2017 Annual Averages ‐ Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full‐ or part‐time status, and race : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017
Total, 16 years and over	151,436	153,337	119,313	120,176	17,982	18,587	9,213	9,448
Men	80,568	81,402	64,612	65,000	8,471	8,742	4,915	4,989
Women	70,868	71,936	54,701	55,176	9,511	9,845	4,298	4,458

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	59,438	60,901	47,729	48,748	5,421	5,719	4,820	4,915
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	24,941	25,379	20,664	21,065	2,036	2,075	1,650	1,623
Management occupations	17,418	17,804	14,645	14,953	1,303	1,361	1,067	1,058
Business and financial operations occupations	7,523	7,574	6,019	6,112	733	714	583	565
Professional and related occupations	34,498	35,522	27,066	27,683	3,385	3,644	3,169	3,292
Computer and mathematical occupations	4,601	4,804	3,122	3,258	362	416	978	998
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,106	3,224	2,499	2,556	175	182	359	409
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,367	1,431	1,032	1,093	88	81	219	226
Community and social service occupations	2,612	2,635	1,944	1,925	486	524	90	101
Legal occupations	1,808	1,827	1,590	1,582	114	126	73	78
Education, training, and library occupations	8,948	9,215	7,405	7,553	896	987	425	449
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,097	3,246	2,632	2,722	204	237	170	173
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	8,960	9,141	6,842	6,994	1,060	1,091	856	857
Service occupations	26,811	26,751	19,643	19,428	4,510	4,502	1,485	1,585
Healthcare support occupations	3,554	3,506	2,252	2,301	971	879	196	183
Protective service occupations	3,117	3,113	2,296	2,261	594	638	88	90
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,542	8,305	6,470	6,179	1,175	1,155	495	511
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,804	5,888	4,542	4,560	847	875	167	193
Personal care and service occupations	5,795	5,939	4,084	4,127	923	955	539	607
Sales and office occupations	33,539	33,566	26,411	26,357	4,230	4,348	1,740	1,688
Sales and related occupations	15,848	15,815	12,675	12,640	1,742	1,756	901	883
Office and administrative support occupations	17,691	17,751	13,736	13,717	2,488	2,593	839	805
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,904	14,193	12,097	12,340	1,018	1,042	310	313
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,096	1,184	990	1,058	53	58	19	20
Construction and extraction occupations	7,929	8,031	6,989	7,050	535	554	134	130
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,879	4,977	4,118	4,232	429	430	156	162
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,743	17,927	13,433	13,304	2,803	2,976	858	947
Production occupations	8,459	8,482	6,577	6,514	1,092	1,132	501	523
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,284	9,445	6,855	6,790	1,711	1,844	357	424

CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,583	1,640	1,463	1,487	59	67	19	26
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	853	790	824	758	6	7	9	9
Unpaid family workers	23	24	23	22	1	1	0	0
Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers(1)	140,161	142,096	109,572	110,580	17,268	17,784	8,697	8,942
Government	20,630	20,835	15,851	15,946	3,089	3,200	947	968
Private industries	119,530	121,260	93,720	94,635	14,179	14,583	7,751	7,974
Private households	724	657	609	545	55	67	30	23
Other industries	118,807	120,603	93,111	94,090	14,124	14,516	7,721	7,951
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	8,751	8,736	7,375	7,282	646	727	483	468
Unpaid family workers	65	52	57	47	2	2	4	2

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)
Full-time workers	123,761	125,967	97,211	98,441	14,870	15,434	7,787	8,034
Part-time workers	27,675	27,370	22,102	21,735	3,112	3,153	1,426	1,414
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: January 16, 2019