Construction? Landscaping? Farming? Jobs with lots of secretarial assistance? I think you've taken it a step too far and ignored several sectors of society. Many scientists could benefit from programming, and anyone else who has to deal with information regularly probably could as well. That doesn't equal everyone.
Arguably VB for Applications could come in handy for almost anyone. Though interestingly most farmers, carpenters, and other handy-workers are more capable of performing arithmetic than the rest of the population. Still the power of a well-tuned spreadsheet is quite amazing.
Farmers are also a bad example these days, agriculture is totally high-tech.
