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. 2022 Oct 27;57(2):521–556. doi: 10.1177/01979183221127277

Table 5.

Top Five Occupations for Essential Frontline Workers, by Occupational Standing Quartile.

Occupational Standing
Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Quartile 4
Rank Occupation Proximity Score Occupation Proximity Score Occupation Proximity Score Occupation Proximity Score
1 Janitors 56 Truck, delivery & tractor drivers 83 Managers & administrators, nec 81 Registered nurses 91
2 Laborers outside construction 55 Cashiers 82 Supervisors & proprietors of sales jobs 80 Primary school teachers 90
3 Construction laborers 54 Nursing aides, orderlies & attendants 81 Retail sales clerks 79 Computer systems analysts & computer scientists 89
4 Housekeepers, maids, butlers, stewards, & lodging quarters cleaners 53 Cooks, variously defined 80 Customer service reps, investigators & adjusters, except insurance 78 Computer software developers 88
5 Miscellaneous food prep workers 52 Waiter/waitress 79 Secretaries 77 Accountants & auditors 87

Note. Universe for workers includes all essential frontline workers who reported working in the last year. All results are population weighted and adjusted for underreporting with 95 percent confidence intervals reported in parentheses. Authors’ calculations using 2019 ACS from ipums.org. Occupations of workers are broken down into quartiles with each group including approximately one-quarter of total occupations, not total workers (EDSCOR90).