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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition)

(Numbers in thousands)
Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2008 annual averages
OccupationTotal employedPercent women

Total, 16 years and over

145,36246.7

Management, professional, and related occupations

52,76150.8

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

22,05942.7

Management occupations

15,85237.4

Chief executives

1,65523.4

General and operations managers

98530.1

Legislators

23-

Advertising and promotions managers

7762.1

Marketing and sales managers

92242.0

Public relations managers

6460.3

Administrative services managers

10032.6

Computer and information systems managers

47527.2

Financial managers

1,16854.8

Human resources managers

29366.3

Industrial production managers

24314.5

Purchasing managers

19340.4

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

23917.0

Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers

21723.9

Farmers and ranchers

75124.4

Construction managers

1,2448.2

Education administrators

82965.1

Engineering managers

1096.3

Food service managers

1,03944.8

Funeral directors

45-

Gaming managers

18-

Lodging managers

17746.7

Medical and health services managers

56169.4

Natural sciences managers

15-

Postmasters and mail superintendents

41-

Property, real estate, and community association managers

55849.6

Social and community service managers

33868.1

Managers, all other

3,47335.8

Business and financial operations occupations

6,20756.2

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes

5036.5

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products

6-

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products

19147.6

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products

26456.5

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators

31265.7

Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation

17952.3

Cost estimators

10010.0

Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists

80370.7

Logisticians

5047.2

Management analysts

73143.5

Meeting and convention planners

5579.2

Other business operations specialists

25466.3

Accountants and auditors

1,76261.1

Appraisers and assessors of real estate

10233.4

Budget analysts

6457.1

Credit analysts

20-

Financial analysts

11038.8

Personal financial advisors

43034.3

Insurance underwriters

8280.3

Financial examiners

7-

Loan counselors and officers

39258.0

Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents

5864.2

Tax preparers

10566.6

Financial specialists, all other

7857.0

Professional and related occupations

30,70256.7

Computer and mathematical occupations

3,67624.8

Computer scientists and systems analysts

83727.5

Computer programmers

53422.4

Computer software engineers

1,03420.9

Computer support specialists

38227.7

Database administrators

9329.2

Network and computer systems administrators

22721.4

Network systems and data communications analysts

42223.7

Actuaries

26-

Mathematicians

3-

Operations research analysts

7547.6

Statisticians

41-

Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations

3-

Architecture and engineering occupations

2,93113.5

Architects, except naval

23324.8

Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists

49-

Aerospace engineers

13710.3

Agricultural engineers

3-

Biomedical engineers

9-

Chemical engineers

6413.1

Civil engineers

34610.4

Computer hardware engineers

6919.4

Electrical and electronics engineers

3507.7

Environmental engineers

37-

Industrial engineers, including health and safety

17714.9

Marine engineers and naval architects

17-

Materials engineers

40-

Mechanical engineers

3186.7

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

10-

Nuclear engineers

9-

Petroleum engineers

18-

Engineers, all other

36311.5

Drafters

16223.4

Engineering technicians, except drafters

41618.5

Surveying and mapping technicians

1054.9

Life, physical, and social science occupations

1,30746.1

Agricultural and food scientists

38-

Biological scientists

10152.9

Conservation scientists and foresters

24-

Medical scientists

13252.3

Astronomers and physicists

19-

Atmospheric and space scientists

10-

Chemists and materials scientists

11833.1

Environmental scientists and geoscientists

8529.3

Physical scientists, all other

13640.7

Economists

19-

Market and survey researchers

13457.0

Psychologists

17666.9

Sociologists

2-

Urban and regional planners

32-

Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers

41-

Agricultural and food science technicians

24-

Biological technicians

24-

Chemical technicians

5335.2

Geological and petroleum technicians

9-

Nuclear technicians

3-

Other life, physical, and social science technicians

12948.3

Community and social services occupations

2,29360.3

Counselors

67468.0

Social workers

72979.4

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists

30361.4

Clergy

44114.8

Directors, religious activities and education

5063.5

Religious workers, all other

9565.6

Legal occupations

1,67151.9

Lawyers

1,01434.4

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers

5443.6

Paralegals and legal assistants

34687.7

Miscellaneous legal support workers

25774.5

Education, training, and library occupations

8,60574.0

Postsecondary teachers

1,21846.1

Preschool and kindergarten teachers

68597.6

Elementary and middle school teachers

2,95881.2

Secondary school teachers

1,21056.0

Special education teachers

38784.9

Other teachers and instructors

75166.9

Archivists, curators, and museum technicians

35-

Librarians

19783.5

Library technicians

44-

Teacher assistants

1,02091.7

Other education, training, and library workers

10176.0

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

2,82047.8

Artists and related workers

21348.6

Designers

83457.5

Actors

30-

Producers and directors

15438.5

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers

25232.5

Dancers and choreographers

25-

