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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age [In thousands]
OccupationTotalMenWomen
16 years
and over		16 years
and over		20 years
and over		16 years
and over		20 years
and over
2019202020192020201920202019202020192020

Total

157,538147,79583,46078,56080,91776,22774,07869,23471,47066,873

Management, professional, and related occupations

64,21863,64430,95030,73430,77530,57733,26732,91033,01532,684

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

26,98127,14315,07215,02815,03014,97511,90912,11411,87012,079

Management occupations

18,98518,56411,39411,07211,36411,0327,5917,4937,5597,473

Business and financial operations occupations

7,9968,5783,6783,9573,6663,9434,3184,6224,3114,606

Professional and related occupations

37,23736,50215,87915,70615,74515,60221,35820,79621,14620,605

Computer and mathematical occupations

5,3525,6033,9734,1933,9564,1781,3791,4101,3701,401

Architecture and engineering occupations

3,3053,1692,7852,6482,7742,635520522518520

Life, physical, and social science occupations

1,4851,627752824747823733803729798

Community and social service occupations

2,7172,7178848478778401,8331,8711,8191,862

Legal occupations

1,9551,8829259059229051,0309771,028975

Education, training, and library occupations

9,4558,9022,5002,3552,4662,3306,9556,5476,8636,461

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

3,2853,0421,6761,4821,6271,4571,6091,5601,5571,520

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

9,6849,5592,3842,4522,3752,4337,3007,1077,2617,068

Service occupations

26,97822,85311,4459,82010,4819,01715,53413,03314,37112,023

Healthcare support occupations

3,7584,7904917034766833,2674,0873,1783,983

Protective service occupations

3,1283,0242,4372,3102,3812,273692714651671

Food preparation and serving related occupations

8,3786,5563,8082,9893,1642,4254,5693,5663,8352,900

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

5,7465,0843,3323,0363,1842,9082,4132,0482,3571,998

Personal care and service occupations

5,9683,3991,3767811,2757284,5922,6184,3502,470

Sales and office occupations

33,37029,72613,14811,50612,47911,00820,22218,22119,17517,292

Sales and related occupations

15,58214,1687,9797,2617,5906,9257,6026,9076,8926,245

Office and administrative support occupations

17,78915,5585,1694,2444,8894,08312,62011,31412,28311,047

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

14,34313,35713,56912,60713,25812,286774750749729

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

1,1561,045865793807726291252274240

Construction and extraction occupations

8,3257,7108,0337,4027,8677,233292308287302

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

4,8624,6024,6714,4114,5844,327191190188187

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

18,62818,21514,34813,89413,92513,3394,2814,3214,1604,145

Production occupations

8,5657,5906,1155,4435,9925,3312,4502,1472,4032,102

Transportation and material moving occupations

10,06310,6258,2338,4517,9338,0081,8312,1741,7572,042

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

 

Last Modified Date: January 22, 2021