Employment by occupation

		Coventry (numbers)	Coventry (%)	West Midlands (%)	GB (%)
	Soc 2000 major group 1-3	53,400	39.8	40.0	43.5
	1 Managers and senior officials	15,300	11.3	14.5	15.6
	2 Professional occupations	20,500	15.2	12.7	13.1
	3 Associate professional & technical	17,600	13.1	12.7	14.6
	Soc 2000 major group 4-5	27,200	20.3	23.1	22.2
	4 Administrative & secretarial	13,100	9.7	11.4	11.4
	5 Skilled trades occupations	14,100	10.5	11.6	10.7
	Soc 2000 major group 6-7	21,700	16.2	15.9	15.9
	6 Personal service occupations	10,100	7.5	8.4	8.3
	7 Sales and customer service occs	11,600	8.6	7.4	7.5
	Soc 2000 major group 8-9	31,900	23.8	21.0	18.4
	8 Process plant & machine operatives	11,100	8.2	8.6	7.0
	9 Elementary occupations	20,800	15.4	12.3	11.3
	Source: NOMIS, Labour Market Profile - April 2008 - March 2009 % is a proportion of all persons in employment. Numbers and % are for those of 16+

Average Earnings/Salaries

• Associate professional and technical (30%)
• Managers and senior officials (26%)
• Administrative and secretarial (23.5%)

		People in employment*								Median gross weekly wage*
		Coventry				London				Coventry		London
	Gender	Count		%		Count		%
	Male	73,000		52.5		1,690,000		52.4		£500.50		£599.60
	Female	67,000		48.2		1,537,000		47.6		£298.00		£432.20
	All people	139,000		100.0		3,228,000		100.0		£389.20		£512.70