Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 June 1964.
| Industry | 14th May, 1962 | 13th May, 1961 | ||||||||
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen | |||||||||
| Men | Boys | Women | Girls | Total | Men | Boys | Women | Girls | Total | |
| Agriculture and Horticulture | 101 | — | 6 | — | 107 | 97 | 3 | 6 | — | 106 |
| Fishing | 119 | 1 | — | — | 120 | 124 | — | — | — | 124 |
| Bacon curing, Meat and Fish Products | 70 | 2 | 53 | — | 125 | 57 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 96 |
| Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing | 121 | — | 1 | — | 122 | 121 | — | 1 | — | 122 |
| Spinning and Doubling of Cotton, Flax and Man-made Fibres | 32 | — | 19 | — | 51 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 44 |
| Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. | 36 | — | — | — | 36 | 46 | — | — | — | 46 |
| Timber | 79 | 4 | 1 | — | 84 | 82 | 2 | — | — | 84 |
| Construction | 231 | 3 | 1 | — | 235 | 253 | 3 | 5 | — | 261 |
| Sea Transport | 91 | 13 | 1 | — | 105 | 82 | 4 | — | — | 86 |
| Distributive Trades | 247 | 3 | 159 | 3 | 412 | 246 | 1 | 136 | — | 383 |
| Entertainment and Sport | 45 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 65 | — | 4 | — | 69 |
| Catering, Hotels, etc. | 82 | — | 60 | — | 142 | 71 | — | 50 | — | 121 |
| Private Domestic Service | 12 | — | 27 | 1 | 40 | 13 | — | 32 | — | 45 |
| Local Government Service | 94 | — | 16 | — | 110 | 99 | — | 10 | — | 109 |
| Other Industries and Services | 670 | 4 | 312 | 9 | 995 | 643 | 2 | 237 | 8 | 890 |
| Total, all Industries and Services | 2,030 | 31 | 661 | 15 | 2,737 | 2,026 | 17 | 532 | 11 | 2,586 |
