Male employment, by occupation

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

• About 2.1 million men were engaged in occupations involving trades, transport or equipment operation in 2003, 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 (170,000), or art, culture, recreation and sport (213,000).
• In recent years, the greatest employment growth for men has taken place in natural and applied sciences, with an average annual growth rate of 5.8% from 1996 to 2003. This is mostly attributable to new jobs that have emerged in computer-related occupations, such as systems analysts, programmers and electronic service technicians. Another fast growing occupation group for men was sales and services, increasing 3.0% a year on average from 1997 to 2003.

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