Distance to mean in-work poverty rate (percentage points) Figure 8. Occupation and in-work poverty rate 15 12 9 6 3 0 -3 -6 Total Main Total Main Total Main Total Main Total Main Total Main Total Main Total Main earner earner earner earner earner earner earner earner Profesionals Managers Clerical & Technicans & Machinery Sales workers Community & Labourers administrative trades operators & personal workers workers drivers service workers Source: IDI 2019. Notes: In-work poverty rate as defined in Section 3 and presented relative to the sample average (4.3 percent for the sample of 1,141,926 working household units defined by occupation; and 4.9 percent for the sample of 698,628 working household units defined by occupation of main earner). See Stats NZ (2018c) for more information about the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification Occupations (ANZSCO) system. Industry In a similar vein to the method undertaken with occupation, industry identification is based on whether at least one adult of the working household works in the respective industry. The sample size of working households defined by industry is 1,089,360 and the average in-work poverty rate is 4.2 percent. As shown in Table 10, the two industries with the highest rates of in-work poverty are: accommodation and food services (+4.7 percentage points compared to the mean) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (+2.8 percentage points). The association between service sector employment and poverty is, in general, well documented. The three (major) industries with the lowest in-work poverty rates are the financial and insurance industry (-2.4 percentage points), the public administration and safety sector (-2 percentage points) and professional, scientific and technical services (-1.6 percentage points). Page 34