Persons at work by occupation, sex, and usual full‐ or part‐time status : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
23. Persons at work by occupation, sex, and usual full- or part-time status [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and sex	2021
	Total at work	Worked 1 to 34 hours				Worked 35 hours or more	Average hours
		Total	For economic reasons	For noneconomic reasons			Total at work	Persons who usually work full time
		Total	For economic reasons	Usually work full time	Usually work part time		Total at work	Persons who usually work full time
Total, 16 years and over	146,758	32,673	4,914	8,032	19,728	114,085	38.7	42.1
Management, professional, and related occupations	62,239	10,651	1,099	3,673	5,879	51,588	40.3	42.6
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	27,042	3,708	386	1,549	1,772	23,334	41.9	43.7
Professional and related occupations	35,197	6,943	712	2,124	4,107	28,254	39.0	41.8
Service occupations	23,398	8,646	1,519	1,139	5,988	14,752	34.8	41.1
Sales and office occupations	29,135	7,661	992	1,534	5,136	21,474	37.2	41.4
Sales and related occupations	13,846	3,900	579	594	2,727	9,946	37.5	42.5
Office and administrative support occupations	15,289	3,761	413	940	2,408	11,528	36.9	40.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	13,467	2,053	568	780	706	11,414	40.5	42.1
Construction and extraction occupations	7,749	1,278	422	495	360	6,471	40.0	41.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,694	558	105	240	213	4,137	41.4	42.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18,519	3,662	736	907	2,019	14,857	39.6	42.5
Production occupations	7,664	1,040	207	382	451	6,625	40.7	42.3
Transportation and material moving occupations	10,855	2,623	529	525	1,568	8,232	38.8	42.7

Men, 16 years and over	78,210	13,445	2,543	3,996	6,906	64,765	40.6	43.0
Management, professional, and related occupations	30,183	3,950	503	1,645	1,802	26,233	42.0	43.7
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	14,811	1,683	219	758	706	13,129	43.4	44.7
Professional and related occupations	15,372	2,267	284	887	1,096	13,105	40.8	42.7
Service occupations	9,972	2,918	616	469	1,833	7,054	37.1	42.1
Sales and office occupations	11,269	2,281	360	503	1,417	8,988	39.5	42.9
Sales and related occupations	7,016	1,356	219	279	858	5,661	40.3	43.6
Office and administrative support occupations	4,253	925	141	224	560	3,328	38.2	41.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	12,728	1,868	531	733	603	10,860	40.7	42.1
Construction and extraction occupations	7,457	1,206	404	473	329	6,251	40.1	41.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,492	526	99	230	197	3,966	41.5	42.7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	14,057	2,429	533	646	1,250	11,629	40.6	43.0
Production occupations	5,523	608	134	258	216	4,915	41.7	42.8
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,534	1,820	399	387	1,034	6,714	39.9	43.2

Women, 16 years and over	68,548	19,228	2,371	4,036	12,822	49,320	36.6	41.0
Management, professional, and related occupations	32,056	6,701	595	2,028	4,077	25,355	38.6	41.5
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	12,231	2,025	167	791	1,066	10,205	40.1	42.3
Professional and related occupations	19,825	4,676	428	1,237	3,011	15,150	37.6	41.0
Service occupations	13,426	5,728	904	670	4,154	7,698	33.0	40.2
Sales and office occupations	17,866	5,380	631	1,030	3,718	12,485	35.7	40.4
Sales and related occupations	6,830	2,545	360	315	1,870	4,285	34.6	41.1
Office and administrative support occupations	11,036	2,836	271	716	1,849	8,200	36.4	40.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	739	186	37	46	103	554	37.7	41.3
Construction and extraction occupations	291	71	18	23	31	220	38.6	41.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	203	32	6	10	16	171	38.8	40.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	4,462	1,234	204	261	769	3,228	36.6	40.6
Production occupations	2,141	431	73	123	235	1,710	38.3	40.8
Transportation and material moving occupations	2,321	802	130	138	534	1,519	35.0	40.3
Footnotes (1) Includes farming, fishing, and forestry occupations, not shown separately.
NOTE: Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. 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 20, 2022