Musicians, singers, and related workers

18629.3

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other

39-

Announcers

41-

News analysts, reporters and correspondents

9445.4

Public relations specialists

13561.6

Editors

17154.8

Technical writers

47-

Writers and authors

18657.3

Miscellaneous media and communication workers

8372.2

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators

9816.1

Photographers

18144.1

Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors

5015.3

Media and communication equipment workers, all other

1-

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

7,39974.6

Chiropractors

6015.3

Dentists

15227.2

Dietitians and nutritionists

10090.0

Optometrists

37-

Pharmacists

24351.8

Physicians and surgeons

87730.5

Physician assistants

9966.9

Podiatrists

12-

Registered nurses

2,77891.7

Audiologists

12-

Occupational therapists

8795.9

Physical therapists

19769.0

Radiation therapists

20-

Recreational therapists

17-

Respiratory therapists

10968.3

Speech-language pathologists

13398.1

Therapists, all other

10780.8

Veterinarians

5656.7

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other

20-

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians

35175.7

Dental hygienists

14397.7

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians

29872.0

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics

13830.2

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians

44776.7

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

56693.3

Medical records and health information technicians

9895.0

Opticians, dispensing

5063.4

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians

13963.0

Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

5242.1

Service occupations

24,45157.2

Healthcare support occupations

3,21288.8

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides

1,88988.7

Occupational therapist assistants and aides

7-

Physical therapist assistants and aides

7577.0

Massage therapists

14784.5

Dental assistants

26396.3

Medical assistants and other healthcare support occupations

83188.8

Protective service occupations

3,04722.8

First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers

42-

First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives

11714.7

First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers

548.7

Supervisors, protective service workers, all other

10221.7

Fire fighters

2934.8

Fire inspectors

27-

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers

40330.0

Detectives and criminal investigators

13919.2

Fish and game wardens

4-

Parking enforcement workers

6-

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

67414.7

Transit and railroad police

5-

Animal control workers

9-

Private detectives and investigators

8939.4

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers

86723.6

Crossing guards

6873.5

Lifeguards and other protective service workers

14852.3

Food preparation and serving related occupations

7,82456.0

Chefs and head cooks

35117.0

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers

63557.8

Cooks

1,99740.1

Food preparation workers

72460.7

Bartenders

36558.3

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food

32368.5

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop

32364.1

Waiters and waitresses

2,01073.2

Food servers, nonrestaurant

18770.5

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers

34947.8

Dishwashers

28922.7

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop

26388.7

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other

7-

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

5,44540.2

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers

29639.9

First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

2587.5

Janitors and building cleaners

2,12532.2

Maids and housekeeping cleaners

1,43489.8

Pest control workers

718.2

Grounds maintenance workers

1,2626.1

Personal care and service occupations

4,92378.4

First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers

15538.6

First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers

17473.2

Animal trainers

40-

Nonfarm animal caretakers

15773.5

Gaming services workers

11151.5

Motion picture projectionists

7-

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers

42-

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers

16643.0

Funeral service workers

13-

Barbers

8720.8

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists

77390.6

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers

22982.3

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges

7217.3

Tour and travel guides

35-

Transportation attendants

13971.0

Child care workers

1,31495.6

Personal and home care aides

87185.4

Recreation and fitness workers

35368.1

Residential advisors

7065.8

Personal care and service workers, all other

11454.1

Sales and office occupations

35,54463.2

Sales and related occupations

16,29549.5

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

3,47143.3

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers

1,28726.1

Cashiers

3,03175.5

Counter and rental clerks

16150.4

Parts salespersons

11910.8

Retail salespersons

3,41652.2

Advertising sales agents

21654.7

Insurance sales agents

57346.9

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents

38827.9

Travel agents

9871.6

Sales representatives, services, all other

52134.4

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing

1,34327.3

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters

7479.0

Real estate brokers and sales agents

96254.4

Sales engineers

40-

Telemarketers

13966.3

Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers

24362.2

Sales and related workers, all other

21261.1

Office and administrative support occupations

19,24974.8

First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers

1,64171.2

Switchboard operators, including answering service

49-

Telephone operators

48-

Communications equipment operators, all other

