11b. Employed persons by detailed occupation and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
11b. Employed persons by detailed occupation and age
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation	2011
Occupation	Total, 16 years and over	16 to 19 years	20 to 24 years	25 to 34 years	35 to 44 years	45 to 54 years	55 to 64 years	65 years and over	Median age
Total employed	139,869	4,327	13,036	30,537	30,270	32,867	22,186	6,647	42.1

Management, professional, and related occupations	52,547	290	2,611	11,643	12,574	13,277	9,383	2,768	44.2
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	21,589	57	777	4,091	5,274	6,014	4,048	1,329	45.7
Management occupations	15,250	42	451	2,574	3,724	4,437	3,003	1,019	46.7
Chief executives	1,515	1	8	116	291	556	392	150	52.0
General and operations managers	978	1	19	175	253	324	182	25	45.4
Legislators	16	0	0	1	4	3	2	5	-
Advertising and promotions managers	87	0	5	28	23	15	11	3	39.2
Marketing and sales managers	1,009	4	36	258	301	262	125	24	42.1
Public relations and fundraising managers	63	0	1	16	16	20	9	2	42.1
Administrative services managers	128	2	3	17	25	45	28	8	48.9
Computer and information systems managers	553	0	10	103	199	162	74	6	43.1
Financial managers	1,107	1	43	242	308	300	176	39	43.6
Compensation and benefits managers	21	0	0	5	4	7	4	0	-
Human resources managers	243	0	7	39	78	71	44	4	45.1
Training and development managers	38	0	1	7	10	9	9	1	-
Industrial production managers	259	1	4	38	76	81	55	4	46.3
Purchasing managers	204	0	2	34	44	73	41	9	48.7
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	254	0	13	52	71	68	42	8	43.8
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers	978	5	28	92	122	214	253	264	55.9
Construction managers	926	0	18	157	235	294	182	40	46.9
Education administrators	853	0	16	146	224	220	202	45	46.9
Architectural and engineering managers	106	0	1	10	30	39	20	5	47.6
Food service managers	1,051	15	118	274	232	255	126	31	39.7
Funeral service managers	13	0	0	1	2	5	2	2	-
Gaming managers	23	0	1	2	6	6	6	3	-
Lodging managers	148	1	7	28	32	31	32	16	46.7
Medical and health services managers	529	1	3	73	121	178	134	19	49.6
Natural sciences managers	16	0	0	2	8	4	2	1	-
Postmasters and mail superintendents	40	0	0	1	5	18	13	2	-
Property, real estate, and community association managers	587	1	13	95	121	146	126	86	49.5
Social and community service managers	329	1	11	54	72	97	71	24	48.2
Emergency management directors	5	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	-
Managers, all other	3,173	8	84	509	812	931	638	191	46.6
Business and financial operations occupations	6,339	15	326	1,516	1,550	1,578	1,044	310	43.3
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes	48	0	3	14	10	14	6	0	-
Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products	12	0	0	2	2	2	4	3	-
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	170	2	16	47	36	33	28	7	40.7
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	259	2	11	54	64	70	51	6	43.5
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators	296	0	16	71	83	74	44	9	42.6
Compliance officers	198	0	3	31	57	59	42	7	45.9
Cost estimators	119	0	7	29	23	28	22	10	44.7
Human resources workers	595	0	30	144	169	146	89	16	42.4
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	65	0	2	15	16	13	16	2	44.4
Training and development specialists	130	1	4	25	36	35	25	4	45.0
Logisticians	88	1	10	21	15	26	13	1	41.6
Management analysts	707	2	19	148	151	192	138	57	46.6
Meeting, convention, and event planners	109	1	17	37	19	18	13	3	37.4
Fundraisers	78	1	10	18	18	18	11	3	41.2
Market research analysts and marketing specialists	205	1	18	83	42	42	14	3	36.4
Business operations specialists, all other	281	1	18	58	71	65	52	15	43.6
Accountants and auditors	1,653	1	93	395	408	410	262	85	43.1
Appraisers and assessors of real estate	88	0	2	13	17	26	20	10	50.6
Budget analysts	53	0	2	9	11	17	12	2	45.2
Credit analysts	24	0	3	6	9	5	2	0	-
Financial analysts	84	0	3	28	29	11	8	3	39.3
Personal financial advisors	371	0	14	97	88	86	57	30	43.9
Insurance underwriters	117	0	0	31	29	33	19	4	44.0
Financial examiners	8	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	-
Credit counselors and loan officers	326	0	16	84	91	82	44	8	42.0
Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents	70	0	1	16	12	25	14	1	47.3
Tax preparers	110	0	4	22	17	23	25	18	50.2
Financial specialists, all other	77	0	3	16	26	20	11	1	43.0
Professional and related occupations	30,957	234	1,834	7,552	7,301	7,262	5,335	1,439	43.1
Computer and mathematical occupations	3,608	14	198	1,036	1,034	845	408	73	40.5
Computer and information research scientists	20	0	3	7	5	3	2	0	-
Computer systems analysts	447	1	12	109	113	133	64	16	43.1
Information security analysts	44	0	3	12	14	11	5	0	-
