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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[In thousands]
Occupation 2011
Total
employed
Percent of total employed
Women Black or
African
American
Asian Hispanic
or Latino

Total, 16 years and over

139,869 46.9 10.8 4.9 14.5

Management, professional, and related occupations

52,547 51.4 8.4 6.1 7.5

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

21,589 43.1 7.3 5.1 7.7

Management occupations

15,250 38.1 6.3 4.6 7.7

Chief executives

1,515 24.2 2.7 3.0 4.1

General and operations managers

978 30.4 6.6 2.7 7.6

Legislators

16 - - - -

Advertising and promotions managers

87 50.5 1.6 1.5 5.6

Marketing and sales managers

1,009 45.8 5.6 5.6 6.6

Public relations and fundraising managers

63 52.4 2.8 0.4 3.1

Administrative services managers

128 39.5 6.9 2.2 7.3

Computer and information systems managers

553 25.3 5.7 12.9 3.8

Financial managers

1,107 54.2 6.5 5.8 8.7

Compensation and benefits managers

21 - - - -

Human resources managers

243 73.6 11.3 2.1 9.5

Training and development managers

38 - - - -

Industrial production managers

259 16.5 3.9 5.1 8.9

Purchasing managers

204 47.3 8.8 2.1 8.8

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

254 14.1 8.7 3.0 8.9

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

978 23.0 0.9 0.8 4.1

Construction managers

926 6.1 3.0 1.5 9.7

Education administrators

853 65.2 13.3 2.9 6.5

Architectural and engineering managers

106 8.5 1.3 5.9 4.7

Food service managers

1,051 45.7 9.2 9.2 13.9

Funeral service managers

13 - - - -

Gaming managers

23 - - - -

Lodging managers

148 52.4 7.0 13.4 8.1

Medical and health services managers

529 71.4 11.2 5.0 8.4

Natural sciences managers

16 - - - -

Postmasters and mail superintendents

40 - - - -

Property, real estate, and community association managers

587 48.0 8.8 3.1 8.8

Social and community service managers

329 71.3 11.3 2.6 6.9

Emergency management directors

5 - - - -

Managers, all other

3,173 33.9 5.9 5.4 8.6

Business and financial operations occupations

6,339 55.3 9.8 6.6 7.8

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes

48 - - - -

Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products

12 - - - -

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products

170 46.4 4.2 4.7 11.8

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products

259 54.0 8.7 3.5 5.3

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators

296 58.6 16.5 2.3 9.5

Compliance officers

198 43.8 10.9 3.8 9.4

Cost estimators

119 15.0 2.7 2.3 6.0

Human resources workers

595 74.5 15.1 4.4 10.5

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists

65 75.5 10.7 2.3 5.2

Training and development specialists

130 57.2 13.6 4.4 8.5

Logisticians

88 35.6 7.3 1.7 12.3

Management analysts

707 41.9 6.8 8.5 4.5

Meeting, convention, and event planners

109 76.2 11.6 2.0 12.4

Fundraisers

78 72.0 3.9 3.0 3.7

Market research analysts and marketing specialists

205 57.5 5.2 7.3 6.3

Business operations specialists, all other

281 66.9 12.2 4.5 8.7

Accountants and auditors

1,653 61.3 8.5 10.3 7.6

Appraisers and assessors of real estate

88 34.4 3.7 1.6 0.0

Budget analysts

53 51.8 20.1 8.9 3.6

Credit analysts

24 - - - -

Financial analysts

84 34.8 6.0 13.4 2.7

Personal financial advisors

371 31.2 6.8 5.6 6.7

Insurance underwriters

117 62.7 10.7 3.0 3.0

Financial examiners

8 - - - -

Credit counselors and loan officers

326 53.7 12.1 5.5 11.4

Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents

70 56.2 24.2 8.6 10.8

