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1.3. Employment <br />Employment opportunities in the area and educational levels of the employees make <br />a significant impact on housing affordability and the location choice of residents. <br />Table 1.5, below, presents our analysis of occupation data, which indicate that there <br />has been some shift in the distribution of occupations between 2000 and 2010. <br />Retail services had the largest increase, up 3.1 percentage points to 18.8 percent. <br />Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services had an increase, <br />up 2.2 percentage points to 19.0 percent. Manufacturing realized the largest <br />reduction of 2.6 percentage points leading to 4.3 percent of the total workforce. <br />Education and health services had a decrease of 2.0 percentage points to 27.2 <br />percent of the workforce. Transportation, Communications, and other public utilities <br />reduced by 1.0 percentage point to 5.2 percent of the total workforce. Finance, <br />insurance, and real estate services experienced a reduction of 1.0 percentage point <br />falling to 3.7 percent of the total workforce. <br />Table 1.5 <br />Occupation of employed persons for San Marcos, 2000 and 2006 - 2010 (5 -Year Average) <br />Occupation <br />2000 <br />2006- <br />2010 <br />Average <br />Percent Point <br />Change <br />Agriculture, forestry, mining, and fisheries <br />0.6% <br />0.5% <br />-0.1% <br />Construction <br />4.5% <br />5.3% <br />0.8% <br />Manufacturing <br />6.9% <br />4.3% <br />-2.6% <br />Transportation, Communications, and other public <br />utilities <br />2.4% <br />1.4% <br />-1.0% <br />Wholesale trade <br />1.4% <br />1.8% <br />0.4% <br />Retail trade <br />15.7% <br />18.8% <br />3.1% <br />Finance, insurance, and real estate <br />4.7% <br />3.7% <br />-1.0% <br />Professional, Business, repair, and personal services <br />10.0% <br />10.0% <br />0.0% <br />Arts, Entertainment and recreation services <br />16.8% <br />19.0% <br />2.2% <br />Educational and Health services <br />29.2% <br />27.2% <br />-2.0% <br />Other professional and related services <br />4.0% <br />5.0% <br />1.0% <br />Public administration <br />3.8% <br />3.0% <br />-0.8% <br />Source: US Census 2000 & 2006 - 2010 American Community Survey <br />14 <br />