2019 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	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019
Total, 16 years and over	155,761	157,538	121,461	122,441	19,091	19,381	9,832	10,179
Men	82,698	83,460	65,702	66,100	9,018	9,145	5,188	5,353
Women	73,063	74,078	55,759	56,341	10,073	10,236	4,644	4,826

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	62,436	64,218	49,555	50,706	5,982	6,186	5,283	5,604
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	25,850	26,981	21,309	22,140	2,127	2,269	1,770	1,878
Management occupations	18,263	18,985	15,329	15,867	1,382	1,474	1,082	1,156
Business and financial operations occupations	7,587	7,996	5,980	6,273	745	795	688	722
Professional and related occupations	36,586	37,237	28,246	28,567	3,854	3,917	3,513	3,725
Computer and mathematical occupations	5,126	5,352	3,436	3,517	431	465	1,129	1,238
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,263	3,305	2,588	2,563	211	224	389	439
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,529	1,485	1,194	1,142	108	93	195	214
Community and social service occupations	2,680	2,717	1,925	1,981	546	547	105	97
Legal occupations	1,891	1,955	1,620	1,622	139	162	88	120
Education, training, and library occupations	9,313	9,455	7,588	7,729	987	963	487	498
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,362	3,285	2,812	2,719	247	253	186	193
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,420	9,684	7,083	7,295	1,183	1,209	934	926
Service occupations	26,854	26,978	19,344	19,482	4,652	4,621	1,627	1,603
Healthcare support occupations	3,629	3,758	2,333	2,411	952	1,002	208	192
Protective service occupations	3,203	3,128	2,353	2,311	645	634	77	69
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,220	8,378	6,014	6,172	1,214	1,167	535	577
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,854	5,746	4,526	4,444	869	856	181	165
Personal care and service occupations	5,947	5,968	4,118	4,144	972	962	626	600
Sales and office occupations	33,461	33,370	26,291	26,059	4,281	4,324	1,652	1,731
Sales and related occupations	15,806	15,582	12,677	12,436	1,738	1,744	843	835
Office and administrative support occupations	17,655	17,789	13,614	13,623	2,543	2,580	809	896
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,471	14,343	12,481	12,367	1,106	1,100	322	316
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,121	1,156	1,007	1,032	42	51	25	21
Construction and extraction occupations	8,338	8,325	7,294	7,251	590	604	134	133
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,012	4,862	4,180	4,084	473	445	163	162
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18,539	18,628	13,790	13,827	3,070	3,149	949	926
Production occupations	8,621	8,565	6,604	6,558	1,167	1,139	501	516
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,918	10,063	7,186	7,268	1,903	2,010	447	409

CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,632	1,658	1,487	1,520	56	44	29	33
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	766	741	738	708	5	10	9	7
Unpaid family workers	27	26	26	26	0	0	0	0
Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers(1)	144,326	146,262	111,764	112,809	18,287	18,606	9,273	9,675
Government	20,942	20,976	15,957	15,950	3,251	3,249	985	1,050
Private industries	123,384	125,285	95,807	96,860	15,037	15,357	8,288	8,625
Private households	777	821	647	655	73	103	23	30
Other industries	122,607	124,465	95,160	96,204	14,964	15,254	8,264	8,594
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	8,941	8,799	7,392	7,340	742	716	508	457
Unpaid family workers	69	53	54	37	0	5	12	8

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)
Full-time workers	128,572	130,597	99,840	101,064	16,053	16,448	8,394	8,696
Part-time workers	27,189	26,941	21,621	21,377	3,039	2,933	1,438	1,483
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 22, 2020