TABLE 9.1.25
	WORK PERMITS ISSUED BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP, ANNUALLY 1994 - 2015
	OCCUPATION GROUP	1994	1995	1996*	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	Professional and Technical	117	93	119	119	125	178	162	183	165	176	204	206	328	376	250	262	221	228	223	160	157	174
	Administrative & Managerial	21	37	40	60	47	64	48	64	47	38	43	66	65	116	101	100	138	81	80	68	91	86
	Clerical	21	15	28	27	32	37	49	49	63	56	36	77	94	108	104	74	79	78	67	73	79	76
	Sales	36	41	38	34	32	33	63	33	31	30	35	53	91	118	107	114	77	121	86	59	83	82
	Service	196	174	190	178	174	196	214	268	192	199	206	274	363	509	419	363	317	388	362	351	335	415
	Agricultural	17	12	9	8	14	39	19	16	18	9	17	29	32	48	51	56	27	32	30	37	31	37
	Production, Construction, Transport	141	264	197	251	243	363	348	333	251	271	316	713	1200	2183	1947	1330	582	455	442	396	379	368
	TOTAL	549	636	621	677	667	910	903	946	767	779	857	1418	2173	3458	2979	2299	1441	1383	1290	1144	1155	1238
	OCCUPATION GROUP	PERCENTAGE CHANGE
		1994	1995	1996*	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	Professional and Technical	0.0	-21%	28%	0%	5%	42%	-9%	13%	-10%	7%	16%	1%	59%	15%	-34%	5%	-16%	3%	-2%	-28%	-2%	11%
	Administrative & Managerial	0.0	76%	8%	50%	-22%	36%	-25%	33%	-27%	-19%	13%	53%	-2%	78%	-13%	-1%	38%	-41%	-1%	-15%	34%	-5%
	Clerical	0.0	-29%	87%	-4%	19%	16%	32%	0%	29%	-11%	-36%	114%	22%	15%	-4%	-29%	7%	-1%	-14%	9%	8%	-4%
	Sales	0.0	14%	-7%	-11%	-6%	3%	91%	-48%	-6%	-3%	17%	51%	72%	30%	-9%	7%	-32%	57%	-29%	-31%	41%	-1%
	Service	0.0	-11%	9%	-6%	-2%	13%	9%	25%	-28%	4%	4%	33%	32%	40%	-18%	-13%	-13%	22%	-7%	-3%	-5%	24%
	Agricultural	0.0	-29%	-25%	-11%	75%	179%	-51%	-16%	13%	-50%	89%	71%	10%	50%	6%	10%	-52%	19%	-6%	23%	-16%	19%
	Production, Construction, Transport	0.0	87%	-25%	27%	-3%	49%	-4%	-4%	-25%	8%	17%	126%	68%	82%	-11%	-32%	-56%	-22%	-3%	-10%	-4%	-3%
	TOTAL	0.0	16%	-2%	9%	-1%	36%	-1%	5%	-19%	2%	10%	65%	53%	59%	-14%	-23%	-37%	-4%	-7%	-11%	1%	7%
	Source: Labour Department
	*Revised
	NB: Preliminary Figures
	Last Updated: January 20, 2016