b'C H A P T E R SI XSixteen percent of the towns workers are self-employed, while 4 percent are in landscaping.Of the various vocations, fishing accounts for 12 percent of Chatham workers; wholesale and retail businesses, 10 percent; and those in landscaping and nursery firms, 4 percent.Job growth: Chathams employment increased almost 50 percent between 1986 and 1995; 1030 new jobs were created, 92 percent of them in service trades.The U. S. Census for 1990 showed that more people come to work in Chatham from outside (1259) than go out to jobs elsewhere (877).Between 1980 and 1995, housing units in Chatham increased one- third, a rate of increase more than double the states.In 1995s fish landings,Chatham/Provincetown reported 77 percent of Barnstable Countys entire catch.The communitys residential properties accounted for 91 percent of the tax base. About 60 percent of those properties were owned by A gull seems almost complacent about out-of-town residents. contents of the fish box in the dockside boat.Mrs. Eckers findings stated that fishing accounted for 12 percent of theChathams revenues fromtowns workforce, larger than any otherthe room occupancy taxoccupation.Gordon Zellnerclimbed in 1990-95 morethan three times the average for Cape Cod as a whole.93'