Computer programmers	459	4	30	110	131	105	66	14	41.8
Software developers, applications and systems software	1,044	1	44	331	340	230	87	11	39.4
Web developers	182	1	20	61	58	28	12	2	37.0
Computer support specialists	461	3	40	146	112	90	60	10	39.1
Database administrators	134	0	5	34	34	40	21	1	42.5
Network and computer systems administrators	233	0	9	69	77	52	22	4	40.6
Computer network architects	98	0	2	25	29	30	9	2	42.3
Computer occupations, all other	306	4	21	81	74	81	37	9	40.8
Actuaries	18	0	1	7	4	3	2	1	-
Mathematicians	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	-
Operations research analysts	116	0	6	33	30	28	15	3	41.3
Statisticians	37	0	2	9	14	8	5	0	-
Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations	6	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	-
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,785	8	139	650	642	755	487	102	43.9
Architects, except naval	181	0	4	41	36	49	41	10	46.7
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists	42	0	4	13	8	7	10	2	-
Aerospace engineers	144	0	6	36	33	37	27	5	43.9
Agricultural engineers	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-
Biomedical engineers	12	1	3	3	2	3	1	0	-
Chemical engineers	74	0	3	20	19	20	12	1	43.1
Civil engineers	383	0	20	100	87	97	62	17	42.5
Computer hardware engineers	77	1	4	22	20	20	8	3	41.7
Electrical and electronics engineers	309	0	14	73	68	96	47	12	45.0
Environmental engineers	45	0	1	7	11	15	8	1	-
Industrial engineers, including health and safety	174	0	7	39	46	53	24	5	43.4
Marine engineers and naval architects	9	0	1	2	3	1	1	1	-
Materials engineers	32	0	0	6	11	10	5	0	-
Mechanical engineers	322	0	12	83	78	92	43	14	42.5
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers	11	0	2	1	3	2	4	0	-
Nuclear engineers	20	0	2	7	1	3	7	1	-
Petroleum engineers	25	0	3	6	3	6	7	0	-
Engineers, all other	337	0	14	92	74	83	59	15	43.3
Drafters	147	1	10	31	38	32	31	5	44.0
Engineering technicians, except drafters	376	4	28	55	83	113	83	10	46.5
Surveying and mapping technicians	62	0	3	14	16	18	8	2	43.1
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,303	5	85	366	294	261	229	63	42.3
Agricultural and food scientists	39	0	4	11	4	9	8	2	-
Biological scientists	114	0	5	37	23	23	24	2	42.6
Conservation scientists and foresters	28	0	1	7	2	6	11	1	-
Medical scientists	156	0	9	49	46	29	18	5	39.5
Life scientists, all other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Astronomers and physicists	20	0	0	8	2	5	3	3	-
Atmospheric and space scientists	7	0	0	3	2	2	0	1	-
Chemists and materials scientists	88	0	4	25	22	20	13	4	42.1
Environmental scientists and geoscientists	98	0	3	24	20	28	19	3	45.0
Physical scientists, all other	152	0	6	52	41	29	19	5	40.4
Economists	23	0	1	3	6	4	9	0	-
Survey researchers	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	-
Psychologists	197	0	2	40	46	35	46	27	48.3
Sociologists	4	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	-
Urban and regional planners	26	0	0	5	6	8	7	1	-
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers	60	0	4	20	10	10	14	2	42.7
Agricultural and food science technicians	24	0	3	6	6	5	2	1	-
Biological technicians	21	1	2	7	4	4	1	1	-
Chemical technicians	77	0	8	19	19	20	10	1	40.5
Geological and petroleum technicians	10	0	0	3	1	2	2	1	-
Nuclear technicians	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	-
Social science research assistants	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	-
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians	151	3	32	45	32	18	18	4	35.3
Community and social service occupations	2,352	15	123	536	516	527	489	146	44.8
Counselors	732	8	45	200	149	141	152	37	43.0
Social workers	769	1	28	205	206	174	132	24	42.6
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists	94	0	4	30	29	20	9	2	40.2
Social and human service assistants	131	3	14	29	22	32	27	5	44.1
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community health workers	83	2	10	19	15	20	12	5	42.3
Clergy	414	1	10	39	73	106	128	58	52.5
Directors, religious activities and education	44	0	4	8	8	14	9	2	-
Religious workers, all other	85	0	8	7	14	21	21	13	51.5
Legal occupations	1,770	3	41	387	406	425	378	131	46.1
Lawyers	1,085	0	2	224	263	255	238	102	47.2
Judicial law clerks	5	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	-
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers	67	0	1	10	10	17	21	8	51.1
Paralegals and legal assistants	404	3	26	112	79	99	73	13	42.8
Miscellaneous legal support workers	209	0	12	39	53	52	45	7	44.8
Education, training, and library occupations	8,619	92	579	1,957	1,946	2,013	1,585	446	43.6
Postsecondary teachers	1,355	5	86	299	270	281	279	135	45.7
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	707	6	92	184	182	142	85	16	39.2
Elementary and middle school teachers	2,848	7	124	701	741	676	507	92	43.0
