OES Code: 989020

ALAMEDA COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR HAND PACKERS & PACKAGERS

Hand Packers and Packagers pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials. Does not include workers whose jobs require more than minimum training.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working in this Occupation --- Year --- 1995 2002		Percent Change	Increase/ Decrease	Additional Openings Due to People Chang- ing Occupations or Retiring	Sum of Increase/Decrease and Additional Openings
5,860	6,530	11%	670	1,130	1,800

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE HAND PACKERS & PACKAGERS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY

The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.

Industry Code (SIC)	Industry Title
5411	Grocery stores
7389	Business services, all other
7363	Temporary help agencies
2043	Cereal breakfast food producers
2052	Cookie & cracker producers
3652	Pre-recorded tape & disc manufacturers
7361	Employment agencies
2099	Manufactured food preparations, all other
2759	Commercial printers, all other
3579	Office machine manufacturers, all other
2096	Potato chip & similar snack producers
3089	Plastic product manufacturers, all other
5149	Groceries & related products, all other, wholesale
7372	Prepackaged software
3953	Marking device manufacturers
4214	Local trucking with storage
3599	Industrial machinery manufacturers, all other
2011	Meat packing plants

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.

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