Tax preparers

110 65.8 9.8 5.8 11.9

Financial specialists, all other

77 61.8 16.4 11.2 7.5

Professional and related occupations

30,957 57.1 9.1 6.8 7.4

Computer and mathematical occupations

3,608 25.0 6.9 16.6 5.7

Computer and information research scientists

20 - - - -

Computer systems analysts

447 33.9 7.1 14.9 4.4

Information security analysts

44 - - - -

Computer programmers

459 20.8 4.3 15.4 5.8

Software developers, applications and systems software

1,044 19.0 4.8 27.1 4.6

Web developers

182 38.6 5.9 11.1 6.9

Computer support specialists

461 26.3 11.8 8.7 7.5

Database administrators

134 37.3 9.2 11.8 9.0

Network and computer systems administrators

233 22.8 6.2 10.0 7.2

Computer network architects

98 11.4 3.1 13.9 7.0

Computer occupations, all other

306 21.7 8.8 11.9 6.5

Actuaries

18 - - - -

Mathematicians

2 - - - -

Operations research analysts

116 45.1 14.5 6.5 4.1

Statisticians

37 - - - -

Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations

6 - - - -

Architecture and engineering occupations

2,785 13.6 5.2 8.8 6.4

Architects, except naval

181 20.7 1.6 5.5 4.1

Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists

42 - - - -

Aerospace engineers

144 12.4 5.7 8.0 8.2

Agricultural engineers

1 - - - -

Biomedical engineers

12 - - - -

Chemical engineers

74 22.3 5.5 13.8 5.1

Civil engineers

383 13.1 4.3 7.8 4.7

Computer hardware engineers

77 13.2 3.1 19.1 5.2

Electrical and electronics engineers

309 8.8 4.8 12.0 7.4

Environmental engineers

45 - - - -

Industrial engineers, including health and safety

174 17.8 2.3 7.0 8.6

Marine engineers and naval architects

9 - - - -

Materials engineers

32 - - - -

Mechanical engineers

322 5.5 5.7 12.0 3.9

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

11 - - - -

Nuclear engineers

20 - - - -

Petroleum engineers

25 - - - -

Engineers, all other

337 10.8 5.7 10.5 4.7

Drafters

147 20.8 2.1 3.9 8.4

Engineering technicians, except drafters

376 16.3 11.3 6.7 9.4

Surveying and mapping technicians

62 12.2 1.7 1.9 10.0

Life, physical, and social science occupations

1,303 47.3 7.3 9.8 5.9

Agricultural and food scientists

39 - - - -

Biological scientists

114 48.2 7.7 13.5 6.8

Conservation scientists and foresters

28 - - - -

Medical scientists

156 54.4 5.2 25.1 7.0

Life scientists, all other

0 - - - -

Astronomers and physicists

20 - - - -

Atmospheric and space scientists

7 - - - -

Chemists and materials scientists

88 45.9 9.5 11.5 4.6

Environmental scientists and geoscientists

98 28.9 4.9 0.6 3.0

Physical scientists, all other

152 39.8 6.7 19.9 2.9

Economists

23 - - - -

Survey researchers

3 - - - -

Psychologists

197 71.2 5.1 2.9 5.9

Sociologists

4 - - - -

Urban and regional planners

26 - - - -

Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers

60 55.4 10.7 4.4 9.4

Agricultural and food science technicians

24 - - - -

Biological technicians

21 - - - -

Chemical technicians

77 40.3 9.1 5.1 14.3

Geological and petroleum technicians

10 - - - -

Nuclear technicians

3 - - - -

Social science research assistants

3 - - - -

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians

151 41.9 11.1 9.4 6.5

Community and social service occupations

2,352 64.5 18.1 2.8 10.7

Counselors

732 69.9 18.7 2.8 11.2

Social workers

769 81.6 22.8 2.4 11.2

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists

94 56.8 22.5 0.6 13.5

Social and human service assistants

131 82.4 18.0 2.6 19.0

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including
health educators and community health workers

