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Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by sex and class of worker

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
16. Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by sex and class of worker
[In thousands]
Industry and sex	2011
	Total employed	Wage and salary workers(1)			Self- employed workers, unincor- porated	Unpaid family workers
	Total employed	Total	Private industries	Government	Self- employed workers, unincor- porated	Unpaid family workers
TOTAL
Total, nonagricultural industries	137,615	128,934	108,398	20,536	8,603	78
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	817	797	794	3	20	0
Construction	9,039	7,451	7,033	418	1,585	4
Manufacturing	14,336	14,058	13,961	97	273	4
Durable goods	9,007	8,830	8,749	81	176	2
Nondurable goods	5,329	5,228	5,212	17	98	3
Wholesale and retail trade	19,726	18,763	18,667	95	949	15
Wholesale trade	3,798	3,630	3,618	11	166	3
Retail trade	15,927	15,133	15,049	84	783	12
Transportation and utilities	7,200	6,847	5,430	1,417	352	1
Transportation and warehousing	5,957	5,604	4,530	1,074	352	1
Utilities	1,243	1,243	900	343	-	-
Information	3,150	3,018	2,820	198	131	2
Financial activities	9,386	8,764	8,528	236	615	8
Finance and insurance	6,613	6,384	6,259	126	225	4
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,773	2,380	2,269	111	390	3
Professional and business services	15,819	13,795	13,383	412	2,011	13
Professional and technical services	9,461	8,347	8,111	235	1,108	6
Management, administrative, and waste services	6,358	5,448	5,272	176	903	7
Education and health services	31,867	30,784	20,411	10,372	1,077	7
Educational services	12,965	12,758	4,122	8,637	206	1
Health care and social assistance	18,902	18,025	16,290	1,736	871	6
Hospitals	6,315	6,306	5,501	805	9	0
Health services, except hospitals	9,367	8,960	8,505	455	403	3
Social assistance	3,221	2,759	2,284	475	459	3
Leisure and hospitality	12,697	12,044	11,639	405	636	17
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	2,922	2,522	2,175	347	400	0
Accommodation and food services	9,775	9,523	9,464	59	235	16
Other services	6,724	5,760	5,731	29	956	8
Other services, except private households	6,002	5,038	5,010	29	956	8
Private households	722	722	722	-	-	-
Public administration	6,853	6,853	-	6,853	-	-

Men
Total, nonagricultural industries	72,592	67,306	58,384	8,922	5,262	24
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	718	700	698	2	18	0
Construction	8,211	6,697	6,324	373	1,514	0
Manufacturing	10,228	10,046	9,972	74	180	2
Durable goods	6,777	6,645	6,585	60	131	1
Nondurable goods	3,451	3,401	3,387	13	49	1
Wholesale and retail trade	10,900	10,364	10,317	47	532	4
Wholesale trade	2,715	2,587	2,579	8	128	0
Retail trade	8,185	7,777	7,738	39	404	4
Transportation and utilities	5,575	5,266	4,285	981	309	0
Transportation and warehousing	4,608	4,298	3,601	698	309	0
Utilities	967	967	684	283	-	-
Information	1,883	1,798	1,752	46	86	0
Financial activities	4,255	3,894	3,788	106	361	0
Finance and insurance	2,802	2,636	2,589	47	166	0
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,453	1,257	1,198	59	195	0
Professional and business services	9,338	8,131	7,865	266	1,203	5
Professional and technical services	5,438	4,776	4,623	154	660	1
Management, administrative, and waste services	3,901	3,355	3,243	112	542	4
Education and health services	8,160	7,896	4,902	2,994	262	2
Educational services	4,095	4,015	1,475	2,541	79	1
Health care and social assistance	4,066	3,881	3,428	453	183	2
Hospitals	1,529	1,525	1,273	252	4	0
Health services, except hospitals	2,053	1,889	1,776	113	164	0
Social assistance	484	467	378	88	16	2
Leisure and hospitality	6,300	5,936	5,715	221	356	8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,599	1,377	1,177	200	221	0
Accommodation and food services	4,702	4,559	4,539	21	135	8
Other services	3,230	2,786	2,765	20	442	2
Other services, except private households	3,152	2,708	2,688	20	442	2
Private households	78	78	78	-	-	-
Public administration	3,793	3,793	-	3,793	-	-

Women
Total, nonagricultural industries	65,023	61,628	50,014	11,614	3,341	54
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	99	97	96	0	3	0
Construction	828	754	709	46	71	3
Manufacturing	4,108	4,012	3,989	23	93	3
Durable goods	2,230	2,185	2,165	20	45	1
Nondurable goods	1,878	1,827	1,824	3	49	2
Wholesale and retail trade	8,826	8,398	8,350	48	416	11
Wholesale trade	1,083	1,043	1,039	3	38	3
Retail trade	7,742	7,356	7,311	45	378	8
Transportation and utilities	1,625	1,581	1,145	437	42	1
Transportation and warehousing	1,349	1,306	929	377	42	1
Utilities	276	276	216	60	-	-
Information	1,267	1,220	1,069	152	45	2
Financial activities	5,132	4,870	4,740	130	254	7
Finance and insurance	3,811	3,748	3,669	79	59	4
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,320	1,122	1,070	52	195	3
Professional and business services	6,480	5,664	5,518	146	808	8
Professional and technical services	4,023	3,571	3,489	82	447	5
Management, administrative, and waste services	2,457	2,093	2,029	64	361	3
Education and health services	23,706	22,887	15,509	7,378	815	5
Educational services	8,870	8,743	2,647	6,096	127	0
Health care and social assistance	14,836	14,144	12,862	1,282	687	5
Hospitals	4,786	4,781	4,228	553	5	0
Health services, except hospitals	7,314	7,071	6,729	342	240	3
Social assistance	2,737	2,293	1,906	387	443	1
Leisure and hospitality	6,397	6,108	5,923	185	279	9
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,324	1,145	998	147	179	0
Accommodation and food services	5,073	4,964	4,926	38	101	9
Other services	3,494	2,974	2,966	8	514	6
Other services, except private households	2,850	2,330	2,322	8	514	6
Private households	644	644	644	-	-	-
Public administration	3,060	3,060	-	3,060	-	-
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
NOTE: 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 35,000).

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2012