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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
11b. Employed persons by detailed occupation and age
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation 2012
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

142,469 4,426 13,408 30,701 30,576 32,874 23,239 7,245 42.3

Management, professional, and related occupations

54,043 339 2,690 11,894 12,810 13,329 9,908 3,074 44.4

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

22,678 67 817 4,236 5,436 6,171 4,457 1,494 46.2

Management occupations

16,042 52 500 2,691 3,829 4,571 3,260 1,140 47.1

Chief executives

1,513 1 5 107 318 532 413 136 52.0

General and operations managers

1,064 0 30 193 283 326 195 37 45.1

Legislators

11 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 -

Advertising and promotions managers

77 0 8 19 23 15 9 3 39.7

Marketing and sales managers

967 2 43 238 284 244 136 21 42.2

Public relations and fundraising managers

58 0 1 19 12 13 11 2 42.1

Administrative services managers

144 0 5 17 25 55 35 7 49.6

Computer and information systems managers

605 1 6 106 222 172 89 11 43.7

Financial managers

1,228 1 37 287 296 331 220 55 44.6

Compensation and benefits managers

15 0 0 4 4 4 4 0 -

Human resources managers

224 1 4 40 58 72 43 6 46.0

Training and development managers

36 1 2 6 5 14 8 1 -

Industrial production managers

261 1 5 39 59 94 50 12 47.7

Purchasing managers

218 0 7 33 48 81 44 6 48.3

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

287 1 10 57 76 78 52 13 44.7

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

944 12 31 88 111 201 249 252 55.9

Construction managers

983 1 24 150 239 318 200 52 47.8

Education administrators

811 1 18 117 221 218 191 45 47.0

Architectural and engineering managers

120 0 0 16 31 40 28 5 48.7

Food service managers

1,085 22 140 273 234 245 135 36 39.7

Funeral service managers

13 0 0 0 2 4 3 5 -

Gaming managers

26 0 4 6 6 7 1 1 -

Lodging managers

154 0 6 32 26 37 34 19 48.3

Medical and health services managers

585 0 8 89 125 176 148 40 49.3

Natural sciences managers

18 0 0 3 6 5 4 0 -

Postmasters and mail superintendents

39 0 1 2 8 13 13 3 -

Property, real estate, and community association managers

644 1 10 109 125 172 139 87 50.2

Social and community service managers

315 0 15 56 84 72 59 28 46.2

Emergency management directors

6 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 -

Managers, all other

3,594 7 79 583 897 1,028 748 253 47.4

Business and financial operations occupations

6,636 15 317 1,546 1,607 1,600 1,197 355 44.1

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes

47 1 3 10 13 7 7 4 -

Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products

13 0 0 2 3 3 3 2 -

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products

198 3 14 47 38 39 47 11 44.4

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products

261 1 11 40 65 71 65 9 47.5

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators

323 0 12 75 86 73 61 16 44.3

Compliance officers

199 0 1 36 47 57 51 6 46.9

Cost estimators

114 0 7 20 30 23 24 9 45.6

Human resources workers

603 1 31 148 168 141 97 16 42.5

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists

71 0 2 13 19 16 20 1 46.1

Training and development specialists

126 0 4 28 34 30 25 4 43.8

Logisticians

94 0 4 26 20 28 12 4 45.1

Management analysts

773 1 25 151 178 181 160 77 47.0

Meeting, convention, and event planners

127 2 15 41 28 24 11 7 38.4

Fundraisers

86 2 8 24 19 18 12 3 40.2

Market research analysts and marketing specialists

219 0 14 68 57 48 27 6 40.9

Business operations specialists, all other

251 2 9 59 59 71 41 10 45.1

Accountants and auditors

1,765 1 95 443 436 424 274 91 42.8

Appraisers and assessors of real estate

93 0 1 16 16 27 25 7 50.5

Budget analysts

55 0 0 11 14 17 10 3 46.5

Credit analysts

30 0 4 13 6 5 2 0 -

Financial analysts

89 0 7 25 27 21 7 2 39.4

Personal financial advisors

378 0 19 79 87 83 78 31 45.7

Insurance underwriters

103 0 2 23 24 30 21 3 45.9

Financial examiners

14 0 2 6 1 2 2 1 -

Credit counselors and loan officers

333 1 13 98 75 83 57 6 42.4

Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents

82 0 1 14 14 32 17 4 48.7

Tax preparers

107 0 6 12 25 23 23 17 49.6

Financial specialists, all other

82 0 6 18 19 23 14 3 43.9

Professional and related occupations