83 67.5 17.6 2.9 10.9

Clergy

414 17.7 11.3 4.1 6.8

Directors, religious activities and education

44 - - - -

Religious workers, all other

85 67.9 8.5 3.0 8.6

Legal occupations

1,770 49.8 7.3 3.9 5.4

Lawyers

1,085 31.9 5.3 4.2 3.2

Judicial law clerks

5 - - - -

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers

67 44.4 11.5 1.1 8.3

Paralegals and legal assistants

404 84.3 11.0 3.0 8.3

Miscellaneous legal support workers

209 76.7 9.3 4.3 10.5

Education, training, and library occupations

8,619 73.6 9.7 3.5 8.3

Postsecondary teachers

1,355 46.2 7.3 10.1 4.8

Preschool and kindergarten teachers

707 97.7 14.5 2.8 12.7

Elementary and middle school teachers

2,848 81.7 9.8 1.6 8.0

Secondary school teachers

1,136 58.0 7.4 2.1 6.9

Special education teachers

388 85.4 8.0 1.8 6.8

Other teachers and instructors

812 62.6 8.0 3.9 7.3

Archivists, curators, and museum technicians

48 - - - -

Librarians

198 86.2 10.1 2.6 3.9

Library technicians

37 - - - -

Teacher assistants

950 92.2 14.3 2.6 14.9

Other education, training, and library workers

140 71.2 7.7 3.4 9.2

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

2,779 46.1 6.0 3.6 9.1

Artists and related workers

180 48.0 3.8 3.8 2.8

Designers

766 51.3 3.6 3.2 10.5

Actors

28 - - - -

Producers and directors

149 40.7 8.2 3.2 7.3

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers

272 34.5 5.4 2.6 9.7

Dancers and choreographers

20 - - - -

Musicians, singers, and related workers

191 29.8 15.1 1.2 6.6

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other

44 - - - -

Announcers

53 26.9 8.5 1.1 24.8

News analysts, reporters and correspondents

70 34.1 9.3 5.0 11.4

Public relations specialists

158 61.6 6.3 2.7 9.8

Editors

166 54.2 4.6 3.8 3.4

Technical writers

60 60.2 4.2 4.6 4.1

Writers and authors

218 57.0 4.5 3.1 3.7

Miscellaneous media and communication workers

89 64.9 7.9 12.5 30.6

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators

106 9.9 9.1 6.0 10.2

Photographers

148 51.3 3.5 2.8 9.6

Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors

57 19.9 8.6 5.7 4.5

Media and communication equipment workers, all other

3 - - - -

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

7,740 74.4 10.0 7.8 6.7

Chiropractors

56 24.5 1.1 7.9 1.3

Dentists

181 22.2 1.0 11.0 5.8

Dietitians and nutritionists

102 90.6 15.2 4.5 8.4

Optometrists

28 - - - -

Pharmacists

274 55.7 7.1 15.3 4.4

Physicians and surgeons

822 33.8 5.3 16.1 6.6

Physician assistants

82 69.8 9.6 2.7 10.1

Podiatrists

6 - - - -

Audiologists

19 - - - -

Occupational therapists

112 92.0 2.7 7.6 4.6

Physical therapists

222 67.8 5.2 8.9 5.0

Radiation therapists

14 - - - -

Recreational therapists

14 - - - -

Respiratory therapists

134 62.0 8.1 5.6 8.5

Speech-language pathologists

125 95.6 1.5 1.5 6.4

Exercise physiologists

2 - - - -

Therapists, all other

138 79.9 8.0 3.2 6.0

Veterinarians

71 56.4 1.6 4.0 5.0

Registered nurses

2,706 91.1 10.4 7.3 5.1

Nurse anesthetists

33 - - - -

Nurse midwives

5 - - - -

Nurse practitioners

100 90.6 7.3 2.4 8.6

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other

26 - - - -

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians

321 73.6 15.3 8.9 9.4

Dental hygienists

148 97.5 0.5 5.5 7.2

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians

342 73.0 9.0 4.0 7.2

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics

185 36.0 4.5 0.9 6.4

Health practitioner support technologists and technicians

511 78.6 15.1 5.6 11.0

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

560 90.5 23.7 3.9 8.3

Medical records and health information technicians

116 89.7 10.6 9.5 19.6

Opticians, dispensing

51 64.3 9.4 1.8 4.8

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians

