Employment by occupation

		Coventry (numbers)	Coventry (%)	West Midlands (%)	GB (%)
	Soc 2000 major group 1-3	55,000	40.4	40.2	44.0
	1 Managers and senior officials	13,900	10.2	14.3	15.7
	2 Professional occupations	22,300	16.3	13.0	13.4
	3 Associate professional & technical	18,900	13.8	12.7	14.8
	Soc 2000 major group 4-5	27,300	20.1	22.5	21.8
	4 Administrative & secretarial	13,300	9.7	11.3	11.2
	5 Skilled trades occupations	14,000	10.2	11.1	10.4
	Soc 2000 major group 6-7	21,600	15.9	16.4	16.0
	6 Personal service occupations	10,500	7.7	9.2	8.5
	7 Sales and customer service occs	11,200	8.2	7.1	7.5
	Soc 2000 major group 8-9	32,300	23.7	20.9	18.2
	8 Process plant & machine operatives	10,800	7.9	8.4	6.8
	9 Elementary occupations	21,500	15.7	12.4	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