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Most common industries (%)

Most common industries for males (%)

Most common industries for females (%)

Most Common Industries

Industry

All

Males

Females

Construction12.0% (606)19.3% (543)2.8% (63)
Educational services6.0% (301)4.7% (131)7.6% (170)
Chemicals4.4% (224)4.0% (112)5.0% (112)
Accommodation and food services4.4% (220)3.3% (93)5.7% (127)
Health care4.3% (217)0.5% (13)9.1% (204)
Professional, scientific, and technical services4.3% (216)3.2% (91)5.6% (125)
Metal and metal products4.2% (214)6.8% (192)1.0% (22)
Machinery3.2% (161)4.1% (116)2.0% (45)
Miscellaneous manufacturing2.9% (148)2.5% (71)3.4% (77)
Finance and insurance2.9% (146)1.6% (46)4.5% (100)
Food and beverage stores2.4% (120)1.1% (32)3.9% (88)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation2.3% (118)2.6% (73)2.0% (45)
Computer and electronic products2.3% (114)1.9% (52)2.8% (62)
Administrative and support and waste management services2.2% (111)1.6% (46)2.9% (65)
Transportation equipment2.0% (103)3.1% (86)0.8% (17)
Department and other general merchandise stores1.9% (95)1.4% (38)2.5% (57)
Personal and laundry services1.8% (93)0.7% (21)3.2% (72)
Repair and maintenance1.8% (92)3.1% (86)0.3% (6)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers1.6% (83)1.8% (50)1.5% (33)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers1.5% (77)1.6% (44)1.5% (33)
Real estate and rental and leasing1.5% (76)0.8% (23)2.4% (53)
Public administration1.5% (75)1.5% (41)1.5% (34)
Plastics and rubber products1.4% (73)1.7% (47)1.2% (26)
Broadcasting and telecommunications1.4% (72)2.4% (66)0.3% (6)
Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers1.4% (71)1.4% (38)1.5% (33)
Printing and related support activities1.3% (68)1.9% (52)0.7% (16)
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries1.3% (67)1.3% (37)1.3% (30)
Social assistance1.3% (67)0.5% (15)2.3% (52)
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses1.2% (63)0.0% (0)2.8% (63)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components1.2% (61)1.3% (37)1.1% (24)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting1.1% (54)1.8% (50)0.2% (4)
Truck transportation1.0% (50)1.5% (43)0.3% (7)
Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores0.9% (47)1.1% (31)0.7% (16)
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers0.9% (43)1.0% (29)0.6% (14)
Food0.8% (41)1.0% (27)0.6% (14)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers0.8% (40)1.0% (29)0.5% (11)
Nonmetallic mineral products0.8% (38)1.2% (34)0.2% (4)
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers0.8% (38)0.7% (19)0.8% (19)
Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores0.7% (36)0.4% (11)1.1% (25)
Furniture and related product manufacturing0.7% (36)0.8% (22)0.6% (14)
Utilities0.7% (34)1.0% (29)0.2% (5)
Paper0.7% (33)0.6% (17)0.7% (16)
U. S. Postal service0.6% (32)0.6% (17)0.7% (15)
Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores0.6% (31)0.6% (17)0.6% (14)
Data processing, libraries, and other information services0.6% (29)0.1% (2)1.2% (27)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations0.5% (24)0.3% (8)0.7% (16)
Pharmacies and drug stores0.4% (19)0.3% (9)0.4% (10)
Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers0.4% (18)0.6% (18)0.0% (0)
Beverage and tobacco products0.3% (16)0.2% (7)0.4% (9)
Radio, TV, and computer stores0.3% (16)0.1% (2)0.6% (14)
Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers0.3% (15)0.3% (8)0.3% (7)
Gasoline stations0.3% (15)0.2% (5)0.4% (10)
Paper and paper products merchant wholesalers0.3% (15)0.0% (1)0.6% (14)
Wood products0.3% (14)0.3% (8)0.3% (6)
Rail transportation0.3% (14)0.2% (6)0.4% (8)
Other direct selling establishments0.3% (14)0.2% (7)0.3% (7)
Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers0.3% (13)0.0% (0)0.6% (13)
Air transportation0.3% (13)0.1% (3)0.4% (10)
Warehousing and storage0.2% (12)0.2% (5)0.3% (7)
Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers0.2% (12)0.3% (9)0.1% (3)
Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers0.2% (11)0.3% (8)0.1% (3)
Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers0.2% (10)0.3% (9)0.0% (1)
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction0.2% (9)0.3% (8)0.0% (1)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores0.2% (8)0.1% (3)0.2% (5)
Retail florists0.1% (7)0.2% (7)0.0% (0)
Textile mills and textile products0.1% (6)0.1% (4)0.1% (2)
Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers0.1% (6)0.1% (2)0.2% (4)

