Table 28. Distribution of Workers by Occupation and Disabllity Status: 1991-92 [Numbers in thousands] With no With a With a disability disability, disability not severe severe Characteristic Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent TOTAL .................................... 97,547 100.0 11,390 100.0 3,111 100.0 Executive and administrative occupations ..... 8,224 8.4 793 7.0 202 6.5 Management related occupations ............... 3,185 3.3 251 2.2 55 1.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......... 1,610 1.7 170 1.5 25 0.8 Mathematical and computer scientists ......... 890 0.9 102 0.9 24 0.8 Natural scientists ............................ 417 0.4 26 0.2 5 0.2 Physicians, dentists, and other health diagnosing occupations ..................... 349 0.4 17 0.2 3 0.1 Registered nurses ............................. 1,631 1.7 137 1.2 29 1.0 Pharmacists .................................. 153 0.2 19 0.2 3 0.1 Other health assessment and treating occupations ................................ 481 0.5 39 0.4 - - Teachers, postsecondary ....................... 765 0.8 93 0.8 11 0.4 Teachers, except postsecondary ................ 3,835 3.9 309 2.7 102 3.3 Counseiors, educational and vocational ........ 256 0.3 25 0.2 3 0.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators ......... 176 0.2 16 0.1 13 0.4 Social scientists and urban planners .......... 263 0.3 34 0.3 3 0.1 Social, recreation, and religious workers .................................... 911 0.9 137 1.2 41 1.3 Lawyers and judges ........................... 489 0.5 18 0.2 3 0.1 Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes . 1,049 1.1 116 1.0 34 1.1 Health technologists and technicians ......... 1 149 1.2 137 1.2 44 1.4 Engineering and related technologists and technicians ............................ 949 1.0 128 1.1 21 0.7 Science technicians .......................... 252 0.3 31 0.3 6 0.2 Computer programmers .......................... 439 0.5 24 0.2 6 0.2 Other technicians, except health, engineer ing, and science ............................ 743 0.8 42 0.4 19 0.6 Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations ................................ 2,480 2.5 277 2.4 77 2.5 Sales representatives, finance and business services .................................... 1 322 1.4 108 1.0 24 0.8 Sales representatives, commodities except ..... . retail ..................................... 1,446 1.5 127 1.1 22 0.7 Sales workers, retail and personal services and sales related occupations ..... 5,827 6.0 626 5.5 177 5.7 Supervisors, administrative support occupations ................................ 758 0.8 131 1.2 16 0.5 Computer equipment operators ................. 704 0.7 79 0.7 16 0.5 Secretaries, stenographers, and typists ...... 4,432 4.5 389 3.4 104 3.3 Information clerks ........................... 1,432 1.5 143 1.3 36 1.2 Records processing occupations, except financial .................................. 702 0.7 68 0.6 28 0.9 Financial records processing occupations ...... 1,950 2.0 229 2.0 42 1.4 Duplicating, mail, other office machine, and communications equipment operators ......... 267 0.3 34 0.3 18 0.6 Mail and message disributing occupations ...... 742 0.8 69 0.6 22 0.7 Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks ......................... 1,662 1.7 209 1.8 78 2.5 Adjusters and investigators ................... 1,029 1.1 106 0.9 42 1.3 Miscellaneous administrative support occupations ................................ 3,264 3.4 320 2.8 115 3.7 Private household occupations ................. 382 0.4 42 0.4 55 1.8 Supervisors, protective service occupations ... 169 0.2 23 0.2 - - Firefightng and fire prevention occupations ................................ 251 0.3 6 0.1 8 0.3 Police and detectives ......................... 775 0.8 75 0.7 7 0.2 Guards ........................................ 766 O.8 117 1.0 63 2.0 Food preparation and service occupations ..... 5,448 5.6 583 5.1 230 7.4 Health service occupations .................... 2,080 2.1 331 2.9 83 2.7 Cleaning and building service occupations except household ........................... 2,495 2.6 452 4.0 217 7.0 Personal service occupations .................. 1,570 1.6 239 2.1 65 2.1 Farm, forestry, and logging operations, and fishers, hunters, and trappers .......... 1,734 1.8 308 2.7 72 2.3 Mechanics and repairers ...................... 3,467 3.6 531 4.7 72 2.4 Construction trades ........................... 3,243 3.3 407 3.6 77 2.5 Extractive occupation ........................ 82 0.1 22 0.2 11 0.4 Supervisors, production operations ............ 1,088 1.1 153 1.3 24 0.8 Precision working occupations ................. 1,856 1.9 250 2.2 69 2.2 Plant and system operations ................... 275 0.3 35 0.3 3 0.1 Machine operators ............................ 4,511 4.6 650 5.7 205 6.6 Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations ................................ 1,675 1.7 250 2.2 63 2.0 Production inspectors, testers, samplers, and weighers ............................... 728 0.8 108 0.9 44 1.4 Motor vehicle operators ....................... 3,185 3.3 423 3.7 84 2.7 Rail and water transportation occupations ................................ 155 0.2 33 0.3 8 0.3 Material moving equipment operators ........... 928 1.0 162 1.4 25 0.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................................ 4,451 4.6 611 5.4 157 5.1 - Represents zero.