Direct Employment by Occupation

YWG is a source of employment opportunities for individuals with a broad range of skills. Most businesses require a combination of management, clerical, and trades employees. Beyond that breakdown, jobs can also be classified into airline and airline-servicing trades, support trades, retail trades, and general trades. More detail is provided below for these broad classes of job types and are reported for surveyed jobs only.

Airline and Aircraft Servicing Jobs

Approximately, 2,010 jobs (21% of total surveyed jobs) are classified as airlines and aircraft servicing jobs by employers at YWG and related businesses. Jobs classified as Aircraft and Vehicle Mechanics comprise the largest component (28% of total surveyed airline and aircraft servicing jobs) with over 570 jobs.

Figure 3‑3: Breakdown of Surveyed YWG Airline and Aircraft Servicing Jobs

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Support Trades

Of surveyed employment, support trades account for 1,000 of YWG’s surveyed direct employment base (10% of total surveyed jobs). Within this group, security agents and air traffic control (ATC) account for 680 jobs, making up 22% of total surveyed support trades jobs.

Figure 3‑4: Breakdown of Surveyed YWG Support Trades Jobs

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Retail, Food & Beverage, Ground Transport, and Accommodations

On-going operations at YWG also support employment in the retail, food and beverage, ground transport, and accommodations sectors. Approximately 880 surveyed jobs (9% of total surveyed jobs) are employed in these trades.

Figure 3‑5: Breakdown of Surveyed YWG Retail, Food & Beverage, Ground Transport, and Accommodations Jobs

^{Note: This chart includes employment for surveyed jobs only.}