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Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
9. 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
	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011
Total	139,064	139,869	73,359	74,290	71,230	72,182	65,705	65,579	63,456	63,360

Management, professional, and related occupations	51,743	52,547	25,070	25,552	24,933	25,415	26,673	26,995	26,502	26,841
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	20,938	21,589	11,945	12,275	11,917	12,244	8,993	9,314	8,960	9,289
Management occupations	15,001	15,250	9,266	9,439	9,245	9,415	5,735	5,812	5,712	5,794
Business and financial operations occupations	5,937	6,339	2,679	2,837	2,672	2,829	3,258	3,503	3,248	3,495
Professional and related occupations	30,805	30,957	13,125	13,277	13,015	13,171	17,680	17,681	17,542	17,552
Computer and mathematical occupations	3,531	3,608	2,620	2,705	2,605	2,694	911	903	909	901
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,619	2,785	2,282	2,406	2,275	2,401	337	379	336	376
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,409	1,303	755	687	749	684	655	616	649	615
Community and social service occupations	2,337	2,352	836	835	831	828	1,500	1,518	1,491	1,509
Legal occupations	1,716	1,770	878	889	877	887	838	881	836	879
Education, training, and library occupations	8,628	8,619	2,261	2,274	2,235	2,236	6,367	6,345	6,300	6,291
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,759	2,779	1,484	1,499	1,444	1,468	1,276	1,281	1,244	1,244
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	7,805	7,740	2,009	1,982	2,001	1,973	5,796	5,758	5,777	5,739

Service occupations	24,634	24,787	10,652	10,929	9,835	10,115	13,982	13,858	13,008	12,842
Healthcare support occupations	3,332	3,359	370	413	347	397	2,962	2,945	2,892	2,881
Protective service occupations	3,289	3,210	2,587	2,546	2,537	2,501	703	664	657	618
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,660	7,747	3,439	3,534	2,935	2,987	4,221	4,213	3,603	3,571
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,328	5,492	3,164	3,359	3,016	3,232	2,164	2,133	2,114	2,086
Personal care and service occupations	5,024	4,979	1,092	1,077	1,000	998	3,932	3,902	3,742	3,686

Sales and office occupations	33,433	33,066	12,419	12,450	11,849	11,902	21,015	20,616	20,020	19,682
Sales and related occupations	15,386	15,330	7,703	7,733	7,350	7,401	7,683	7,597	6,989	6,936
Office and administrative support occupations	18,047	17,736	4,716	4,717	4,499	4,501	13,331	13,019	13,031	12,747

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,073	13,009	12,467	12,457	12,219	12,201	606	552	583	529
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	987	1,001	755	785	687	702	231	216	214	199
Construction and extraction occupations	7,175	7,125	6,990	6,962	6,872	6,846	185	163	183	160
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,911	4,883	4,721	4,710	4,660	4,654	190	173	186	170

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16,180	16,461	12,751	12,902	12,394	12,548	3,429	3,558	3,342	3,465
Production occupations	7,998	8,142	5,792	5,826	5,686	5,725	2,206	2,316	2,169	2,276
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,182	8,318	6,959	7,076	6,708	6,823	1,224	1,242	1,173	1,190
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2011 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2010 Census occupational classification system into the Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification system is derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2011 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2012