Most common occupations (%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Most common occupations

Occupation

All

Males

Females

Other production occupations including supervisors6.3% (316)7.9% (222)4.2% (94)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors4.9% (247)5.3% (150)4.3% (97)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers4.0% (201)5.3% (148)2.4% (53)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers3.7% (186)2.8% (78)4.8% (108)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors3.6% (183)6.2% (175)0.4% (8)
Secretaries and administrative assistants3.5% (176)0.1% (3)7.7% (173)
Metal workers and plastic workers3.4% (172)5.1% (143)1.3% (29)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors3.4% (172)1.4% (40)5.9% (132)
Carpenters3.1% (156)5.6% (156)0.0% (0)
Business operations specialists3.0% (152)2.5% (71)3.6% (81)
Retail sales workers except cashiers2.9% (146)2.7% (76)3.1% (70)
Customer service representatives2.4% (123)1.3% (36)3.9% (87)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers2.4% (122)4.3% (122)0.0% (0)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives2.4% (122)0.0% (0)5.4% (122)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing2.4% (120)2.2% (61)2.6% (59)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations2.3% (114)2.4% (68)2.1% (46)
Cashiers2.2% (110)0.2% (6)4.6% (104)
Operations specialties managers except financial managers2.0% (103)2.6% (72)1.4% (31)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers2.0% (100)3.6% (100)0.0% (0)
Assemblers and fabricators1.8% (91)1.4% (40)2.3% (51)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers1.7% (88)3.1% (88)0.0% (0)
Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses1.7% (88)1.5% (42)2.1% (46)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers1.7% (88)1.4% (39)2.2% (49)
Computer specialists1.5% (76)1.7% (47)1.3% (29)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors1.3% (67)1.5% (42)1.1% (25)
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters1.3% (66)2.4% (66)0.0% (0)
Construction laborers1.3% (65)2.3% (65)0.0% (0)
Top executives1.2% (63)1.6% (45)0.8% (18)
Personal appearance workers1.2% (59)0.2% (5)2.4% (54)
Engineers1.1% (56)2.0% (55)0.0% (1)
Financial managers1.1% (55)0.8% (23)1.4% (32)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks1.1% (53)0.0% (0)2.4% (53)
Registered nurses1.0% (51)0.0% (0)2.3% (51)
Cooks and food preparation workers1.0% (50)0.6% (18)1.4% (32)
Secondary school teachers0.9% (44)1.4% (39)0.2% (5)
Electricians0.9% (44)1.6% (44)0.0% (0)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors0.9% (43)0.6% (16)1.2% (27)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks0.8% (41)0.1% (3)1.7% (38)
Health technologists and technicians0.8% (39)0.0% (0)1.7% (39)
Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers0.8% (39)0.7% (19)0.9% (20)
Other healthcare support occupations0.8% (38)0.1% (3)1.6% (35)
Child care workers0.8% (38)0.4% (10)1.3% (28)
Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers0.7% (37)0.8% (23)0.6% (14)
Waiters and waitresses0.7% (37)0.2% (7)1.3% (30)
Laborers and material movers, hand0.7% (37)1.0% (27)0.4% (10)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers0.6% (32)1.1% (32)0.0% (0)
Agricultural workers including supervisors0.6% (30)0.9% (24)0.3% (6)
Media and communication equipment workers0.6% (29)0.3% (8)0.9% (21)
Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians0.6% (29)1.0% (29)0.0% (0)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides0.6% (28)0.1% (3)1.1% (25)
Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers0.6% (28)0.5% (14)0.6% (14)
Printing workers0.6% (28)0.6% (17)0.5% (11)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations0.5% (24)0.1% (3)0.9% (21)
Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations0.5% (24)0.2% (7)0.8% (17)
Accountants and auditors0.5% (24)0.4% (11)0.6% (13)
Other construction workers and helpers0.5% (24)0.9% (24)0.0% (0)
Postsecondary teachers0.4% (22)0.2% (5)0.8% (17)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists0.4% (22)0.0% (0)1.0% (22)
Life, physical, and social science technicians0.3% (17)0.3% (8)0.4% (9)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand0.3% (15)0.5% (15)0.0% (0)
Librarians, curators, and archivists0.3% (14)0.0% (0)0.6% (14)
Farmers and farm managers0.3% (13)0.5% (13)0.0% (0)
Woodworkers0.2% (12)0.4% (12)0.0% (0)
Painters and paperhangers0.2% (12)0.4% (12)0.0% (0)
Food processing workers0.2% (12)0.4% (12)0.0% (0)
Bus drivers0.2% (12)0.3% (8)0.2% (4)
Lawyers0.2% (11)0.4% (11)0.0% (0)
Other financial specialists0.2% (10)0.0% (0)0.4% (10)
Other protective service workers including supervisors0.2% (10)0.3% (8)0.1% (2)
Transportation, tourism, and lodging attendants0.2% (10)0.0% (0)0.4% (10)
Social scientists and related workers0.2% (9)0.0% (0)0.4% (9)
Art and design workers0.2% (9)0.1% (2)0.3% (7)
Special education teachers0.2% (9)0.0% (0)0.4% (9)
Religious workers0.2% (8)0.2% (6)0.1% (2)
Mathematical science occupations0.1% (7)0.2% (5)0.1% (2)
Life and physical scientists0.1% (6)0.2% (6)0.0% (0)
Fire fighting and prevention workers including supervisors0.1% (6)0.2% (6)0.0% (0)
Extraction workers0.1% (5)0.2% (5)0.0% (0)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers0.1% (5)0.1% (3)0.1% (2)
Unemployment by race in 2000:

