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Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age
[In thousands]
Occupation	Total		Men				Women
	16 years and over		16 years and over		20 years and over		16 years and over		20 years and over
	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012
Total	139,869	142,469	74,290	75,555	72,182	73,403	65,579	66,914	63,360	64,640

Management, professional, and related occupations	52,547	54,043	25,552	26,208	25,415	26,071	26,995	27,834	26,841	27,633
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	21,589	22,678	12,275	12,779	12,244	12,749	9,314	9,899	9,289	9,862
Management occupations	15,250	16,042	9,439	9,849	9,415	9,823	5,812	6,194	5,794	6,167
Business and financial operations occupations	6,339	6,636	2,837	2,931	2,829	2,926	3,503	3,705	3,495	3,695
Professional and related occupations	30,957	31,365	13,277	13,429	13,171	13,321	17,681	17,936	17,552	17,771
Computer and mathematical occupations	3,608	3,816	2,705	2,841	2,694	2,834	903	976	901	972
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,785	2,846	2,406	2,457	2,401	2,449	379	390	376	387
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,303	1,316	687	720	684	719	616	596	615	590
Community and social service occupations	2,352	2,265	835	819	828	812	1,518	1,446	1,509	1,438
Legal occupations	1,770	1,786	889	885	887	884	881	901	879	898
Education, training, and library occupations	8,619	8,543	2,274	2,253	2,236	2,219	6,345	6,290	6,291	6,210
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,779	2,814	1,499	1,456	1,468	1,419	1,281	1,358	1,244	1,317
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	7,740	7,977	1,982	1,998	1,973	1,987	5,758	5,979	5,739	5,959

Service occupations	24,787	25,459	10,929	11,135	10,115	10,295	13,858	14,324	12,842	13,353
Healthcare support occupations	3,359	3,496	413	434	397	420	2,945	3,062	2,881	3,006
Protective service occupations	3,210	3,096	2,546	2,449	2,501	2,397	664	647	618	606
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,747	8,018	3,534	3,648	2,987	3,111	4,213	4,370	3,571	3,765
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,492	5,591	3,359	3,430	3,232	3,286	2,133	2,160	2,086	2,109
Personal care and service occupations	4,979	5,258	1,077	1,173	998	1,080	3,902	4,085	3,686	3,866

Sales and office occupations	33,066	33,152	12,450	12,653	11,902	12,088	20,616	20,500	19,682	19,530
Sales and related occupations	15,330	15,457	7,733	7,922	7,401	7,565	7,597	7,535	6,936	6,841
Office and administrative support occupations	17,736	17,695	4,717	4,730	4,501	4,523	13,019	12,965	12,747	12,689

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,009	12,821	12,457	12,266	12,201	12,001	552	554	529	525
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,001	994	785	768	702	702	216	226	199	204
Construction and extraction occupations	7,125	7,005	6,962	6,832	6,846	6,707	163	173	160	166
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,883	4,821	4,710	4,666	4,654	4,592	173	156	170	155

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16,461	16,994	12,902	13,294	12,548	12,949	3,558	3,701	3,465	3,599
Production occupations	8,142	8,455	5,826	6,109	5,725	6,005	2,316	2,346	2,276	2,303
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,318	8,540	7,076	7,185	6,823	6,944	1,242	1,355	1,190	1,296
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 5, 2013