Secondary school teachers	1,136	5	44	289	279	271	205	42	43.2
Special education teachers	388	1	11	102	93	104	65	12	43.3
Other teachers and instructors	812	37	95	157	133	169	146	75	43.7
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians	48	1	3	5	7	13	16	3	-
Librarians	198	1	10	27	29	46	64	22	52.0
Library technicians	37	6	7	6	5	5	6	2	-
Teacher assistants	950	23	99	163	175	276	178	36	44.9
Other education, training, and library workers	140	2	9	23	32	30	34	11	46.3
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,779	68	273	711	586	563	419	160	40.9
Artists and related workers	180	1	10	34	49	35	36	16	45.3
Designers	766	5	51	207	170	187	109	36	41.8
Actors	28	3	4	7	5	6	2	2	-
Producers and directors	149	2	15	46	30	31	20	6	40.3
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers	272	39	59	59	41	40	29	5	30.8
Dancers and choreographers	20	1	8	7	1	2	0	1	-
Musicians, singers, and related workers	191	3	22	40	39	31	38	18	43.2
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other	44	3	7	14	5	3	9	3	-
Announcers	53	0	7	15	12	12	5	2	38.8
News analysts, reporters and correspondents	70	0	5	24	15	13	12	2	39.7
Public relations specialists	158	1	14	47	36	29	21	10	39.2
Editors	166	1	16	49	31	31	27	11	41.4
Technical writers	60	0	1	8	13	21	12	5	48.5
Writers and authors	218	1	14	49	40	52	40	23	46.1
Miscellaneous media and communication workers	89	2	9	22	17	18	12	9	40.6
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators	106	2	13	29	28	18	14	2	39.7
Photographers	148	2	12	41	37	25	25	6	40.6
Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors	57	1	6	16	14	8	9	3	38.4
Media and communication equipment workers, all other	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	-
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	7,740	29	395	1,908	1,877	1,873	1,341	318	43.3
Chiropractors	56	0	0	9	13	18	10	4	48.0
Dentists	181	0	0	24	44	44	46	22	51.0
Dietitians and nutritionists	102	2	5	20	18	32	20	5	47.7
Optometrists	28	0	0	1	5	7	8	5	-
Pharmacists	274	1	13	80	77	49	38	15	41.1
Physicians and surgeons	822	1	4	168	209	206	157	78	46.3
Physician assistants	82	0	4	31	22	13	10	1	37.6
Podiatrists	6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	-
Audiologists	19	0	0	4	3	8	3	1	-
Occupational therapists	112	0	1	30	38	27	12	4	41.7
Physical therapists	222	0	11	60	71	57	19	4	40.5
Radiation therapists	14	0	1	4	2	5	1	0	-
Recreational therapists	14	0	1	2	4	4	2	1	-
Respiratory therapists	134	0	6	27	37	37	24	2	44.5
Speech-language pathologists	125	0	6	41	38	18	20	2	40.5
Exercise physiologists	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-
Therapists, all other	138	0	7	46	31	28	20	5	40.7
Veterinarians	71	1	2	23	16	14	8	8	42.6
Registered nurses	2,706	3	110	628	641	679	552	94	44.7
Nurse anesthetists	33	0	0	2	8	14	9	0	-
Nurse midwives	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	-
Nurse practitioners	100	0	1	13	31	33	21	1	46.9
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other	26	0	0	4	4	9	7	3	-
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians	321	1	25	80	66	87	56	6	43.2
Dental hygienists	148	0	5	41	41	33	25	2	42.2
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians	342	0	21	87	84	97	48	5	42.1
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	185	2	30	81	34	27	8	2	31.8
Health practitioner support technologists and technicians	511	13	86	167	93	96	44	11	34.8
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	560	4	30	132	144	135	95	21	43.2
Medical records and health information technicians	116	1	8	32	26	22	23	5	42.7
Opticians, dispensing	51	1	3	10	12	12	11	3	45.9
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians	167	0	10	43	41	43	27	3	42.4
Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	70	0	4	17	19	14	11	4	41.9

Service occupations	24,787	1,829	3,788	5,515	4,722	4,794	3,072	1,066	37.6
Healthcare support occupations	3,359	81	478	865	675	698	448	114	38.8
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides	1,981	47	275	445	401	441	284	89	40.3
Occupational therapy assistants and aides	17	0	1	10	4	1	2	0	-
Physical therapist assistants and aides	75	1	15	28	16	11	5	0	34.1
Massage therapists	146	1	14	44	30	29	24	3	40.5
Dental assistants	307	3	46	92	73	54	33	5	36.3
Medical assistants	395	5	56	152	73	67	36	6	34.6
Medical transcriptionists	74	0	3	9	12	25	20	4	50.7
Pharmacy aides	48	4	15	6	10	11	3	0	-
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers	38	2	11	15	4	1	4	0	-
Phlebotomists	119	2	16	31	29	25	14	2	38.3
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical equipment preparers	158	16	27	33	22	32	23	4	35.7
Protective service occupations	3,210	90	267	821	806	675	407	143	40.4
First-line supervisors of correctional officers	42	0	1	8	10	16	6	2	-
