Work Permits Issued by Occupational Group, Sex and Nationality, All Bahamas 2017

		SEX
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP/NATIONALITY	TOTAL	FEMALE	MALE
		NUMBER	NUMBER
TOTAL	13,578	4,089	9,489
MANAGERS, CHIEF EXECUTIVES,
AND SENIOR OFFICIALS	989	168	821
American	320	46	274
Argentinean	11	0	11
Australian	11	2	9
Brazilian	25	3	22
British	95	13	82
Canadian	81	25	56
Chinese	27	2	25
Columbian	14	0	14
Cuban	7	0	7
Dominican(DOM)	15	0	15
French	15	0	15
German	9	0	9
Indian	39	1	38
Irish	8	1	7
Italian	25	5	20
Jamaican	29	6	23
Mexican	57	18	39
Philippine	23	10	13
South African	11	4	7
Spanish	10	5	5
Swiss	37	5	32
Other Nationalities	120	22	98
PROFESSIONALS, SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS	1,044	425	619
American	155	10	145
Argentinean	2	0	2
Barbadian	2	1	1
Brazilian	11	8	3
British	87	41	46
Canadian	56	34	22
Chinese	26	12	14
Cuban	26	16	10
Dominican	54	25	29
French	7	7	0
Guyanese	61	44	17
Haitian	39	22	17
Indian	77	48	29
Italian	26	11	15
Jamaican	95	37	58
Mexican	7	7	0
Philippine	96	24	72
Spanish	12	1	11
Sri Lankan	8	0	8
Swiss	4	2	2
Other Nationalities	193	75	118
TECHNICIANS AND ASSOCIATE
PROFESSIONALS	845	184	661
American	178	10	168
British	40	19	21
Canadian	62	37	25
Chinese	75	25	50
Columbian	11	11	0
Dominican	18	18	0
French	8	8	0
Guyanese	4	4	0
Haitians	18	4	14
Indian	33	10	23
Israeli	10	0	10
Italian	16	4	12
Jamaican	43	11	32
Mexican	39	3	36
Philippine	70	6	64
Other Nationalities	220	14	206
CLERICAL SUPPORT WORKERS	85	35	50
American	14	7	7
British	5	2	3
Canadian	2	1	1
Chinese	39	11	28
Jamaican	6	3	3
Other Nationalities	19	11	8
SERVICE AND SALES WORKERS	1,066	449	617
American	54	6	48
British	11	1	10
Canadian	11	0	11
Chinese	187	30	157
Cuban	15	2	13
Dominican(DOM)	46	2	44
Greek	4	0	4
Guatemalan	6	0	6
Haitian	95	3	92
Indian	18	0	18
Jamaican	252	185	67
Mexican	8	7	1
Peruvian	12	5	7
Philippine	164	141	23
Other Nationalities	183	67	116
SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY
AND FISHERY WORKERS	19	1	18
American	10	0	10
Canadian	1	0	1
Haitian	1	0	1
Venezuelan	3	1	2
Other Nationalities	4	0	4
CRAFT AND RELATED WORKERS	1,389	13	1,376
American	30	0	30
British	8	0	8
Canadian	15	0	15
Chinese	10	0	10
Columbian	86	3	83
Dominican(DOM)	129	2	127
Ecuadorian	22	0	22
Greek	7	0	7
Guatemalan	4	0	4
Guyanese	15	0	15
Honduran	24	0	24
Indian	17	0	17
Jamaican	56	0	56
Mexican	151	1	150
Peruvian	204	0	204
Philippine	276	0	276
Romanian	188	1	187
Spanish	23	1	22
Venezuelan	30	4	26
Other Nationalities	94	1	93
PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATORS
AND ASSEMBLERS	67	3	64
American	10	0	10
Haitian	6	0	6
Jamaican	17	1	16
Mexican	6	0	6
Other Nationalities	28	2	26
ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS	8,063	2,805	5,258
American	3	3	0
British	7	7	0
Chinese	278	274	4
Columbian	14	14	0
Cuban	27	27	0
Dominican(DOM)	57	57	0
Guyanese	24	24	0
Haitian	5,759	2,168	3,591
Jamaican	1,049	26	1,023
Peruvian	147	76	71
Philippine	592	60	532
Other Nationalities	106	69	37
*OTHERS	11	6	5