2017 Annual Averages ‐ Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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
	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017
Total	151,436	153,337	80,568	81,402	78,084	78,919	70,868	71,936	68,387	69,344

Management, professional, and related occupations	59,438	60,901	28,846	29,488	28,662	29,313	30,593	31,413	30,381	31,153
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	24,941	25,379	14,019	14,207	13,973	14,158	10,922	11,171	10,881	11,117
Management occupations	17,418	17,804	10,611	10,725	10,576	10,689	6,807	7,079	6,777	7,041
Business and financial operations occupations	7,523	7,574	3,408	3,482	3,397	3,469	4,115	4,092	4,103	4,077
Professional and related occupations	34,498	35,522	14,827	15,281	14,689	15,155	19,671	20,241	19,500	20,036
Computer and mathematical occupations	4,601	4,804	3,428	3,578	3,407	3,558	1,173	1,226	1,165	1,218
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,106	3,224	2,665	2,702	2,649	2,696	441	521	439	520
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,367	1,431	765	753	762	752	602	678	599	674
Community and social service occupations	2,612	2,635	901	893	892	881	1,711	1,742	1,701	1,723
Legal occupations	1,808	1,827	871	862	870	861	936	965	934	964
Education, training, and library occupations	8,948	9,215	2,410	2,486	2,373	2,453	6,538	6,729	6,464	6,640
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,097	3,246	1,596	1,723	1,552	1,681	1,502	1,523	1,457	1,467
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	8,960	9,141	2,190	2,285	2,182	2,272	6,769	6,857	6,741	6,831

Service occupations	26,811	26,751	11,625	11,621	10,657	10,678	15,186	15,130	14,084	13,982
Healthcare support occupations	3,554	3,506	438	451	422	438	3,116	3,055	3,050	2,977
Protective service occupations	3,117	3,113	2,423	2,418	2,358	2,364	694	694	645	651
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,542	8,305	3,969	3,840	3,319	3,210	4,573	4,465	3,876	3,750
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,804	5,888	3,478	3,491	3,336	3,346	2,326	2,397	2,266	2,342
Personal care and service occupations	5,795	5,939	1,318	1,421	1,223	1,320	4,477	4,518	4,247	4,263

Sales and office occupations	33,539	33,566	13,023	12,973	12,358	12,301	20,516	20,593	19,499	19,550
Sales and related occupations	15,848	15,815	8,088	8,045	7,673	7,621	7,761	7,770	7,045	7,027
Office and administrative support occupations	17,691	17,751	4,936	4,929	4,685	4,680	12,755	12,823	12,454	12,523

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,904	14,193	13,247	13,473	12,959	13,168	657	720	628	688
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,096	1,184	852	907	795	847	244	278	224	257
Construction and extraction occupations	7,929	8,031	7,693	7,788	7,548	7,618	236	243	230	237
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,879	4,977	4,703	4,778	4,617	4,703	177	200	174	194

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,743	17,927	13,826	13,846	13,448	13,459	3,916	4,080	3,795	3,970
Production occupations	8,459	8,482	6,073	6,031	5,964	5,919	2,385	2,450	2,333	2,408
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,284	9,445	7,753	7,815	7,484	7,540	1,531	1,630	1,462	1,563
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 16, 2019