HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age (In thousands) Total Men Women Occupation 16 years 16 years 20 years 16 years 20 years and over and over and over and over and over 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 Total....................................... 136,485 137,736 72,903 73,332 69,734 70,415 63,582 64,404 60,420 61,402 Management, professional, and related occupations...................................... 47,180 47,929 23,612 23,735 23,443 23,597 23,568 24,194 23,327 23,978 Management, business, and financial operations occupations.................................... 19,823 19,934 11,619 11,534 11,580 11,508 8,204 8,400 8,161 8,372 Management occupations........................ 14,492 14,468 9,220 9,094 9,188 9,075 5,273 5,374 5,236 5,356 Business and financial operations occupations.................................. 5,330 5,465 2,399 2,440 2,391 2,433 2,931 3,026 2,924 3,016 Professional and related occupations............ 27,358 27,995 11,993 12,201 11,864 12,089 15,364 15,794 15,166 15,606 Computer and mathematical occupations......... 3,117 3,122 2,226 2,223 2,213 2,209 891 900 885 895 Architecture and engineering occupations...... 2,731 2,727 2,383 2,343 2,368 2,334 348 384 346 382 Life, physical, and social science occupations.................................. 1,287 1,375 741 783 737 778 545 592 538 585 Community and social services occupations..... 2,151 2,184 836 862 826 857 1,315 1,323 1,301 1,313 Legal occupations............................. 1,473 1,508 776 811 776 811 697 697 693 691 Education, training, and library occupations.................................. 7,569 7,768 1,953 2,038 1,920 2,004 5,616 5,730 5,523 5,642 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.................................. 2,641 2,663 1,409 1,395 1,364 1,357 1,233 1,267 1,191 1,223 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations.................................. 6,388 6,648 1,669 1,746 1,659 1,739 4,719 4,902 4,689 4,876 Service occupations............................... 21,766 22,086 9,504 9,460 8,437 8,408 12,261 12,626 11,041 11,393 Healthcare support occupations.................. 2,694 2,926 260 311 245 286 2,434 2,616 2,342 2,528 Protective service occupations.................. 2,696 2,727 2,139 2,164 2,093 2,109 557 563 517 515 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................................... 6,968 7,254 3,077 3,151 2,377 2,483 3,891 4,104 3,122 3,336 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations.................................... 5,050 4,947 3,094 2,920 2,888 2,722 1,956 2,027 1,883 1,956 Personal care and service occupations........... 4,358 4,232 934 915 834 807 3,424 3,316 3,178 3,059 Sales and office occupations...................... 35,408 35,496 12,821 12,851 11,902 12,056 22,587 22,645 21,071 21,265 Sales and related occupations................... 15,828 15,960 8,132 8,137 7,586 7,662 7,696 7,823 6,719 6,936 Office and administrative support occupations... 19,580 19,536 4,690 4,714 4,316 4,394 14,890 14,823 14,353 14,329 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations...................................... 13,562 14,205 12,874 13,541 12,442 13,106 688 665 647 623 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...... 1,040 1,050 788 819 699 739 252 231 227 206 Construction and extraction occupations......... 7,898 8,114 7,674 7,891 7,431 7,636 224 223 215 214 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.................................... 4,623 5,041 4,412 4,830 4,312 4,730 212 211 206 204 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations...................................... 18,569 18,020 14,091 13,745 13,509 13,248 4,478 4,274 4,334 4,143 Production occupations.......................... 10,081 9,700 6,863 6,696 6,682 6,566 3,218 3,004 3,144 2,938 Transportation and material moving occupations.................................... 8,488 8,320 7,228 7,049 6,827 6,682 1,260 1,270 1,190 1,205 NOTE: Occupations reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census occupational classification system derived from the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system into the Current Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.