11-

Bill and account collectors

23268.0

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators

51690.9

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

1,43491.5

Gaming cage workers

16-

Payroll and timekeeping clerks

15890.1

Procurement clerks

26-

Tellers

46684.8

Brokerage clerks

5-

Correspondence clerks

7-

Court, municipal, and license clerks

10075.6

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks

6471.1

Customer service representatives

1,90868.3

Eligibility interviewers, government programs

6383.9

File clerks

36483.8

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks

12071.9

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan

14682.2

Library assistants, clerical

10783.8

Loan interviewers and clerks

12284.7

New accounts clerks

23-

Order clerks

11258.8

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping

5284.8

Receptionists and information clerks

1,41393.6

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks

13660.9

Information and record clerks, all other

10791.1

Cargo and freight agents

19-

Couriers and messengers

26117.4

Dispatchers

28657.4

Meter readers, utilities

45-

Postal service clerks

16753.7

Postal service mail carriers

37333.0

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

9042.7

Production, planning, and expediting clerks

26958.2

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

54332.8

Stock clerks and order fillers

1,48135.4

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping

6344.7

Secretaries and administrative assistants

3,29696.1

Computer operators

13451.4

Data entry keyers

41577.3

Word processors and typists

14992.9

Desktop publishers

4-

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

27583.4

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service

12349.0

Office clerks, general

1,17684.4

Office machine operators, except computer

43-

Proofreaders and copy markers

13-

Statistical assistants

19-

Office and administrative support workers, all other

55877.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

14,8064.2

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

98821.1

First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers

48-

Agricultural inspectors

24-

Animal breeders

12-

Graders and sorters, agricultural products

6365.3

Miscellaneous agricultural workers

72319.3

Fishers and related fishing workers

36-

Hunters and trappers

1-

Forest and conservation workers

8-

Logging workers

731.0

Construction and extraction occupations

8,6672.5

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers

8442.7

Boilermakers

22-

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons

2300.4

Carpenters

1,5621.5

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers

2242.3

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers

90-

Construction laborers

1,6513.1

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

24-

Pile-driver operators

3-

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

3981.5

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers

2092.1

Electricians

8741.0

Glaziers

49-

Insulation workers

38-

Painters, construction and maintenance

6476.3

Paperhangers

8-

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

6061.4

Plasterers and stucco masons

46-

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers

15-

Roofers

2341.3

Sheet metal workers

1364.8

Structural iron and steel workers

770.9

Helpers, construction trades

1134.1

Construction and building inspectors

939.5

Elevator installers and repairers

38-

Fence erectors

38-

Hazardous materials removal workers

23-

Highway maintenance workers

1031.9

Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators

15-

Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners

11-

Miscellaneous construction and related workers

38-

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining

40-

Earth drillers, except oil and gas

35-

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters

11-

Mining machine operators

512.2

Roof bolters, mining

4-

Roustabouts, oil and gas

7-

Helpers—extraction workers

7-

Other extraction workers

552.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

5,1523.9

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers

3008.0

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers

33510.5

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers

20011.4

Avionics technicians

18-

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers

24-

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment

3-

Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility

18-

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles

27-

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers

751.6

Security and fire alarm systems installers

62-

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

1531.7

Automotive body and related repairers

1572.1

Automotive glass installers and repairers

28-

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

8521.6

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

3580.9

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics

2171.1

Small engine mechanics

642.0

Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers

861.9

Control and valve installers and repairers

21-

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

3972.0

Home appliance repairers

515.3

Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics

4392.6

Maintenance and repair workers, general

4613.5

Maintenance workers, machinery

39-

Millwrights

600.9

Electrical power-line installers and repairers

1091.4

Telecommunications line installers and repairers

2043.3

Precision instrument and equipment repairers

5815.4

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers

41-

Commercial divers

3-

Locksmiths and safe repairers

31-

Manufactured building and mobile home installers

12-

Riggers

8-

Signal and track switch repairers

5-

Helpers—installation, maintenance, and repair workers

23-

Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers

2137.5

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

17,80022.4

Production occupations

8,97329.7

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

87418.1

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers

18-

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers

20357.8

Engine and other machine assemblers

13-

Structural metal fabricators and fitters

36-

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

1,05035.0

Bakers

19455.7

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers

30926.8

Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders

11-

Food batchmakers

7353.5

Food cooking machine operators and tenders

7-

Computer control programmers and operators

688.7

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

9-

Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

9-

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

12-

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

10520.2

Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

4-

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

5019.7

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

20-

Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

8-

Machinists

4096.9

Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders

24-

Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic

10-

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

5818.1

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

4-

Tool and die makers

711.0

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

5984.7

Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

11-

Lay-out workers, metal and plastic

9-

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

13-

Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners

7-

Metalworkers and plastic workers, all other

34921.1

Bookbinders and bindery workers

36-

Job printers

47-

Prepress technicians and workers

44-

Printing machine operators

21319.8

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers

23960.8

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials

5779.2

Sewing machine operators

22678.2

Shoe and leather workers and repairers

8-

Shoe machine operators and tenders

6-

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers

7184.2

Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders

3-

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders

6-

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders

5-

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders

17-

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders

2-

Fabric and apparel patternmakers

2-

Upholsterers

5619.7

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other

21-

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters

856.5

Furniture finishers

19-

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood

44-

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing

22-

Woodworkers, all other

37-

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers

559.2

Stationary engineers and boiler operators

1011.7

Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators

718.6

Miscellaneous plant and system operators

34-

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders

5215.4

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers

10813.3

Cutting workers

8026.7

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders

29-

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders

16-

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

75141.3

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers

5947.0

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians

9556.9

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

26151.5

Painting workers

18313.6

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators

5347.8

Semiconductor processors

7-

Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders

11-

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders

10-

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders

2-

Etchers and engravers

7-

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic

38-

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

42-

Tire builders

14-

Helpers—production workers

34-

Production workers, all other

95831.0

Transportation and material moving occupations

8,82714.9

Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers

20820.5

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

1412.6

Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists

27-

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians

16-

Bus drivers

65149.0

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

3,3884.9

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs

37313.3

Motor vehicle operators, all other

6618.0

Locomotive engineers and operators

582.8

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators

5-

Railroad conductors and yardmasters

534.7

Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers

18-

Sailors and marine oilers

18-

Ship and boat captains and operators

39-

Ship engineers

5-

Bridge and lock tenders

7-

Parking lot attendants

8312.6

Service station attendants

8714.8

Transportation inspectors

5111.3

Other transportation workers

19-

Conveyor operators and tenders

5-

Crane and tower operators

693.7

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators

601.2

Hoist and winch operators

5-

Industrial truck and tractor operators

5688.9

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment

3179.5

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

1,88917.1

Machine feeders and offbearers

34-

Packers and packagers, hand

39158.1

Pumping station operators

25-

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

9814.0

Shuttle car operators

5-

Tank car, truck, and ship loaders

2-

Material moving workers, all other

48-

NOTE: Dash indicates data not shown for occupations where employment base is less than 50,000.

 

SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.