First-line supervisors of police and detectives	107	0	0	9	37	37	20	4	46.0
First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers	44	0	0	4	14	19	7	0	-
First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other	111	0	4	21	22	34	25	7	47.2
Firefighters	305	2	21	118	97	55	11	2	37.3
Fire inspectors	20	0	0	5	5	8	2	0	-
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers	446	3	29	129	127	99	49	9	39.7
Detectives and criminal investigators	151	0	3	32	52	41	17	6	42.3
Fish and game wardens	6	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	-
Parking enforcement workers	7	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	-
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	668	2	20	218	234	126	59	9	39.3
Transit and railroad police	8	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	-
Animal control workers	6	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	-
Private detectives and investigators	92	1	7	18	26	20	15	5	41.3
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers	963	17	137	229	152	181	165	83	41.9
Crossing guards	59	1	3	6	7	17	14	11	53.6
Transportation security screeners	27	0	1	9	7	7	3	1	-
Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service workers	146	64	39	12	7	10	12	4	21.8
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,747	1,189	1,846	1,808	1,119	1,028	557	201	29.3
Chefs and head cooks	347	11	33	100	100	60	35	8	38.8
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	505	16	90	131	106	93	56	13	36.8
Cooks	1,990	207	355	480	356	359	174	57	33.8
Food preparation workers	784	153	187	154	99	110	57	24	28.0
Bartenders	392	4	71	157	72	50	28	10	31.8
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	326	58	85	65	38	47	24	9	28.1
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	255	122	72	23	13	13	9	4	21.4
Waiters and waitresses	2,059	309	681	547	222	180	88	31	26.1
Food servers, nonrestaurant	181	28	39	29	18	30	23	14	32.3
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	347	87	84	49	42	42	28	15	25.4
Dishwashers	273	64	55	50	39	33	23	9	28.3
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	286	128	92	23	15	12	9	7	21.4
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	-
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,492	174	473	1,022	1,128	1,412	967	317	43.8
First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers	292	0	3	35	70	98	72	14	48.9
First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	274	1	10	59	77	74	44	9	43.5
Janitors and building cleaners	2,186	78	189	318	393	586	459	164	46.4
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	1,419	29	94	253	311	408	245	79	45.2
Pest control workers	75	0	7	17	22	16	10	3	41.3
Grounds maintenance workers	1,247	65	171	341	256	231	136	48	37.1
Personal care and service occupations	4,979	296	724	999	995	981	694	291	39.5
First-line supervisors of gaming workers	120	2	14	28	31	25	14	6	40.6
First-line supervisors of personal service workers	192	0	16	31	61	49	30	5	43.1
Animal trainers	49	1	7	9	9	15	7	1	-
Nonfarm animal caretakers	179	15	39	27	34	40	20	5	37.2
Gaming services workers	113	3	8	31	24	26	15	6	40.5
Motion picture projectionists	8	1	4	1	0	2	0	0	-
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers	46	12	11	11	4	2	4	2	-
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers	182	41	46	30	19	17	17	12	26.4
Embalmers and funeral attendants	8	0	1	1	1	1	0	4	-
Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors	23	0	0	4	6	3	6	4	-
Barbers	89	0	7	21	15	13	17	15	45.1
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	758	7	94	196	174	144	104	40	39.8
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers	251	5	13	62	80	50	32	8	40.8
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges	81	2	12	20	15	16	12	4	39.5
Tour and travel guides	38	5	10	4	4	5	5	5	-
Childcare workers	1,231	126	219	215	219	229	156	66	37.2
Personal care aides	1,057	21	129	194	189	252	189	82	43.9
Recreation and fitness workers	390	38	62	82	74	65	49	20	36.6
Residential advisors	59	3	11	13	12	11	9	1	38.6
Personal care and service workers, all other	105	14	21	20	22	14	9	5	33.2

Sales and office occupations	33,066	1,482	3,972	6,802	6,342	7,436	5,305	1,727	41.5
Sales and related occupations	15,330	993	2,124	3,152	2,797	3,166	2,206	893	39.9
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	3,217	17	271	784	676	817	489	163	42.6
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers	1,088	2	34	187	276	319	201	69	46.3
Cashiers	3,158	635	843	565	381	363	265	106	27.2
Counter and rental clerks	139	11	29	24	19	26	20	10	38.2
Parts salespersons	131	2	16	31	25	28	23	6	40.9
Retail salespersons	3,224	273	663	639	471	535	457	188	35.9
Advertising sales agents	254	0	22	82	56	61	24	9	39.6
Insurance sales agents	531	4	26	108	112	137	99	45	45.8
