U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Originally Posted: April 28, 2004
| Occupation | Private industry(2) | Goods producing | Service producing | |||||||
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| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing(2) | Mining(3) | Construction | Manufacturing | Transportation and public utilities(4) | Wholesale trade | Retail trade | Finance, insurance, and real estate | Services | ||
Total |
1,436,194 | 31,520 | 11,355 | 163,641 | 280,005 | 168,632 | 108,791 | 263,401 | 36,689 | 372,159 |
Truck drivers |
112,232 | 1,327 | 529 | 4,356 | 9,423 | 56,047 | 21,174 | 12,061 | 122 | 7,193 |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
79,007 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 215 | 78,766 |
Laborers, nonconstruction |
76,623 | 1,501 | 1,388 | -- | 23,311 | 6,856 | 21,214 | 12,654 | 904 | 8,794 |
Janitors and cleaners |
41,994 | 313 | 6 | 351 | 5,046 | 920 | 1,177 | 4,769 | 5,552 | 23,859 |
Construction laborers |
41,876 | -- | 7 | 41,315 | 33 | 153 | -- | -- | 15 | 323 |
Assemblers |
34,374 | 83 | 20 | 735 | 28,969 | 147 | 1,725 | 761 | -- | 1,935 |
Carpenters |
28,302 | -- | 19 | 23,405 | 1,828 | 155 | 593 | 1,049 | 156 | 1,085 |
Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations |
26,100 | -- | -- | 99 | 699 | 39 | 3,063 | 20,351 | 444 | 1,388 |
Cooks |
24,743 | -- | -- | -- | 204 | 95 | 77 | 16,660 | 248 | 7,449 |
Sales workers, other commodities |
24,663 | -- | -- | 95 | 192 | 140 | 1,445 | 20,151 | 111 | 2,490 |
Cashiers |
22,541 | -- | -- | -- | 52 | 256 | 208 | 20,687 | 75 | 1,210 |
Registered nurses |
21,924 | -- | -- | -- | 116 | 37 | -- | -- | 105 | 21,590 |
Miscellaneous food preparation occupations |
21,834 | -- | -- | -- | 230 | 106 | 156 | 15,642 | 128 | 5,544 |
Stock handlers and baggers |
21,468 | -- | 29 | 81 | 684 | 272 | 1,628 | 18,472 | -- | 267 |
Maids and housemen |
18,637 | -- | -- | -- | 88 | 68 | -- | 166 | 286 | 17,984 |
Welders and cutters |
15,248 | -- | 147 | 1,351 | 11,081 | 575 | 840 | 69 | 95 | 1,068 |
Groundskeepers and gardeners, exc. farm |
14,862 | 7,261 | -- | 359 | 434 | 200 | 109 | 373 | 1,575 | 4,552 |
Electricians |
14,424 | -- | 239 | 10,730 | 1,591 | 413 | -- | 69 | 43 | 1,288 |
Driver-sales workers |
13,942 | -- | -- | -- | 3,277 | 459 | 6,462 | 2,445 | 14 | 1,237 |
Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks |
13,540 | 51 | -- | -- | 3,197 | 5,221 | 1,657 | 2,664 | 37 | 697 |
Automobile mechanics |
13,263 | -- | -- | -- | 132 | 66 | 606 | 9,733 | 16 | 2,709 |
Kitchen workers, food preparation |
12,072 | -- | -- | -- | 93 | -- | -- | 11,218 | 15 | 724 |
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
10,601 | 126 | -- | 8,425 | 865 | 306 | 172 | 92 | 116 | 499 |
Health aides, exc. nursing |
10,478 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 175 | 80 | 10,188 |
Waiters and waitresses |
10,384 | -- | -- | -- | 33 | -- | -- | 7,571 | 103 | 2,642 |
Farm workers |
10,112 | 9,114 | -- | -- | 259 | 465 | 180 | -- | -- | -- |
Industrial machinery repairers |
10,024 | -- | 995 | 70 | 6,750 | 345 | 942 | 96 | 194 | 630 |
Guards and police, exc. public service |
8,986 | -- | 12 | -- | 150 | 594 | -- | 1,055 | 510 | 6,577 |
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators |
8,905 | 437 | 426 | 203 | 3,593 | 1,179 | 1,567 | 901 | -- | 590 |
Stock and inventory clerks |
8,734 | -- | -- | 197 | 1,734 | 531 | 1,046 | 3,277 | 60 | 1,848 |
Supervisors, production occupations |
8,413 | -- | 107 | -- | 6,236 | 459 | 505 | 433 | -- | 654 |
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NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. |
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SOURCE: U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. |
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