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Table 4. Employed persons 18 years and over by occupation, sex, veteran status, and period of service, 2023 annual averages

Table 4. Employed persons 18 years and over by occupation, sex, veteran status, and period of service, 2023 annual averages [Percent distribution]
Occupation and sex Veterans Non-
veterans
Total Gulf War era WW II,
Korean
War, and
Vietnam
era
Other
service
periods
Total Gulf War
era II
Gulf War
era I

TOTAL

Total employed (in thousands)

8,391 5,955 3,877 2,079 787 1,648 150,472

Occupation as a percent of total employed

Total employed

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations

43.3 45.0 44.0 46.9 40.7 38.4 44.2

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

21.3 21.5 19.8 24.5 23.7 19.4 19.1

Professional and related occupations

22.1 23.6 24.2 22.4 17.0 19.0 25.1

Service occupations

12.9 13.5 14.5 11.6 12.0 11.1 16.0

Sales and office occupations

14.4 14.0 14.2 13.8 17.7 14.2 18.9

Sales and related occupations

7.0 6.5 6.4 6.5 11.7 6.9 8.8

Office and administrative support occupations

7.4 7.6 7.7 7.3 6.0 7.2 10.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

12.7 12.6 13.6 10.7 10.0 14.4 8.7

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.6

Construction and extraction occupations

5.3 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.7 6.4 5.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

7.0 7.3 8.2 5.6 3.6 7.6 2.9

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

16.7 14.9 13.8 16.9 19.6 22.0 12.2

Production occupations

6.5 6.2 5.9 6.8 5.7 7.8 5.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

10.2 8.7 7.8 10.2 13.9 14.2 7.1

MEN

Total employed (in thousands)

7,276 5,012 3,234 1,779 768 1,496 77,192

Occupation as a percent of total employed

Total employed

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations

41.7 43.2 42.4 44.7 40.8 36.9 39.8

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

21.2 21.3 19.7 24.2 23.8 19.4 19.4

Professional and related occupations

20.5 21.9 22.7 20.5 17.0 17.5 20.4

Service occupations

12.7 13.5 14.4 11.8 11.9 10.6 12.7

Sales and office occupations

12.8 12.0 11.8 12.2 17.3 13.1 14.0

Sales and related occupations

6.9 6.1 6.2 6.1 11.9 7.0 8.6

Office and administrative support occupations

5.8 5.8 5.7 6.1 5.4 6.1 5.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

14.4 14.7 15.8 12.5 10.1 15.7 16.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.8

Construction and extraction occupations

6.1 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.7 7.1 9.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

7.9 8.4 9.4 6.5 3.7 8.3 5.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

18.4 16.6 15.4 18.8 19.9 23.7 17.5

Production occupations

7.1 7.0 6.7 7.6 5.7 8.3 6.8

Transportation and material moving occupations

11.3 9.6 8.8 11.2 14.2 15.3 10.7

WOMEN

Total employed (in thousands)

1,115 943 643 300 20 152 73,280

Occupation as a percent of total employed

Total employed

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations

54.1 54.6 52.0 60.2 - 52.9 48.8

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

21.9 22.3 20.3 26.8 - 19.5 18.7

Professional and related occupations

32.2 32.3 31.7 33.4 - 33.4 30.0

Service occupations

13.6 13.2 14.6 10.4 - 15.4 19.4

Sales and office occupations

25.1 25.0 25.8 23.4 - 24.7 24.1

Sales and related occupations

7.8 8.1 7.7 9.0 - 6.3 9.0

Office and administrative support occupations

17.3 16.9 18.1 14.4 - 18.5 15.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

1.6 1.7 2.3 0.3 - 1.1 1.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 - 0.2 0.3

Construction and extraction occupations

0.4 0.3 0.5 0.1 - 0.0 0.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

1.2 1.3 1.7 0.3 - 1.0 0.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

5.6 5.5 5.4 5.7 - 5.8 6.6

Production occupations

2.2 2.0 2.2 1.7 - 2.7 3.3

Transportation and material moving occupations

3.4 3.5 3.2 4.1 - 3.2 3.3

NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans are counted in only one period of service, their most recent wartime period. Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified in the most recent one. Veterans who served in both a wartime period and any other service period are classified in the wartime period. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: March 20, 2024