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	267	0	13	81	63	54	41	15	41.7
Travel agents	69	0	5	7	13	19	14	10	51.1
Sales representatives, services, all other	503	5	41	129	122	109	75	22	40.7
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing	1,297	13	60	266	314	361	212	71	44.6
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters	78	9	11	13	13	11	11	9	38.9
Real estate brokers and sales agents	811	1	24	122	153	203	192	116	50.3
Sales engineers	30	0	2	2	7	12	5	2	-
Telemarketers	108	9	28	32	9	14	11	5	30.5
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers	201	8	19	39	34	47	33	20	43.8
Sales and related workers, all other	226	4	16	41	53	51	36	25	44.2
Office and administrative support occupations	17,736	489	1,848	3,650	3,546	4,270	3,099	835	42.7
First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	1,423	4	49	269	361	391	296	53	45.7
Switchboard operators, including answering service	39	0	3	12	4	5	12	4	-
Telephone operators	40	0	9	10	7	8	6	0	-
Communications equipment operators, all other	7	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	-
Bill and account collectors	211	1	27	65	44	42	25	8	38.9
Billing and posting clerks	471	3	35	117	100	134	69	13	42.2
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	1,300	4	64	192	278	362	283	117	48.5
Gaming cage workers	5	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	-
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	168	1	4	20	46	58	32	6	46.1
Procurement clerks	26	0	0	1	7	8	8	1	-
Tellers	413	17	106	111	57	59	50	14	31.8
Financial clerks, all other	64	1	5	16	16	15	10	2	41.7
Brokerage clerks	11	0	0	3	4	2	1	0	-
Correspondence clerks	12	0	4	5	2	0	0	0	-
Court, municipal, and license clerks	86	0	1	13	20	25	24	3	48.9
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks	45	0	2	11	14	10	7	0	-
Customer service representatives	1,916	90	305	496	378	369	229	48	37.0
Eligibility interviewers, government programs	85	0	2	27	22	16	15	4	42.9
File clerks	334	23	48	55	63	77	49	18	40.8
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	135	5	38	40	20	13	12	7	30.1
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	153	6	15	39	24	36	26	8	40.8
Library assistants, clerical	113	7	26	11	15	15	29	10	44.8
Loan interviewers and clerks	117	1	6	34	37	26	12	2	40.4
New accounts clerks	33	0	4	11	6	7	5	0	-
Order clerks	113	4	15	21	20	25	23	5	41.7
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	40	1	3	9	11	10	6	1	-
Receptionists and information clerks	1,259	66	232	258	210	227	192	73	38.3
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks	99	2	8	21	25	29	12	3	42.6
Information and record clerks, all other	118	3	7	27	19	30	25	7	45.7
Cargo and freight agents	8	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	-
Couriers and messengers	249	3	11	41	57	78	35	24	46.5
Dispatchers	239	5	13	66	56	54	38	6	41.5
Meter readers, utilities	28	0	6	7	6	6	1	1	-
Postal service clerks	146	0	1	8	24	46	60	6	53.1
Postal service mail carriers	348	0	9	36	71	151	71	11	49.9
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	60	0	2	10	12	18	15	3	48.1
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	236	0	13	48	61	63	45	6	44.1
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	559	15	64	132	130	133	70	14	40.0
Stock clerks and order fillers	1,503	126	306	351	228	262	187	43	34.2
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping	70	2	2	17	14	14	17	4	44.9
Secretaries and administrative assistants	2,871	32	150	467	565	803	670	184	47.9
Computer operators	126	2	9	22	15	41	34	3	48.9
Data entry keyers	334	6	31	91	75	80	40	10	40.0
Word processors and typists	136	2	9	22	28	37	29	9	46.5
Desktop publishers	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	-
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	246	2	19	66	51	62	42	4	41.7
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service	93	4	14	16	13	24	13	10	43.7
Office clerks, general	1,061	46	124	211	198	255	168	61	42.2
Office machine operators, except computer	45	1	6	11	6	14	6	2	-
Proofreaders and copy markers	7	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	-
Statistical assistants	18	0	2	5	3	5	2	2	-
Office and administrative support workers, all other	513	4	41	124	117	118	91	20	42.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,009	278	1,146	3,237	3,069	3,144	1,766	369	41.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,001	100	136	228	189	183	117	48	37.0
First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers	52	0	2	7	9	14	12	7	51.8
Agricultural inspectors	22	0	3	5	6	5	3	0	-
Animal breeders	10	2	0	1	1	2	3	1	-
Graders and sorters, agricultural products	95	3	9	18	23	19	18	4	43.1
Miscellaneous agricultural workers	708	91	112	173	126	112	66	29	33.8
Fishers and related fishing workers	37	0	4	9	8	7	4	4	-
