TABLE 9.1.26
	WORK PERMITS ISSUED BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP  JAN - DEC 2000 - 2015 BY QUARTER
	Occupational Group	JAN - MAR																% Change 2015-14	APR - JUN																% Change 2015-14	JUL - SEPT																% Change 2015-14	OCT - DEC																% Change 2015-14
		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	Professional & Technical	30	44	38	38	45	48	47	96	73	77	36	49	76	42	48	25	14.3%	55	47	55	65	56	56	66	77	75	77	43	53	48	47	48	43	2.1%	34	55	37	37	56	28	82	96	47	60	56	64	46	39	41	41	5.1%	43	37	35	36	47	74	133	107	55	48	86	62	53	32	20	65	-37.5%
	Administrative & Managerial	14	20	16	8	11	19	24	22	21	13	31	25	26	36	33	28	-8.3%	14	15	13	10	7	11	15	28	33	28	25	19	17	16	30	22	87.5%	9	18	7	11	11	6	20	32	33	27	29	17	16	10	22	19	120.0%	11	11	11	9	14	30	6	34	14	32	53	20	21	6	6	17	0.0%
	Clerical & Related	15	15	15	17	8	24	17	30	36	16	12	17	16	19	32	12	68.4%	9	10	21	6	7	16	37	29	39	18	22	24	21	23	20	19	-13.0%	15	12	19	17	15	16	33	33	21	25	24	21	15	15	17	24	13.3%	10	12	8	16	6	21	7	16	8	15	21	16	15	16	10	21	-37.5%
	Sales	28	7	12	7	11	8	17	29	32	36	26	27	26	25	28	19	12.0%	13	10	6	6	9	22	31	32	34	26	14	47	25	19	27	25	42.1%	9	5	5	8	5	10	35	37	29	23	14	19	16	7	20	22	185.7%	13	11	8	9	10	13	8	20	12	29	23	28	19	8	8	16	0.0%
	Service	46	92	63	63	53	53	85	120	116	97	86	97	78	76	89	90	17.1%	55	51	55	46	50	58	67	112	132	82	72	95	91	96	106	77	10.4%	42	75	34	44	53	46	106	123	96	84	63	90	89	92	95	126	3.3%	71	50	40	46	50	117	105	154	75	100	96	106	104	87	45	122	-48.3%
	Agricultural	12	7	6	6	1	9	9	9	18	13	6	4	9	6	6	8	0.0%	1	3	4	1	7	6	10	16	16	19	10	11	13	17	14	4	-17.6%	4	4	5	0	6	6	7	16	13	17	6	13	6	10	11	11	10.0%	2	2	3	2	3	8	6	7	4	7	5	4	2	4	0	14	-100.0%
	Production, Construction, Transport	70	92	68	73	57	98	192	704	621	632	170	99	101	86	133	55	54.7%	86	104	55	73	58	155	237	442	392	219	121	102	123	120	124	66	3.3%	110	83	70	64	88	155	495	521	603	283	158	131	90	101	97	119	-4.0%	82	54	58	61	113	305	276	516	331	196	133	123	128	89	25	128	-71.9%
	TOTAL	215	277	218	212	186	259	391	1010	917	884	367	318	332	290	369	237	27.2%	233	240	209	207	194	324	463	736	721	469	307	351	338	338	369	256	9.2%	223	252	177	181	234	267	778	858	842	519	350	355	278	274	303	362	10.6%	232	177	163	179	243	568	541	854	499	427	417	359	342	242	114	383	-52.9%
	Source:  Labour Department
	**Figures Revised
	NB: Preliminary Figures
	Last Updated: January 20, 2016