31,365 272 1,874 7,657 7,373 7,158 5,451 1,580 43.1

Computer and mathematical occupations

3,816 11 213 1,062 1,103 873 461 94 40.9

Computer and information research scientists

29 0 3 10 4 10 2 0 -

Computer systems analysts

499 1 17 126 123 134 80 19 43.4

Information security analysts

52 0 2 14 17 11 6 1 41.4

Computer programmers

480 2 33 113 132 124 66 11 41.6

Software developers, applications and systems software

1,084 1 53 338 348 226 102 16 39.7

Web developers

190 1 21 72 48 28 16 4 36.5

Computer support specialists

476 3 45 130 127 90 72 9 40.4

Database administrators

101 0 1 14 35 36 12 3 44.8

Network and computer systems administrators

226 0 9 70 81 38 24 4 40.1

Computer network architects

127 1 1 26 49 39 5 6 41.8

Computer occupations, all other

341 3 20 86 89 88 44 12 41.8

Actuaries

26 0 1 8 4 6 5 2 -

Mathematicians

4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -

Operations research analysts

130 0 3 38 29 32 21 7 43.1

Statisticians

47 0 1 16 15 10 4 1 -

Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations

3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 -

Architecture and engineering occupations

2,846 11 158 650 628 768 513 120 44.6

Architects, except naval

195 0 3 45 42 55 42 8 46.1

Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists

51 0 2 12 11 13 10 1 44.8

Aerospace engineers

119 0 4 23 30 34 24 5 46.5

Agricultural engineers

4 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -

Biomedical engineers

10 0 1 3 3 4 0 0 -

Chemical engineers

71 0 6 17 20 14 12 2 41.4

Civil engineers

358 1 25 91 81 85 57 18 43.4

Computer hardware engineers

91 0 3 34 16 26 11 1 40.7

Electrical and electronics engineers

335 0 10 66 78 102 60 19 46.4

Environmental engineers

43 0 1 5 14 10 9 4 -

Industrial engineers, including health and safety

197 0 16 43 41 54 39 4 44.4

Marine engineers and naval architects

8 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 -

Materials engineers

40 1 2 12 7 12 4 2 -

Mechanical engineers

288 1 26 63 63 83 43 10 43.3

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

9 0 0 4 1 2 2 1 -

Nuclear engineers

11 0 0 3 1 5 3 0 -

Petroleum engineers

38 0 7 8 8 6 7 2 -

Engineers, all other

359 1 10 90 84 97 55 22 44.5

Drafters

149 1 6 41 35 32 30 4 43.6

Engineering technicians, except drafters

395 5 32 66 77 114 87 14 46.8

Surveying and mapping technicians

77 0 4 20 14 18 18 3 45.0

Life, physical, and social science occupations

1,316 8 82 375 284 295 210 62 42.1

Agricultural and food scientists

42 0 3 8 9 9 9 4 -

Biological scientists

101 0 7 28 21 22 20 3 41.6

Conservation scientists and foresters

25 0 0 6 6 5 7 1 -

Medical scientists

136 0 4 39 38 32 20 3 42.5

Life scientists, all other

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

Astronomers and physicists

25 0 0 2 3 10 4 5 -

Atmospheric and space scientists

15 0 0 3 3 6 2 1 -

Chemists and materials scientists

105 0 9 32 22 29 11 2 40.4

Environmental scientists and geoscientists

105 0 3 31 22 28 16 5 43.5

Physical scientists, all other

154 0 9 48 42 24 22 9 40.3

Economists

26 0 1 5 6 5 6 3 -

Survey researchers

2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -

Psychologists

178 0 0 43 38 34 46 18 47.0

Sociologists

7 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 -

Urban and regional planners

28 0 0 13 7 4 4 0 -

Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers

57 0 1 17 16 13 9 1 41.1

Agricultural and food science technicians

32 0 2 11 4 8 5 2 -

Biological technicians

19 0 2 5 3 6 1 0 -

Chemical technicians

70 0 5 26 8 18 10 2 39.4

Geological and petroleum technicians

21 0 2 7 3 8 1 0 -

Nuclear technicians

3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -

Social science research assistants

3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 -

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians

160 7 31 44 30 30 15 3 34.0

Community and social service occupations

2,265 15 127 508 507 477 468 162 44.8

Counselors

661 5 43 157 152 127 140 35 43.9

Social workers

734 2 34 195 205 159 115 23 42.0

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists

88 0 3 26 30 17 11 1 40.3

Social and human service assistants

151 1 18 39 27 22 35 9 42.2

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including
health educators and community health workers

