WHERE THE JOB CUTS HAVE COME
Thousands
19891990199119921993
Contractors' operatives583583516437390-33%
Contractors' APTC 1254266251221204-20%
Public sector operatives134127120112102-23%
Public sector APTC7166635650-30%
All employees1,0421,041950825745-28%
Unclassified employees 26776919898+40%
Self-employed698715657597571-18%
Total manpower1,8061,8321,6981,5201,410-22%
1. APTC - Administrative, Technical, Professional, Clerical
2. Estimate of those not covered by DoE survey or misclassified as
working proprietors. The increase appears purely statistical