167 65.7 16.7 11.8 9.7

Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

70 39.5 9.4 5.1 5.6

Service occupations

24,787 55.9 15.4 4.9 21.0

Healthcare support occupations

3,359 87.7 24.6 4.3 13.9

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides

1,981 87.8 33.1 4.3 13.3

Occupational therapy assistants and aides

17 - - - -

Physical therapist assistants and aides

75 60.8 10.4 3.5 9.7

Massage therapists

146 86.5 5.5 5.5 7.0

Dental assistants

307 97.9 8.3 5.1 16.3

Medical assistants

395 93.4 14.3 5.2 20.2

Medical transcriptionists

74 95.4 0.3 0.0 2.1

Pharmacy aides

48 - - - -

Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers

38 - - - -

Phlebotomists

119 81.8 26.7 4.9 13.7

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical equipment preparers

158 74.0 24.3 2.8 13.3

Protective service occupations

3,210 20.7 17.4 2.1 12.6

First-line supervisors of correctional officers

42 - - - -

First-line supervisors of police and detectives

107 17.5 9.3 4.0 6.7

First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers

44 - - - -

First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other

111 24.2 17.6 1.1 11.5

Firefighters

305 4.5 2.9 0.6 10.0

Fire inspectors

20 - - - -

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers

446 27.9 25.1 1.9 13.0

Detectives and criminal investigators

151 16.7 8.9 1.2 14.9

Fish and game wardens

6 - - - -

Parking enforcement workers

7 - - - -

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

668 12.0 11.5 2.0 12.7

Transit and railroad police

8 - - - -

Animal control workers

6 - - - -

Private detectives and investigators

92 35.3 8.3 1.2 11.5

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers

963 19.2 27.2 3.6 15.4

Crossing guards

59 64.3 19.7 0.0 5.5

Transportation security screeners

27 - - - -

Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service workers

146 58.1 6.2 0.3 6.3

Food preparation and serving related occupations

7,747 54.4 12.6 5.9 21.8

Chefs and head cooks

347 18.7 9.1 15.3 18.0

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

505 59.1 18.2 3.2 15.1

Cooks

1,990 39.2 17.9 5.9 30.4

Food preparation workers

784 58.0 14.4 5.7 23.0

Bartenders

392 55.7 5.1 2.1 10.1

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food

326 66.0 16.3 3.7 15.4

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop

255 68.3 9.1 3.5 16.9

Waiters and waitresses

2,059 69.5 7.8 6.6 17.1

Food servers, nonrestaurant

181 67.7 21.0 6.1 17.1

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers

347 46.8 9.8 4.9 31.5

Dishwashers

273 19.9 11.9 7.4 34.4

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop

286 83.0 6.9 3.3 16.4

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other

4 - - - -

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

5,492 38.8 13.7 3.1 34.8

First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers

292 41.0 17.3 3.5 16.0

First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

274 9.9 4.9 1.4 19.1

Janitors and building cleaners

2,186 30.3 16.6 3.1 30.4

Maids and housekeeping cleaners

1,419 88.6 16.5 4.5 39.9

Pest control workers

75 3.7 7.0 0.0 20.3

Grounds maintenance workers

1,247 5.2 7.1 1.8 45.2

Personal care and service occupations

4,979 78.4 14.1 7.6 14.7

First-line supervisors of gaming workers

120 46.4 3.7 9.1 8.4

First-line supervisors of personal service workers

192 73.5 9.9 13.8 11.0

Animal trainers

49 - - - -

Nonfarm animal caretakers

179 75.9 2.7 1.4 11.0

Gaming services workers

113 44.9 5.6 23.3 16.4

Motion picture projectionists

8 - - - -

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers

46 - - - -

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers

