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Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race

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	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014
Total, 16 years and over	143,929	146,305	115,379	116,788	16,151	16,732	8,136	8,325
Men	76,353	77,692	62,322	63,108	7,497	7,818	4,294	4,403
Women	67,577	68,613	53,057	53,680	8,654	8,915	3,842	3,922

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	54,712	56,050	44,744	45,588	4,641	4,939	4,039	4,218
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	22,794	23,171	19,218	19,518	1,683	1,745	1,383	1,404
Management occupations	16,037	16,199	13,775	13,894	1,047	1,086	860	874
Business and financial operations occupations	6,757	6,972	5,443	5,624	636	659	523	530
Professional and related occupations	31,917	32,879	25,526	26,071	2,959	3,194	2,656	2,815
Computer and mathematical occupations	3,980	4,303	2,821	3,013	329	355	735	828
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,806	2,798	2,280	2,261	153	146	317	328
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,307	1,355	1,040	1,066	74	86	154	167
Community and social service occupations	2,332	2,495	1,758	1,885	433	436	69	84
Legal occupations	1,809	1,814	1,571	1,558	111	136	89	82
Education, training, and library occupations	8,623	8,686	7,221	7,214	810	897	390	379
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,879	2,935	2,451	2,510	186	186	143	147
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	8,182	8,493	6,385	6,564	863	953	760	801
Service occupations	25,929	25,854	19,365	19,256	4,133	4,179	1,392	1,389
Healthcare support occupations	3,537	3,461	2,300	2,276	935	888	168	178
Protective service occupations	3,130	3,140	2,338	2,333	584	619	76	73
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,209	8,112	6,370	6,237	1,002	1,026	470	490
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,661	5,803	4,435	4,530	827	845	194	198
Personal care and service occupations	5,392	5,337	3,921	3,880	786	801	484	449
Sales and office occupations	33,246	33,416	26,719	26,747	3,932	4,003	1,623	1,611
Sales and related occupations	15,444	15,646	12,542	12,682	1,599	1,670	862	836
Office and administrative support occupations	17,802	17,771	14,177	14,065	2,333	2,333	761	775
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,058	13,537	11,420	11,792	917	992	289	278
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	964	1,022	854	912	54	61	18	17
Construction and extraction occupations	7,130	7,637	6,307	6,707	439	523	111	101
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,964	4,879	4,259	4,174	424	408	161	161
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16,984	17,448	13,132	13,405	2,528	2,619	792	828
Production occupations	8,275	8,438	6,474	6,579	1,016	1,059	523	522
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,709	9,010	6,658	6,826	1,512	1,561	269	306

CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,310	1,459	1,194	1,342	53	58	20	17
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	789	756	752	731	5	4	10	4
Unpaid family workers	31	22	30	20	0	0	0	1
Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers(1)	133,111	135,402	106,079	107,360	15,463	16,046	7,633	7,853
Government	20,247	20,135	15,674	15,502	2,991	3,029	885	884
Private industries	112,864	115,267	90,406	91,857	12,472	13,017	6,748	6,968
Private households	723	820	610	677	62	73	25	42
Other industries	112,141	114,446	89,796	91,181	12,410	12,944	6,722	6,927
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	8,619	8,602	7,271	7,287	629	624	465	438
Unpaid family workers	70	64	53	49	2	0	7	12

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)
Full-time workers	116,314	118,718	92,892	94,521	13,199	13,741	6,846	6,969
Part-time workers	27,615	27,587	22,487	22,266	2,952	2,991	1,290	1,355
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: February 12, 2015