94 1 7 21 15 30 14 5 44.4

Clergy

408 2 10 49 62 94 120 70 52.8

Directors, religious activities and education

61 0 2 13 9 16 15 6 48.3

Religious workers, all other

69 3 9 8 7 13 17 12 51.1

Legal occupations

1,786 5 49 385 415 421 354 156 46.0

Lawyers

1,061 0 1 213 258 240 223 125 47.5

Judicial law clerks

17 0 2 5 2 2 6 1 -

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers

67 0 0 9 9 16 26 8 53.2

Paralegals and legal assistants

418 3 38 104 97 100 62 13 41.4

Miscellaneous legal support workers

223 1 8 55 49 63 38 9 44.4

Education, training, and library occupations

8,543 114 602 2,003 1,877 1,937 1,543 468 43.2

Postsecondary teachers

1,350 6 95 304 262 274 274 136 45.2

Preschool and kindergarten teachers

678 15 70 183 161 145 82 22 39.5

Elementary and middle school teachers

2,838 8 117 722 731 647 502 111 43.0

Secondary school teachers

1,127 3 53 303 272 268 184 44 42.8

Special education teachers

366 3 13 94 70 106 67 14 44.7

Other teachers and instructors

860 48 137 178 126 144 158 69 40.5

Archivists, curators, and museum technicians

46 1 3 5 10 10 12 6 -

Librarians

181 1 7 24 31 46 57 15 51.1

Library technicians

45 6 7 8 6 5 12 1 -

Teacher assistants

898 18 92 152 180 254 164 36 44.1

Other education, training, and library workers

153 3 8 31 29 37 31 14 46.4

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

2,814 78 285 706 592 564 415 175 41.0

Artists and related workers

212 0 10 44 53 42 46 17 45.7

Designers

756 7 61 196 174 176 107 35 41.6

Actors

37 2 7 10 9 5 3 1 -

Producers and directors

121 0 10 37 28 22 19 4 41.1

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers

267 44 60 48 38 38 30 9 31.1

Dancers and choreographers

21 4 5 9 3 0 0 0 -

Musicians, singers, and related workers

203 7 18 51 35 34 38 20 43.3

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other

41 2 5 14 6 6 2 5 -

Announcers

50 0 5 9 14 13 5 5 44.1

News analysts, reporters and correspondents

82 1 12 20 11 20 15 5 42.8

Public relations specialists

155 0 11 46 39 25 27 8 41.1

Editors

159 2 21 41 30 30 23 11 40.4

Technical writers

58 0 1 8 17 18 10 3 44.8

Writers and authors

208 1 13 48 27 49 42 28 47.3

Miscellaneous media and communication workers

98 2 8 27 21 21 13 7 40.3

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators

108 2 14 32 23 22 12 3 37.5

Photographers

178 4 19 49 44 30 20 12 39.2

Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors

57 1 5 16 18 12 3 2 39.6

Media and communication equipment workers, all other

2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

7,977 31 358 1,969 1,968 1,823 1,487 341 43.6

Chiropractors

58 0 0 9 17 15 10 6 47.3

Dentists

167 0 0 17 39 51 37 22 51.7

Dietitians and nutritionists

116 2 4 24 22 26 32 6 47.4

Optometrists

33 0 0 8 3 10 7 4 -

Pharmacists

286 0 8 94 73 49 45 16 41.2

Physicians and surgeons

911 0 3 179 238 218 181 92 46.9

Physician assistants

108 0 5 34 35 22 11 2 39.6

Podiatrists

9 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 -

Audiologists

14 0 0 5 5 2 2 0 -

Occupational therapists

118 0 2 38 34 26 16 3 41.4

Physical therapists

211 1 6 74 53 46 27 5 39.9

Radiation therapists

14 0 0 5 5 2 1 0 -

Recreational therapists

13 0 0 6 2 4 1 1 -

Respiratory therapists

111 0 3 27 34 24 20 3 43.2

Speech-language pathologists

146 0 4 50 40 21 29 1 41.6

Exercise physiologists

2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -

Therapists, all other

148 1 12 41 40 25 23 6 40.8

Veterinarians

85 1 1 19 30 16 14 3 43.2

Registered nurses

2,875 1 104 655 695 699 626 95 45.0

Nurse anesthetists

27 0 0 1 9 8 9 0 -

Nurse midwives

3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -

Nurse practitioners

103 0 0 15 38 26 23 2 45.4

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other

23 0 0 3 3 9 7 1 -

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians

319 1 17 81 62 86 57 15 44.7

Dental hygienists

163 0 8 47 42 38 25 2 41.4

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians

308 2 14 80 89 64 52 6 42.2

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics

172 5 17 73 40 25 10 1 33.8

Health practitioner support technologists and technicians

544 9 96 179 106 90 50 14 34.9

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

531 3 25 127 133 140 85 18 43.2

Medical records and health information technicians

90 1 4 19 17 25 19 4 45.7

Opticians, dispensing

54 0 7 7 10 12 17 2 48.1

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians

140 2 10 31 33 31 26 7 43.1

Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

75 1 6 19 17 9 19 3 42.3

Service occupations

25,459 1,812 3,917 5,658 4,800 4,949 3,190 1,133 37.9

Healthcare support occupations

3,496 69 528 911 667 710 478 133 38.9

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides

2,119 41 311 489 393 463 323 98 40.6

Occupational therapy assistants and aides

18 0 4 9 2 2 1 0 -

Physical therapist assistants and aides

66 0 14 20 14 9 7 2 34.8

Massage therapists

158 1 17 46 32 27 25 9 40.4

Dental assistants

274 5 39 87 61 51 26 4 36.5

Medical assistants

429 3 67 163 96 59 36 5 33.6

Medical transcriptionists

55 0 2 6 10 20 13 5 52.6

Pharmacy aides

45 1 13 11 7 4 9 0 -

Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers

47 4 14 14 6 3 6 0 -

Phlebotomists

119 1 14 38 21 32 10 3 39.3

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical equipment preparers

166 13 32 27 26 40 22 7 38.6

Protective service occupations

3,096 92 231 754 792 684 402 140 40.9

First-line supervisors of correctional officers

46 0 0 8 13 17 5 3 -

First-line supervisors of police and detectives

112 0 0 8 41 44 17 3 45.6

First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers

64 0 0 6 21 23 15 0 46.4

First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other

93 0 2 13 24 23 24 8 49.5

Firefighters

295 0 21 97 97 59 20 1 38.3

Fire inspectors

18 0 2 4 4 6 3 0 -

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers

371 5 22 95 124 89 32 4 40.2

Detectives and criminal investigators

160 0 1 30 56 47 20 5 43.2

Fish and game wardens

7 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 -

Parking enforcement workers

4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

657 2 25 200 216 148 53 14 40.0

Transit and railroad police

3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -

Animal control workers

11 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 -

Private detectives and investigators

103 1 5 25 25 23 17 7 43.5

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers

903 16 114 231 146 163 163 70 41.0

Crossing guards

61 1 3 7 6 17 14 14 54.4

Transportation security screeners

25 0 2 8 6 7 1 0 -

Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service workers

162 67 35 15 6 13 16 10 22.6

Food preparation and serving related occupations

8,018 1,143 1,939 1,896 1,151 1,077 609 203 29.6

Chefs and head cooks

403 7 45 125 96 77 48 6 38.4

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

552 23 113 149 103 93 57 14 34.9

Cooks

1,970 202 358 506 349 313 178 63 33.7

Food preparation workers

868 144 233 178 100 110 80 22 27.9

Bartenders

412 5 82 148 66 69 30 12 31.9

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food

343 57 89 55 44 56 32 11 29.2

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop

233 109 62 21 17 14 7 3 21.8

Waiters and waitresses

2,124 307 697 544 250 212 87 28 26.6

Food servers, nonrestaurant

217 28 48 38 32 37 24 10 31.8

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers

359 94 76 52 40 47 30 20 27.1

Dishwashers

271 56 52 57 40 35 23 8 30.4

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop

260 111 81 23 12 13 13 7 21.6