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.9%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 27.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 6.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 11.1%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 11.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Time Leaving Home To Go To Work (%)

Time Leaving Home To Go To Work:
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
Salem:

5.9% (291)
Wisconsin:

4.1% (109,243)
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.:
Salem:

5.3% (264)
Wisconsin:

3.6% (96,106)
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.:
Salem:

7.2% (359)
Wisconsin:

5.7% (152,711)
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
Salem:

14.5% (719)
Wisconsin:

8.6% (230,911)
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
Salem:

12.1% (603)
Wisconsin:

11.2% (301,313)
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
Salem:

10.7% (530)
Wisconsin:

13.7% (369,283)
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
Salem:

12.6% (624)
Wisconsin:

15.1% (406,072)
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
Salem:

10.0% (495)
Wisconsin:

7.7% (207,205)
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.:
Salem:

3.1% (152)
Wisconsin:

3.6% (96,083)
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
Salem:

3.1% (154)
Wisconsin:

3.7% (99,733)
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.:
Salem:

1.8% (91)
Wisconsin:

1.7% (46,480)
11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.:
Salem:

1.3% (64)
Wisconsin:

1.0% (27,021)
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.:
Salem:

3.6% (177)
Wisconsin:

8.7% (233,209)
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
Salem:

6.5% (321)
Wisconsin:

7.8% (209,939)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 37.3%
Number of people working at home: 120 (2.4% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work (%)

Working at home - Salem

Working at home - Wisconsin

Travel time to work:
Less than 5 minutes:
Salem:

1.9% (92)
Wisconsin:

5.0% (135,194)
5 to 9 minutes:
Salem:

10.3% (512)
Wisconsin:

14.8% (398,697)
10 to 14 minutes:
Salem:

9.1% (454)
Wisconsin:

17.7% (476,569)
15 to 19 minutes:
Salem:

10.3% (512)
Wisconsin:

16.4% (440,637)
20 to 24 minutes:
Salem:

9.4% (468)
Wisconsin:

13.8% (372,180)
25 to 29 minutes:
Salem:

6.1% (303)
Wisconsin:

5.9% (159,448)
30 to 34 minutes:
Salem:

12.4% (614)
Wisconsin:

9.2% (248,714)
35 to 39 minutes:
Salem:

4.9% (243)
Wisconsin:

2.2% (59,121)
40 to 44 minutes:
Salem:

6.1% (301)
Wisconsin:

2.3% (61,540)
45 to 59 minutes:
Salem:

14.5% (718)
Wisconsin:

4.5% (120,028)
60 to 89 minutes:
Salem:

9.5% (472)
Wisconsin:

2.5% (68,071)
90 or more minutes:
Salem:

3.1% (155)
Wisconsin:

1.7% (45,110)

Travel time to work (in minutes) by means of transportation (%)

Travel time to work by means of transportation:
Less than 30 minutes - public transportation:
Salem:

3.9% (2)
Wisconsin:

39.6% (21,145)
Less than 30 minutes - other means:
Salem:

48.8% (2,339)
Wisconsin:

77.5% (1,961,580)
30 to 44 minutes - other means:
Salem:

24.2% (1,158)
Wisconsin:

14.0% (354,535)
45 to 59 minutes - public transportation:
Salem:

