Male employment, by occupation

One in four men works in trades, transport or equipment-operating occupations

• About 2.2 million men were engaged in occupations trades, transport or equipment operation occupations in 2005, accounting for one-quarter of all men employed that year. An additional 1.7 million (one in five) were working in sales and services. Men were least likely to be found in health occupations (179,000), or art, culture, recreation and sport (230,000).
• The greatest employment growth for men has taken place in natural and applied sciences, with an average annual growth rate of about 5.6% from 1996 to 2005. This is mostly attributable to new jobs that have emerged in computer-related occupations, such as systems analysts, programmers and electronic service technicians. The occupation group trades, transport and equipment operators only increased by 1.7% on average over the same period, however, there was strong growth for the subgroup construction trades (+4.1%). In recent years, there has also been a strong push in employment in health occupations.

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