Hunters and trappers	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	-
Forest and conservation workers	14	0	1	5	2	2	3	0	-
Logging workers	61	2	4	10	14	21	9	1	44.2
Construction and extraction occupations	7,125	118	598	1,929	1,756	1,679	883	161	40.4
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers	634	1	15	130	159	195	117	16	45.2
Boilermakers	19	0	1	7	4	4	2	0	-
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons	146	2	12	39	35	37	19	2	41.8
Carpenters	1,330	16	94	332	358	338	170	22	41.4
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers	189	7	21	61	48	35	14	4	37.0
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers	70	0	6	22	16	18	6	1	39.9
Construction laborers	1,253	39	154	379	291	254	114	22	36.9
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators	21	0	2	5	6	4	4	0	-
Pile-driver operators	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	369	4	22	88	85	93	62	15	43.0
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers	150	1	12	50	50	20	14	2	37.6
Electricians	682	6	50	184	162	177	86	18	41.5
Glaziers	48	0	3	13	10	13	6	2	-
Insulation workers	47	1	6	15	11	8	4	0	-
Painters, construction and maintenance	528	12	40	133	140	114	70	20	40.9
Paperhangers	8	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	-
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	519	5	30	139	138	134	66	7	41.4
Plasterers and stucco masons	24	0	0	8	8	6	2	0	-
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers	7	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	-
Roofers	222	4	31	86	42	39	14	6	34.2
Sheet metal workers	126	5	16	32	21	34	14	4	40.0
Structural iron and steel workers	66	0	6	20	21	12	7	1	38.5
Solar photovoltaic installers	5	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	-
Helpers, construction trades	63	5	14	17	13	10	4	0	31.8
Construction and building inspectors	75	0	3	7	19	18	20	7	50.7
Elevator installers and repairers	30	0	0	7	9	10	4	0	-
Fence erectors	45	0	10	11	11	6	5	1	-
Hazardous materials removal workers	32	0	6	7	8	7	3	1	-
Highway maintenance workers	105	1	8	17	19	37	18	5	45.3
Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators	7	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	-
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners	11	0	1	2	6	3	0	0	-
Miscellaneous construction and related workers	36	1	3	10	10	6	5	0	-
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining	46	0	5	24	7	3	4	1	-
Earth drillers, except oil and gas	23	0	1	6	5	4	4	1	-
Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters	9	0	0	2	2	4	2	0	-
Mining machine operators	78	0	6	22	21	16	11	1	40.3
Roof bolters, mining	10	0	3	4	0	1	0	0	-
Roustabouts, oil and gas	17	0	3	9	2	2	0	0	-
Helpers--extraction workers	8	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	-
Other extraction workers	68	6	8	25	14	9	4	1	31.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,883	60	411	1,080	1,123	1,283	766	160	42.6
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers	313	0	8	49	57	102	87	11	49.7
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers	305	3	38	72	70	69	40	12	40.6
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers	150	1	9	34	45	35	24	2	41.9
Avionics technicians	16	0	0	6	4	3	2	1	-
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers	35	0	1	6	10	9	7	2	-
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment	6	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	-
Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility	14	0	0	4	5	2	3	0	-
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles	20	0	0	3	4	7	4	0	-
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers	38	1	4	13	8	9	2	0	-
Security and fire alarm systems installers	53	0	2	16	16	12	4	3	41.1
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians	164	0	7	36	40	56	20	5	44.0
Automotive body and related repairers	140	1	17	27	40	34	17	4	41.1
Automotive glass installers and repairers	17	0	1	4	5	5	2	0	-
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	855	12	120	206	189	198	108	21	39.1
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	312	3	28	75	61	82	53	10	42.4
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics	199	1	12	49	45	56	29	7	43.4
Small engine mechanics	52	2	8	9	6	10	11	7	45.4
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers	95	10	22	19	17	18	7	1	32.0
Control and valve installers and repairers	24	0	0	8	4	6	7	0	-
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	338	5	24	99	82	83	40	4	39.4
Home appliance repairers	43	1	4	7	11	8	9	3	-
Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics	433	2	11	83	104	135	86	12	45.7
Maintenance and repair workers, general	422	3	20	61	90	131	93	23	48.4
Maintenance workers, machinery	38	1	6	6	5	7	8	3	-
Millwrights	58	0	3	11	8	23	12	0	49.3