182 51.7 13.9 3.8 11.3

Embalmers and funeral attendants

8 - - - -

Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors

23 - - - -

Barbers

89 24.0 27.7 2.6 17.6

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists

758 93.0 11.6 4.1 12.8

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers

251 84.1 5.9 55.1 5.3

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges

81 14.0 20.7 9.1 28.4

Tour and travel guides

38 - - - -

Childcare workers

1,231 94.5 15.0 3.4 18.1

Personal care aides

1,057 85.6 21.9 5.8 19.3

Recreation and fitness workers

390 64.1 10.5 3.4 7.2

Residential advisors

59 58.3 22.4 5.1 5.4

Personal care and service workers, all other

105 48.2 8.1 2.3 11.5

Sales and office occupations

33,066 62.3 11.3 4.4 13.2

Sales and related occupations

15,330 49.6 9.8 4.9 12.6

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

3,217 43.5 8.8 5.4 10.9

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

1,088 26.7 5.8 4.9 10.1

Cashiers

3,158 73.6 15.6 6.5 18.1

Counter and rental clerks

139 48.6 10.2 8.6 13.0

Parts salespersons

131 15.5 6.5 0.3 10.3

Retail salespersons

3,224 51.2 11.5 4.4 14.3

Advertising sales agents

254 55.6 10.8 1.6 8.8

Insurance sales agents

531 47.3 8.2 3.2 9.1

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents

267 29.9 4.7 6.5 5.6

Travel agents

69 79.4 5.9 5.3 9.5

Sales representatives, services, all other

503 31.2 7.6 4.6 10.9

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing

1,297 25.9 2.9 3.4 7.9

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters

78 79.2 13.0 0.2 14.6

Real estate brokers and sales agents

811 56.8 4.6 4.2 8.8

Sales engineers

30 - - - -

Telemarketers

108 59.4 14.9 1.2 17.4

Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers

201 59.2 12.6 3.0 17.8

Sales and related workers, all other

226 50.7 8.5 3.3 10.0

Office and administrative support occupations

17,736 73.4 12.6 4.1 13.7

First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

1,423 68.2 9.6 3.7 11.7

Switchboard operators, including answering service

39 - - - -

Telephone operators

40 - - - -

Communications equipment operators, all other

7 - - - -

Bill and account collectors

211 70.6 17.3 3.8 18.4

Billing and posting clerks

471 90.1 12.3 4.5 15.2

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

1,300 89.9 7.7 4.1 8.4

Gaming cage workers

5 - - - -

Payroll and timekeeping clerks

168 89.3 14.2 3.7 12.0

Procurement clerks

26 - - - -

Tellers

413 85.3 8.7 3.9 14.8

Financial clerks, all other

64 77.1 10.4 14.1 14.9

Brokerage clerks

11 - - - -

Correspondence clerks

12 - - - -

Court, municipal, and license clerks

86 79.5 16.6 3.5 7.3

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks

45 - - - -

Customer service representatives

1,916 66.5 15.7 4.5 16.9

Eligibility interviewers, government programs

85 84.2 22.4 3.3 19.7

File clerks

334 83.9 13.7 6.4 15.3

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks

135 64.4 19.6 7.8 16.9

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan

153 84.4 17.2 4.5 18.3

Library assistants, clerical

113 81.6 8.6 5.2 8.5

Loan interviewers and clerks

117 82.7 11.9 4.2 10.4

New accounts clerks

33 - - - -

Order clerks

113 67.1 5.9 5.4 11.5

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping

40 - - - -

Receptionists and information clerks

1,259 92.1 11.3 3.9 17.0

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks

99 59.5 23.2 5.8 8.8

Information and record clerks, all other

118 83.6 15.2 2.1 11.5

Cargo and freight agents

8 - - - -

Couriers and messengers

249 16.4 16.7 2.5 14.4

Dispatchers

239 57.9 17.8 1.9 12.0

Meter readers, utilities

28 - - - -

Postal service clerks

146 50.9 26.4 10.9 10.1

Postal service mail carriers

