All of the following jobs could be placed in the quinary economic sector except __________.

The quinary sector includes jobs involving high-level decision-making and important public or social services, such as a corporate chief executive officer, firefighter, or school teacher. A worker in an auto factory makes goods through manufacturing, which belongs to the secondary sector, not the quinary sector. Therefore, the exception is a worker in a unionized auto factory.

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