HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age (In thousands) Total Men Women Occupation 16 years 16 years 20 years 16 years 20 years and over and over and over and over and over 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 Total......................................... 145,362 139,877 77,486 73,670 74,750 71,341 67,876 66,208 65,039 63,699 Management, professional, and related occupations... 52,761 52,219 25,948 25,385 25,807 25,255 26,813 26,833 26,637 26,660 Management, business, and financial operations occupations...................................... 22,059 21,529 12,647 12,330 12,618 12,296 9,412 9,199 9,388 9,175 Management occupations.......................... 15,852 15,447 9,925 9,674 9,903 9,647 5,926 5,773 5,907 5,757 Business and financial operations occupations... 6,207 6,082 2,721 2,655 2,715 2,648 3,486 3,426 3,481 3,418 Professional and related occupations.............. 30,702 30,690 13,301 13,056 13,189 12,960 17,401 17,634 17,249 17,485 Computer and mathematical occupations........... 3,676 3,481 2,765 2,618 2,752 2,606 911 863 907 859 Architecture and engineering occupations........ 2,931 2,740 2,536 2,363 2,527 2,359 395 377 393 376 Life, physical, and social science occupations.. 1,307 1,328 704 707 702 704 603 621 598 619 Community and social services occupations....... 2,293 2,341 909 868 903 859 1,383 1,474 1,374 1,461 Legal occupations............................... 1,671 1,710 803 859 801 859 867 851 866 848 Education, training, and library occupations.... 8,605 8,627 2,234 2,221 2,205 2,195 6,371 6,407 6,301 6,337 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.................................... 2,820 2,724 1,471 1,453 1,434 1,418 1,349 1,271 1,313 1,237 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations.................................... 7,399 7,738 1,878 1,968 1,865 1,959 5,521 5,770 5,497 5,748 Service occupations................................. 24,451 24,598 10,471 10,521 9,463 9,623 13,980 14,077 12,734 12,970 Healthcare support occupations.................... 3,212 3,309 359 350 343 339 2,853 2,959 2,775 2,887 Protective service occupations.................... 3,047 3,164 2,352 2,457 2,292 2,397 695 707 650 649 Food preparation and serving related occupations.. 7,824 7,733 3,443 3,422 2,773 2,843 4,381 4,310 3,567 3,594 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...................................... 5,445 5,349 3,254 3,186 3,077 3,037 2,192 2,163 2,130 2,099 Personal care and service occupations............. 4,923 5,043 1,064 1,106 979 1,007 3,859 3,937 3,611 3,741 Sales and office occupations........................ 35,544 33,787 13,067 12,498 12,317 11,878 22,477 21,289 21,199 20,193 Sales and related occupations..................... 16,295 15,641 8,221 7,880 7,781 7,492 8,073 7,761 7,200 6,998 Office and administrative support occupations..... 19,249 18,146 4,845 4,618 4,536 4,385 14,404 13,527 13,999 13,195 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations..................................... . 14,806 13,323 14,181 12,735 13,806 12,427 626 587 590 559 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........ 988 926 780 736 688 651 208 190 181 170 Construction and extraction occupations........... 8,667 7,439 8,448 7,248 8,267 7,109 219 191 213 187 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,152 4,957 4,953 4,751 4,851 4,668 199 206 196 202 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... ............................. 17,800 15,951 13,820 12,530 13,357 12,158 3,980 3,421 3,879 3,316 Production occupations............................ 8,973 7,654 6,313 5,502 6,172 5,411 2,661 2,152 2,615 2,109 Transportation and material moving occupations.... 8,827 8,297 7,507 7,028 7,186 6,746 1,319 1,269 1,265 1,208 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.