348 36.0 13.7 6.9 10.0

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

60 40.5 30.5 8.9 16.2

Production, planning, and expediting clerks

236 53.5 8.9 2.9 9.5

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

559 28.5 14.2 3.7 24.3

Stock clerks and order fillers

1,503 34.8 15.5 3.4 18.8

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping

70 55.7 17.6 5.0 22.1

Secretaries and administrative assistants

2,871 95.9 8.2 2.6 9.7

Computer operators

126 49.9 11.1 5.9 11.1

Data entry keyers

334 83.2 16.0 4.9 12.6

Word processors and typists

136 88.5 18.8 6.2 10.0

Desktop publishers

2 - - - -

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

246 83.0 17.4 2.1 10.1

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service

93 53.0 18.0 3.3 15.0

Office clerks, general

1,061 85.4 13.5 5.0 15.5

Office machine operators, except computer

45 - - - -

Proofreaders and copy markers

7 - - - -

Statistical assistants

18 - - - -

Office and administrative support workers, all other

513 74.8 14.2 4.0 12.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

13,009 4.2 6.5 2.0 25.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

1,001 21.6 4.3 1.4 43.0

First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers

52 8.4 1.0 0.0 23.2

Agricultural inspectors

22 - - - -

Animal breeders

10 - - - -

Graders and sorters, agricultural products

95 60.2 12.6 3.6 51.5

Miscellaneous agricultural workers

708 19.1 2.8 1.3 49.6

Fishers and related fishing workers

37 - - - -

Hunters and trappers

2 - - - -

Forest and conservation workers

14 - - - -

Logging workers

61 0.9 7.0 0.0 9.1

Construction and extraction occupations

7,125 2.3 5.9 1.5 29.4

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

634 2.2 5.2 0.7 16.5

Boilermakers

19 - - - -

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons

146 0.9 5.0 1.9 39.3

Carpenters

1,330 1.9 5.3 1.6 26.7

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers

189 0.5 6.3 2.4 43.2

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers

70 0.0 9.3 0.6 47.8

Construction laborers

1,253 2.1 7.3 1.8 42.9

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

21 - - - -

Pile-driver operators

1 - - - -

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

369 0.8 5.0 0.2 16.6

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers

150 1.7 2.0 0.6 59.7

Electricians

682 1.5 6.1 2.4 14.0

Glaziers

48 - - - -

Insulation workers

47 - - - -

Painters, construction and maintenance

528 6.8 6.5 2.5 41.8

Paperhangers

8 - - - -

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

519 1.7 6.4 1.4 22.5

Plasterers and stucco masons

24 - - - -

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers

7 - - - -

Roofers

222 1.1 4.9 0.8 47.3

Sheet metal workers

126 2.3 2.2 0.6 18.9

Structural iron and steel workers

66 0.0 4.1 0.0 19.5

Solar photovoltaic installers

5 - - - -

Helpers, construction trades

63 8.0 10.5 2.4 41.1

Construction and building inspectors

75 4.7 5.0 0.2 11.6

Elevator installers and repairers

30 - - - -

Fence erectors

45 - - - -

Hazardous materials removal workers

32 - - - -

Highway maintenance workers

105 2.5 11.0 0.5 13.2

Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators

7 - - - -

Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners

11 - - - -

Miscellaneous construction and related workers

36 - - - -

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining

46 - - - -

Earth drillers, except oil and gas

23 - - - -

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters

9 - - - -

Mining machine operators

78 1.6 3.0 0.0 15.5

Roof bolters, mining

10 - - - -

Roustabouts, oil and gas

17 - - - -

Helpers--extraction workers

8 - - - -

Other extraction workers

