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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race [In thousands]
Category	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian
Category	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Total, 16 years and over	152,581	158,291	118,291	121,908	18,726	19,937	10,016	10,615
Men	80,829	84,203	63,814	65,924	8,875	9,617	5,292	5,610
Women	71,752	74,089	54,476	55,984	9,851	10,319	4,725	5,006

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	64,744	68,099	50,686	52,943	6,356	6,969	5,822	6,154
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	27,864	29,350	22,521	23,606	2,562	2,753	1,991	2,147
Management occupations	18,986	20,199	15,597	16,479	1,633	1,821	1,228	1,334
Business and financial operations occupations	8,878	9,152	6,923	7,127	929	932	763	813
Professional and related occupations	36,880	38,749	28,165	29,337	3,794	4,216	3,831	4,007
Computer and mathematical occupations	5,688	6,171	3,718	4,019	485	562	1,325	1,375
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,235	3,464	2,492	2,677	188	229	473	481
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,640	1,840	1,223	1,349	122	113	250	314
Community and social service occupations	2,777	2,945	2,026	2,168	548	568	105	107
Legal occupations	1,805	1,861	1,516	1,565	146	158	87	91
Education, training, and library occupations	8,946	9,220	7,293	7,410	889	1,033	497	501
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,151	3,441	2,610	2,850	257	287	181	190
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,639	9,808	7,287	7,299	1,159	1,267	913	949
Service occupations	24,403	25,438	17,775	18,381	4,031	4,274	1,432	1,553
Healthcare support occupations	4,887	4,930	3,150	3,085	1,200	1,270	331	366
Protective service occupations	2,987	3,057	2,166	2,192	605	638	81	90
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,370	7,907	5,501	5,786	984	1,101	463	533
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,482	5,576	4,276	4,388	781	782	184	170
Personal care and service occupations	3,676	3,968	2,682	2,930	461	482	373	393
Sales and office occupations	30,166	30,412	23,494	23,616	3,972	3,993	1,538	1,636
Sales and related occupations	14,369	14,316	11,453	11,389	1,607	1,572	781	819
Office and administrative support occupations	15,797	16,096	12,041	12,227	2,365	2,422	757	817
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,959	14,260	12,050	12,367	1,026	1,055	316	271
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,061	980	938	874	47	45	24	17
Construction and extraction occupations	8,057	8,427	7,023	7,337	576	598	134	137
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,840	4,853	4,089	4,157	404	412	158	117
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,309	20,082	14,286	14,601	3,340	3,646	908	1,002
Production occupations	7,950	8,256	6,172	6,215	1,054	1,240	433	484
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,359	11,826	8,114	8,386	2,287	2,406	475	518

CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,524	1,514	1,374	1,360	61	69	25	21
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	727	745	696	710	9	8	2	3
Unpaid family workers	40	32	36	31	0	0	0	0
Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers(1)	140,993	146,814	108,515	112,280	17,776	19,017	9,540	10,096
Government	20,661	21,150	15,554	15,863	3,221	3,397	1,075	1,078
Private industries	120,333	125,664	92,961	96,417	14,555	15,620	8,465	9,018
Private households	659	655	537	526	53	64	33	30
Other industries	119,674	125,010	92,424	95,892	14,502	15,556	8,432	8,988
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	9,230	9,129	7,613	7,477	877	841	443	490
Unpaid family workers	67	58	57	49	3	1	5	5

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)
Full-time workers	127,159	132,245	98,237	101,397	15,898	17,060	8,547	9,109
Part-time workers	25,421	26,046	20,054	20,511	2,828	2,877	1,469	1,507
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated. (2) Employed persons are classified as full- or part-time workers based on their usual weekly hours at all jobs regardless of the number of hours they are at work during the reference week. Persons absent from work also are classified according to their usual status. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 25, 2023