33.3% (17)
Wisconsin:

14.0% (7,473)
45 to 59 minutes - other means:
Salem:

14.6% (701)
Wisconsin:

4.4% (112,555)
60 or more minutes - public transportation:
Salem:

62.7% (32)
Wisconsin:

18.5% (9,882)
60 or more minutes - other means:
Salem:

12.4% (595)
Wisconsin:

4.1% (103,299)

Means of transportation to work - Salem

Means of transportation to work - Wisconsin

Means of transportation to work:
Drove car alone:
Salem:

86.4% (4,290)
Wisconsin:

79.5% (2,138,832)
Carpooled:
Salem:

8.5% (421)
Wisconsin:

9.9% (267,471)
Bus or trolley bus:
Salem:

0.1% (6)
Wisconsin:

1.8% (49,121)
Subway or elevated:
Salem:

0.2% (8)
Wisconsin:

0.0% (294)
Railroad:
Salem:

0.7% (37)
Wisconsin:

0.0% (856)
Motorcycle:
Salem:

0.1% (7)
Wisconsin:

0.1% (1,823)
Bicycle:
Salem:

0.4% (18)
Wisconsin:

0.4% (11,635)
Walked:
Salem:

0.7% (35)
Wisconsin:

3.7% (100,301)
Other means:
Salem:

0.4% (22)
Wisconsin:

0.4% (11,907)

Private vehicle occupancy (%)

Private vehicle occupancy:
Drove alone:
Salem:

91.1% (4,290)
Wisconsin:

88.9% (2,138,832)
In 2 person carpool:
Salem:

7.9% (370)
Wisconsin:

9.1% (217,793)
In 3 person carpool:
Salem:

0.8% (36)
Wisconsin:

1.3% (32,067)
In 4 person carpool:
Salem:

0.3% (12)
Wisconsin:

0.4% (10,058)
In 5-6 person carpool:
Salem:

0.1% (3)
Wisconsin:

0.2% (4,267)

Class of Workers (%)

Class of Workers (%) - Males

Class of Workers (%) - Females

Class of Workers:
Employee of private company:
Salem:

79.2% (3,999)
Wisconsin:

70.2% (1,919,753)
    Employee of private company - Males:
    Salem:

    79.4% (2,230)
    Wisconsin:

    73.5% (1,049,603)
    Employee of private company - Females:
    Salem:

    79.0% (1,769)
    Wisconsin:

    66.6% (870,150)
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Salem:

3.1% (157)
Wisconsin:

2.8% (77,876)
    Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
    Salem:

    4.9% (137)
    Wisconsin:

    4.0% (57,168)
    Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
    Salem:

    0.9% (20)
    Wisconsin:

    1.6% (20,708)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Salem:

4.2% (211)
Wisconsin:

8.0% (219,861)
    Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
    Salem:

    2.9% (82)
    Wisconsin:

    4.2% (60,190)
    Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
    Salem:

    5.8% (129)
    Wisconsin:

    12.2% (159,671)
Local government workers:
Salem:

4.5% (227)
Wisconsin:

6.9% (189,838)
    Local government workers - Males:
    Salem:

    4.4% (124)
    Wisconsin:

    5.6% (79,290)
    Local government workers - Females:
    Salem:

    4.6% (103)
    Wisconsin:

    8.5% (110,548)
State government workers:
Salem:

2.3% (114)
Wisconsin:

4.1% (111,964)
    State government workers - Males:
    Salem:

    1.4% (39)
    Wisconsin:

    3.5% (49,348)
    State government workers - Females:
    Salem:

    3.3% (75)
    Wisconsin:

    4.8% (62,616)
Federal government workers:
Salem:

1.2% (62)
Wisconsin:

1.4% (38,990)
    Federal government workers - Males:
    Salem:

    1.1% (31)
    Wisconsin:

    1.4% (20,325)
    Federal government workers - Females:
    Salem:

    1.4% (31)
    Wisconsin:

    1.4% (18,665)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Salem:

5.3% (267)
Wisconsin:

6.1% (167,248)
    Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
    Salem:

    5.7% (159)
    Wisconsin:

    7.5% (107,640)
    Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
    Salem:

    4.8% (108)
    Wisconsin:

    4.6% (59,608)
Unpaid family workers:
Salem:

0.2% (10)
Wisconsin:

0.3% (9,395)
    Unpaid family workers - Males:
    Salem:

    0.2% (6)
    Wisconsin:

    0.3% (4,929)
    Unpaid family workers - Females:
    Salem:

    0.2% (4)
    Wisconsin:

    0.3% (4,466)

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