Electrical power-line installers and repairers	124	1	10	39	26	31	17	1	40.6
Telecommunications line installers and repairers	201	2	14	52	68	47	16	2	39.8
Precision instrument and equipment repairers	76	2	2	16	16	18	15	7	47.9
Wind turbine service technicians	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers	46	0	4	10	11	11	7	3	-
Commercial divers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Locksmiths and safe repairers	28	0	0	4	6	9	5	4	-
Manufactured building and mobile home installers	7	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	-
Riggers	14	0	1	2	3	4	3	0	-
Signal and track switch repairers	5	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	-
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	24	4	5	4	7	1	1	1	-
Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers	215	2	27	43	56	53	25	10	41.8

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16,461	447	1,519	3,341	3,563	4,215	2,659	717	42.8
Production occupations	8,142	142	712	1,685	1,812	2,185	1,346	260	43.1
First-line supervisors of production and operating workers	727	1	20	118	172	251	146	20	47.1
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers	20	0	1	2	3	9	5	0	-
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers	156	2	17	21	33	46	30	7	45.9
Engine and other machine assemblers	34	1	1	7	4	12	8	0	-
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	32	0	1	8	8	12	1	1	-
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators	860	19	87	190	195	222	124	23	41.5
Bakers	207	8	33	40	36	49	30	10	40.3
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers	342	11	46	91	67	74	42	11	39.0
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders	12	1	2	2	3	1	3	0	-
Food batchmakers	90	4	10	24	18	19	12	2	38.8
Food cooking machine operators and tenders	24	1	4	5	4	5	2	2	-
Food processing workers, all other	115	1	12	29	29	34	8	2	41.0
Computer control programmers and operators	72	0	5	19	19	18	8	2	39.7
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	13	0	1	4	4	2	2	0	-
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	-
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	8	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	-
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	100	1	11	22	24	24	16	2	40.0
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	-
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	65	3	10	8	14	15	13	2	42.4
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	15	0	0	1	8	3	2	1	-
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	-
Machinists	419	4	29	73	92	116	85	19	45.6
Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters	16	0	0	6	4	3	2	0	-
Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic	7	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	-
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	45	1	4	9	6	19	5	0	-
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	5	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	-
Tool and die makers	66	1	1	5	14	21	19	5	51.0
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers	505	6	53	127	119	118	69	14	40.9
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	-
Layout workers, metal and plastic	6	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	-
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	15	0	1	3	5	4	2	0	-
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners	7	1	1	1	0	3	0	1	-
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other	368	5	33	83	95	90	55	7	41.7
Prepress technicians and workers	41	2	4	9	6	13	7	1	-
Printing press operators	217	4	20	41	45	69	33	6	43.6
Print binding and finishing workers	16	0	0	4	2	6	4	0	-
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	174	5	19	30	33	39	37	11	44.6
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	48	0	0	15	13	8	9	2	-
Sewing machine operators	169	0	4	29	40	48	36	11	48.0
Shoe and leather workers and repairers	11	0	1	1	2	4	1	1	-
Shoe machine operators and tenders	8	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	-
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers	94	0	3	9	18	29	24	11	52.3
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	5	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	-
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	14	1	0	0	3	6	3	1	-
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	16	0	0	6	3	4	3	0	-
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	-
Fabric and apparel patternmakers	5	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	-
Upholsterers	47	1	4	11	9	7	14	1	-
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other	22	1	1	3	5	5	5	2	-
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	66	0	5	12	13	18	17	2	47.1
Furniture finishers	17	0	0	2	3	6	6	0	-