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other

6 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 -

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

5,591 196 481 990 1,185 1,431 970 338 44.1

First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers

277 3 8 39 56 92 65 14 48.8

First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

281 3 7 48 83 68 57 15 45.3

Janitors and building cleaners

2,205 80 182 334 394 585 454 176 47.1

Maids and housekeeping cleaners

1,457 32 108 249 354 391 242 81 44.2

Pest control workers

73 1 4 16 18 21 10 4 43.8

Grounds maintenance workers

1,298 77 171 303 280 275 143 48 38.4

Personal care and service occupations

5,258 312 738 1,107 1,004 1,047 731 319 39.6

First-line supervisors of gaming workers

146 1 16 29 37 37 21 4 42.6

First-line supervisors of personal service workers

246 1 13 49 75 63 34 11 42.8

Animal trainers

44 1 9 9 8 12 3 3 -

Nonfarm animal caretakers

179 16 50 33 25 29 21 5 31.7

Gaming services workers

106 2 8 25 28 22 15 6 43.0

Motion picture projectionists

2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers

43 14 17 5 2 1 3 2 -

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers

180 45 45 25 16 18 16 14 26.0

Embalmers and funeral attendants

16 1 0 1 3 4 1 6 -

Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors

38 0 2 11 4 7 10 4 -

Barbers

109 2 6 34 22 17 14 14 39.9

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists

785 12 79 209 170 159 111 46 40.6

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers

300 4 17 80 96 61 35 8 39.9

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges

68 1 7 15 10 19 8 7 42.1

Tour and travel guides

51 3 14 9 6 6 6 8 35.4

Childcare workers

1,314 139 221 242 214 258 166 74 37.3

Personal care aides

1,071 29 129 200 185 253 192 84 43.9

Recreation and fitness workers

406 33 69 100 75 57 56 15 36.4

Residential advisors

58 1 14 11 9 15 7 1 37.7

Personal care and service workers, all other

95 8 21 22 19 8 12 6 34.4

Sales and office occupations

33,152 1,534 4,157 6,712 6,318 7,207 5,398 1,826 41.4

Sales and related occupations

15,457 1,051 2,226 3,065 2,870 3,098 2,234 914 39.7

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

3,237 23 259 773 732 791 485 174 42.7

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

1,151 0 25 186 319 326 223 72 46.1

Cashiers

3,275 677 913 559 371 354 288 113 26.3

Counter and rental clerks

139 10 28 32 24 22 18 4 34.6

Parts salespersons

106 3 15 21 22 26 17 2 40.5

Retail salespersons

3,341 294 708 658 486 543 450 201 35.2

Advertising sales agents

230 2 23 73 50 49 24 9 38.6

Insurance sales agents

540 4 27 118 111 134 101 45 45.8

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents

280 1 21 75 65 66 35 17 41.7

Travel agents

73 0 3 10 14 15 16 16 52.9

Sales representatives, services, all other

457 3 41 107 109 106 75 16 42.0

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing

1,277 8 62 241 319 366 217 64 45.1

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters

65 5 8 12 3 11 18 9 50.2

Real estate brokers and sales agents

761 1 24 89 153 185 191 116 50.8

Sales engineers

27 0 0 6 6 9 5 0 -

Telemarketers

97 8 30 24 12 8 11 4 29.3

Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers

198 7 19 40 32 43 31 26 43.8

Sales and related workers, all other

204 4 18 40 41 44 30 26 43.4

Office and administrative support occupations

17,695 483 1,931 3,647 3,448 4,110 3,164 912 42.9

First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

1,416 7 41 287 347 392 291 50 45.3

Switchboard operators, including answering service

35 1 5 9 3 7 6 4 -

Telephone operators

42 1 8 12 4 10 5 1 -

Communications equipment operators, all other

9 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 -

Bill and account collectors

206 2 25 63 46 35 29 6 39.3

Billing and posting clerks

