Going back to June 1994, there were 18,418 Hanford jobs. Most of the pink slips went to middle managers and office staff. And that's reflected in the year-end unemployment rolls. If you have a degree in, say, microbiology, chances are you had a good job and good benefits. But if something happens to your job, you'll find it takes a long period of time for another job to open up.
Fry cooks can always find another job.
Plus, better-educated people typically have enough savings to wait for the next job, he said. And many former Hanford workers are not moving out of the area to find employment. He lamented the watering down of the area's unique mix of academia and agriculture. The unemployment breakdowns are by gender, ethnicity and years of education. Further statistics list occupations.