Model makers and patternmakers, wood	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	32	2	7	6	6	7	3	1	-
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	20	0	2	6	2	6	4	0	-
Woodworkers, all other	21	1	2	5	2	5	3	1	-
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers	50	0	0	10	12	19	7	2	46.0
Stationary engineers and boiler operators	95	1	1	9	18	31	30	5	51.5
Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators	71	0	1	12	13	25	18	1	48.4
Miscellaneous plant and system operators	39	0	1	7	9	10	10	2	-
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders	65	1	5	18	12	16	12	0	41.7
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers	94	2	9	29	20	21	13	1	39.6
Cutting workers	84	3	9	19	19	17	16	1	41.2
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders	34	0	3	7	8	12	4	0	-
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders	11	0	1	6	1	1	2	0	-
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	647	6	54	135	145	176	116	15	43.6
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers	41	0	2	3	8	10	14	5	-
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians	87	1	12	15	23	21	11	3	40.9
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	288	10	36	69	60	70	37	6	39.1
Painting workers	120	2	9	29	34	30	13	3	40.8
Photographic process workers and processing machine operators	43	3	13	14	5	5	3	0	-
Semiconductor processors	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	-
Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders	9	0	1	0	5	2	1	0	-
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders	11	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	-
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	-
Etchers and engravers	10	0	1	0	4	3	1	1	-
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic	37	2	7	7	4	7	6	4	-
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders	37	0	1	7	10	14	3	1	-
Tire builders	20	0	1	5	6	7	1	0	-
Helpers--production workers	54	6	15	10	10	7	5	1	29.6
Production workers, all other	777	16	70	166	185	205	115	20	42.2
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,318	305	807	1,655	1,751	2,030	1,313	456	42.6
Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers	228	0	15	43	57	72	35	6	44.3
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	121	0	3	16	24	45	28	5	49.0
Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists	43	0	1	12	11	10	7	1	-
Flight attendants	88	0	1	14	24	30	15	4	45.5
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians	13	0	2	5	0	3	3	1	-
Bus drivers	573	3	5	46	98	171	158	92	52.6
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	3,059	43	167	550	716	858	547	178	45.4
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	342	0	15	64	63	92	67	41	48.8
Motor vehicle operators, all other	62	0	3	9	11	11	8	21	51.8
Locomotive engineers and operators	45	0	1	6	12	13	11	2	-
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators	5	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	-
Railroad conductors and yardmasters	52	1	4	11	12	14	9	2	43.7
Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers	11	0	1	3	1	4	2	0	-
Sailors and marine oilers	22	0	5	9	3	1	3	1	-
Ship and boat captains and operators	37	0	1	9	5	11	9	3	-
Ship engineers	8	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	-
Bridge and lock tenders	6	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	-
Parking lot attendants	73	6	17	16	13	12	6	2	32.6
Automotive and watercraft service attendants	76	11	18	16	12	8	6	4	30.1
Transportation inspectors	32	0	2	7	5	11	6	1	-
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants	32	0	3	6	3	7	10	3	-
Other transportation workers	16	0	1	4	3	4	2	1	-
Conveyor operators and tenders	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	-
Crane and tower operators	63	0	5	12	20	17	7	2	42.7
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators	51	0	6	7	10	16	9	1	44.4
Hoist and winch operators	4	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	-
Industrial truck and tractor operators	528	9	55	142	130	124	57	12	39.8
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	331	43	62	75	70	42	32	7	32.7
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	1,787	161	323	423	321	322	188	49	35.0
Machine feeders and offbearers	36	3	5	10	6	7	4	1	-
Packers and packagers, hand	393	16	63	98	77	78	50	11	37.9
Pumping station operators	21	0	3	6	4	3	5	0	-
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	92	2	12	22	16	24	12	4	41.3
Mine shuttle car operators	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	-
Material moving workers, all other	62	3	7	6	19	12	13	2	43.1
NOTE: Median age represents the midpoint in the age distribution such that half of workers are younger and half are older. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

Last Modified Date: April 20, 2016