Occupation Group

Number of employed persons

Percentage of employed persons

Armed forces

15,531

2.4

Managers

11,896

1.8

Professionals

23,532

3.6

Clerical support workers

41,924

6.5

Technical associate professionals

51,660

8.0

Services and sales workers

186,582

28.9

Skilled agriculture

31,886

4.9

Craft and related workers

189,327

29.3

Plant machine operators

39,032

6.0

Elementary occupations

54,500

8.4

Total

645,870

100.0