consultants & business analysts General administrators; national government Biological scientists Entertainment & sports managers Computer engineers, installation & maintenance Civil Service EO Building managers Mechanical engineers Actors, entertainers, stage producers & directors Merchandisers Advertising & PR managers Medical technicians, dental auxiliaries Credit Controllers Other natural scientists n.e.c Chemists Architects Physiotherapists Fire service officers (leading fire officer & below) Environmental health, Occupational hygienists Garage managers & proprietors Pharmacists/pharmacologists etc Warehousing managers Electronic engineers Other assoc. Profess. & tec. occupations n.e.c Company financial managers Dental nurses Stores managers Clergy Musicians Other craft & related occupations Vehicle body repairers, panel beaters, spray painters Librarians Electrical/electronic technicians Other plant, machine & process operatives n.e.c.

Quantity surveyors Engineering technicians Local government officers Purchasing managers Dental practitioners Careers advisors Legal service & related occupations Chemical engineers Planning & quality control engineers Psychologists Administrators of schools & colleges Environmental health officers Personnel, industrial relations officers Veterinarians Building, mining and other surveyors Property & estate managers & proprietors

5.3 4.8 5.3 4.7 4.5 4.5 6.3 4.8 4.8 5.6 4.5 2.2 3.3 3.2 2 7.9 2.3 2.2 3.3 2.7 3.2 2.5 3.1 2.9 2.4 1.8 3 2.8 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 2 2.4 3 2.1 2 1.5 1.9 1.4 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.4 1.6 1.4 2.6 1.8 1.5 1.2

5.7 5.5 5 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.2 3 3 3 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2 2 2 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

0.4 0.7 -0.3 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -2.2 -0.9 -1 -1.9 -0.8 1.5 0.1 0 1.2 -4.9 0.7 0.8 -0.4 0.2 -0.4 0.3 -0.5 -0.3 0.2 0.8 -0.5 -0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.2 -0.3 -1 -0.1 0 0.4 -0.1 0.4 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.3 0 0.2 -1.1 -0.3 0 0.3

7.5% 14.6% -5.7% 2.1% 2.2% -2.2% -34.9% -18.8% -20.8% -33.9% -17.8% 68.2% 3.0% 0.0% 60.0% -62.0% 30.4% 36.4% -12.1% 7.4% -12.5% 12.0% -16.1% -10.3% 8.3% 44.4% -16.7% -10.7% 13.6% 21.1% 35.3% 64.3% 10.0% -12.5% -33.3% -4.8% 0.0% 26.7% -5.3% 28.6% -19.0% -5.6% -5.6% 21.4% 0.0% 14.3% -42.3% -16.7% 0.0% 25.0%

Barristers & advocates Travel agency managers Actuaries, economists, statisticians Medical radiographers Midwives Draughtspersons Medical secretaries Work study officers Production engineers Matrons, houseparents TOTALS

2 1.8 1.8 1 1 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.3 849.8

1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1 1 805.2

-0.6 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 0.2 -1 -0.8 -0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -44.6

-30.0% -22.2% -33.3% 20.0% 20.0% -47.6% -42.1% -31.3% -28.6% -23.1% -5.2%