68 1.7 1.1 1.9 36.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

4,883 3.5 7.9 2.9 15.8

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

313 6.8 6.4 0.9 9.7

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers

305 9.0 11.0 6.3 9.9

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers

150 7.7 10.1 3.2 10.6

Avionics technicians

16 - - - -

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers

35 - - - -

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment

6 - - - -

Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility

14 - - - -

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles

20 - - - -

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers

38 - - - -

Security and fire alarm systems installers

53 0.0 6.3 1.0 17.8

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

164 3.1 8.9 3.1 17.2

Automotive body and related repairers

140 1.2 6.9 2.9 18.1

Automotive glass installers and repairers

17 - - - -

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

855 1.4 7.8 4.2 19.7

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

312 0.7 4.0 2.5 15.1

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics

199 1.3 5.0 1.2 11.1

Small engine mechanics

52 0.3 6.4 0.1 8.6

Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers

95 1.6 6.3 0.1 21.0

Control and valve installers and repairers

24 - - - -

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

338 0.8 5.8 1.9 16.9

Home appliance repairers

43 - - - -

Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics

433 2.5 7.1 3.8 15.2

Maintenance and repair workers, general

422 3.2 12.2 1.9 17.4

Maintenance workers, machinery

38 - - - -

Millwrights

58 2.0 4.7 0.8 3.0

Electrical power-line installers and repairers

124 0.2 8.6 0.4 11.5

Telecommunications line installers and repairers

201 4.3 12.2 1.1 17.3

Precision instrument and equipment repairers

76 16.2 5.0 2.7 21.6

Wind turbine service technicians

2 - - - -

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers

46 - - - -

Commercial divers

0 - - - -

Locksmiths and safe repairers

28 - - - -

Manufactured building and mobile home installers

7 - - - -

Riggers

14 - - - -

Signal and track switch repairers

5 - - - -

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers

24 - - - -

Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers

215 7.8 9.2 3.0 23.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

16,461 21.6 13.7 4.3 21.0

Production occupations

8,142 28.4 11.0 5.9 21.6

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

727 18.6 7.7 5.6 12.7

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers

20 - - - -

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers

156 51.9 13.5 21.5 20.4

Engine and other machine assemblers

34 - - - -

Structural metal fabricators and fitters

32 - - - -

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

860 38.2 16.3 7.5 20.3

Bakers

207 55.0 13.3 5.0 32.9

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers

342 26.6 17.2 10.6 38.0

Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders

12 - - - -

Food batchmakers

90 53.3 15.3 4.3 29.3

Food cooking machine operators and tenders

24 - - - -

Food processing workers, all other

115 29.9 14.2 2.5 39.8

Computer control programmers and operators

72 5.5 4.5 6.0 12.9

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

13 - - - -

Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

6 - - - -

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

8 - - - -

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

100 14.8 10.7 3.3 18.2

Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

5 - - - -

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators,
and tenders, metal and plastic

