OES Code: 221260

ORANGE COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS

Electrical and Electronic Engineers design, develop, test and supervise the manufacture and installation of electrical and electronic equipment, components or systems, computers and related equipment and systems for commercial, industrial, military or scientific use.

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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
5,420	6,390	18%	970	910	1,880

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS IN ORANGE 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
3812	Search & navigation equipment manufacturers
5045	Computer equipment & software, wholesale
8711	Engineering services
7371	Computer programming services
3674	Semiconductors & related device manufacturers
5065	Electronic parts/equipment, all other, wholesale
3841	Surgical & medical instrument manufacturers
3651	Household audio/video equipment manufacturers
3679	Electronic components manufacturers, all other
4813	Telephone communications, exc radio-telephone
3571	Electronic computer manufacturers
3663	Radio &TV communications equipment manufacturers
5047	Medical & hospital equipment, wholesale
3672	Printed circuit board manufacturers
5063	Electrical apparatus & equipment, wholesale
8742	Management consulting services
3643	Current-carrying wiring device manufacturers
7373	Computer integrated systems design

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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