A-19. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

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A-19. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age [In thousands]
Occupation	Total		Men				Women
	16 years and over		16 years and over		20 years and over		16 years and over		20 years and over
	May 2023	May 2024	May 2023	May 2024	May 2023	May 2024	May 2023	May 2024	May 2023	May 2024
Total	161,002	161,341	85,626	85,076	82,810	82,225	75,376	76,265	72,634	73,338

Management, professional, and related occupations	70,388	70,897	33,985	33,509	33,793	33,305	36,402	37,389	36,111	37,089
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,830	30,910	16,753	16,621	16,693	16,522	14,077	14,289	14,019	14,225
Management occupations	21,200	20,783	12,308	11,926	12,268	11,869	8,891	8,856	8,850	8,796
Business and financial operations occupations	9,631	10,127	4,445	4,695	4,425	4,653	5,186	5,433	5,169	5,429
Professional and related occupations	39,557	39,987	17,232	16,888	17,100	16,783	22,325	23,099	22,092	22,864
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,595	6,365	4,881	4,768	4,857	4,760	1,714	1,597	1,710	1,597
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,638	3,527	3,035	2,968	3,016	2,957	603	558	599	557
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,771	1,864	900	873	895	862	870	991	864	984
Community and social service occupations	2,785	2,903	779	908	776	899	2,005	1,995	1,999	1,988
Legal occupations	1,997	1,759	888	758	888	753	1,109	1,001	1,109	996
Education, training, and library occupations	9,588	9,895	2,587	2,542	2,543	2,518	7,001	7,353	6,885	7,253
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,364	3,303	1,705	1,572	1,678	1,552	1,659	1,731	1,601	1,677
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,820	10,371	2,457	2,499	2,446	2,481	7,363	7,872	7,324	7,812

Service occupations	26,426	26,837	11,537	11,340	10,402	10,299	14,889	15,498	13,632	13,990
Healthcare support occupations	5,048	5,373	873	788	852	771	4,176	4,585	4,056	4,446
Protective service occupations	3,102	3,003	2,348	2,241	2,289	2,168	753	762	705	710
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,154	8,374	3,822	3,780	2,996	3,079	4,332	4,594	3,457	3,600
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,770	6,185	3,298	3,642	3,160	3,463	2,472	2,543	2,412	2,466
Personal care and service occupations	4,353	3,902	1,196	890	1,105	817	3,157	3,013	3,002	2,767

Sales and office occupations	30,205	29,579	11,775	11,880	11,152	11,269	18,430	17,699	17,457	16,789
Sales and related occupations	14,202	14,129	7,263	7,489	6,826	7,022	6,939	6,640	6,279	5,971
Office and administrative support occupations	16,002	15,451	4,511	4,391	4,326	4,247	11,491	11,059	11,178	10,817

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,363	14,235	13,555	13,337	13,224	12,947	808	898	780	852
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	984	916	718	635	661	580	266	281	238	246
Construction and extraction occupations	8,437	8,382	8,080	7,973	7,917	7,772	357	409	357	398
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,942	4,937	4,756	4,729	4,646	4,594	186	208	186	208

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,621	19,792	14,775	15,011	14,239	14,405	4,847	4,782	4,655	4,619
Production occupations	8,024	8,080	5,707	5,837	5,569	5,662	2,317	2,244	2,255	2,200
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,597	11,712	9,067	9,174	8,670	8,743	2,530	2,538	2,399	2,419
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: June 07, 2024