65 6.7 10.0 0.2 29.6

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

15 - - - -

Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

4 - - - -

Machinists

419 4.4 3.7 4.2 14.1

Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters

16 - - - -

Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic

7 - - - -

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

45 - - - -

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

5 - - - -

Tool and die makers

66 2.3 3.7 0.6 9.4

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

505 7.8 7.6 3.8 20.9

Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

4 - - - -

Layout workers, metal and plastic

6 - - - -

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

15 - - - -

Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners

7 - - - -

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other

368 22.0 10.3 7.2 24.3

Prepress technicians and workers

41 - - - -

Printing press operators

217 18.7 12.0 2.2 16.9

Print binding and finishing workers

16 - - - -

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers

174 60.7 15.2 10.4 33.8

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials

48 - - - -

Sewing machine operators

169 78.5 9.7 12.0 36.9

Shoe and leather workers and repairers

11 - - - -

Shoe machine operators and tenders

8 - - - -

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers

94 74.9 4.2 10.7 27.5

Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders

1 - - - -

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders

5 - - - -

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders

14 - - - -

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders

16 - - - -

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers

1 - - - -

Fabric and apparel patternmakers

5 - - - -

Upholsterers

47 - - - -

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other

22 - - - -

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters

66 2.3 0.3 1.5 8.0

Furniture finishers

17 - - - -

Model makers and patternmakers, wood

1 - - - -

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood

32 - - - -

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing

20 - - - -

Woodworkers, all other

21 - - - -

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers

50 1.8 5.9 2.0 6.5

Stationary engineers and boiler operators

95 2.2 13.5 3.4 17.4

Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

71 5.2 11.1 0.8 10.8

Miscellaneous plant and system operators

39 - - - -

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders

65 16.4 9.8 2.4 11.3

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers

94 13.5 8.1 3.9 21.0

Cutting workers

84 22.5 9.8 1.2 28.5

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders

34 - - - -

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders

11 - - - -

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

647 34.9 8.1 6.0 16.4

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers

41 - - - -

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians

87 53.1 7.3 9.8 13.0

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

288 50.6 13.3 5.6 40.9

Painting workers

120 13.4 10.8 3.1 23.1

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators

43 - - - -

Semiconductor processors

3 - - - -

Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders

9 - - - -

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders

11 - - - -

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders

3 - - - -

Etchers and engravers

10 - - - -

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic

37 - - - -

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

37 - - - -

Tire builders

20 - - - -

Helpers--production workers

54 25.6 11.2 3.4 30.6

Production workers, all other

777 26.2 14.7 5.3 21.5

Transportation and material moving occupations

8,318 14.9 16.3 2.7 20.3

Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

228 22.1 16.5 2.3 13.7

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

121 4.3 2.9 2.4 3.9

Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists

43 - - - -

Flight attendants

88 77.4 9.3 3.2 10.4

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians

13 - - - -

Bus drivers

573 43.4 24.6 1.6 12.7

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

3,059 4.8 13.7 1.6 17.6

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs

342 12.5 26.7 15.6 16.0

Motor vehicle operators, all other

62 5.6 13.5 3.4 21.2

Locomotive engineers and operators

45 - - - -

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators

5 - - - -

Railroad conductors and yardmasters

52 6.6 27.2 2.7 4.7

Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers

11 - - - -

Sailors and marine oilers

22 - - - -

Ship and boat captains and operators

37 - - - -

Ship engineers

8 - - - -

Bridge and lock tenders

6 - - - -

Parking lot attendants

73 13.2 26.6 4.1 28.7

Automotive and watercraft service attendants

76 10.6 7.1 2.3 17.1

Transportation inspectors

32 - - - -

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants

32 - - - -

Other transportation workers

16 - - - -

Conveyor operators and tenders

5 - - - -

Crane and tower operators

63 0.4 13.7 1.9 21.8

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators

51 0.7 0.0 0.0 17.2

Hoist and winch operators

4 - - - -

Industrial truck and tractor operators

528 6.7 22.7 1.3 27.9

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment

331 12.0 14.2 1.3 33.4

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

1,787 16.9 17.4 3.1 21.8

Machine feeders and offbearers

36 - - - -

Packers and packagers, hand

393 53.5 14.1 3.6 45.8

Pumping station operators

21 - - - -

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

92 7.7 17.1 0.7 30.0

Mine shuttle car operators

1 - - - -

Tank car, truck, and ship loaders

3 - - - -

Material moving workers, all other

62 10.3 16.4 0.4 24.0

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000). Effective with January 2011 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2010 Census occupational classification system into the Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification system is derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2011 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2012