475 4 27 110 109 118 93 14 43.6

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

1,268 7 63 164 249 351 310 124 49.7

Gaming cage workers

8 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 -

Payroll and timekeeping clerks

155 0 4 20 35 58 31 5 47.7

Procurement clerks

27 0 0 7 7 5 7 1 -

Tellers

380 13 107 85 68 57 36 15 31.8

Financial clerks, all other

52 2 5 11 8 13 10 3 40.7

Brokerage clerks

5 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 -

Correspondence clerks

6 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 -

Court, municipal, and license clerks

85 0 3 16 15 28 19 4 47.6

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks

43 0 4 9 11 13 6 0 -

Customer service representatives

1,956 92 333 508 381 348 237 58 36.6

Eligibility interviewers, government programs

92 0 2 23 20 20 21 6 46.1

File clerks

292 27 34 51 45 69 49 17 41.9

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks

110 8 34 32 16 10 7 3 29.3

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan

135 3 16 35 25 27 27 3 41.3

Library assistants, clerical

97 3 16 11 11 22 22 12 48.7

Loan interviewers and clerks

144 0 7 50 34 33 16 3 40.2

New accounts clerks

26 0 5 6 6 6 2 1 -

Order clerks

104 5 14 25 19 20 15 5 40.2

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping

132 0 13 37 34 20 25 3 40.4

Receptionists and information clerks

1,237 56 234 276 215 211 179 65 37.4

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks

117 3 11 26 29 29 16 2 40.6

Information and record clerks, all other

104 2 5 21 24 23 23 7 45.9

Cargo and freight agents

25 0 0 4 4 12 4 1 -

Couriers and messengers

213 3 16 40 49 45 38 22 45.2

Dispatchers

277 3 19 85 64 61 38 6 40.3

Meter readers, utilities

29 0 4 8 6 8 1 1 -

Postal service clerks

148 1 1 8 20 47 65 5 53.5

Postal service mail carriers

318 0 1 31 65 126 83 10 51.1

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

66 1 5 6 10 21 19 3 50.6

Production, planning, and expediting clerks

272 2 15 69 59 62 55 10 44.1

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

527 11 74 126 112 116 71 16 39.6

Stock clerks and order fillers

1,453 124 308 315 217 244 172 73 34.9

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping

74 1 8 22 20 11 10 1 37.9

Secretaries and administrative assistants

2,904 28 163 465 559 792 685 212 48.5

Computer operators

102 2 9 15 23 31 17 5 45.6

Data entry keyers

337 9 40 88 58 80 54 9 40.4

Word processors and typists

119 1 7 24 23 34 23 7 46.3

Desktop publishers

3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

230 0 17 70 41 60 34 7 41.6

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service

81 2 11 9 12 18 21 9 49.9

Office clerks, general

1,103 45 147 220 192 261 172 66 41.6

Office machine operators, except computer

46 2 8 10 6 9 9 2 -

Proofreaders and copy markers

10 0 2 1 0 2 4 1 -

Statistical assistants

32 0 4 9 6 7 3 3 -

Office and administrative support workers, all other

570 9 54 121 126 131 99 29 42.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

12,821 295 1,067 3,077 3,045 3,092 1,840 404 41.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

994 88 134 232 191 185 117 47 37.4

First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers

50 0 2 9 11 15 8 5 46.2

Agricultural inspectors

16 0 0 2 6 4 3 1 -

Animal breeders

6 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 -

Graders and sorters, agricultural products

118 4 8 30 24 30 19 3 41.4

Miscellaneous agricultural workers

711 79 119 172 135 108 68 31 34.1

Fishers and related fishing workers

33 0 0 5 5 10 6 5 -

Hunters and trappers

2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -

Forest and conservation workers

9 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 -

Logging workers

49 2 3 11 8 15 9 1 -

Construction and extraction occupations

7,005 132 544 1,773 1,701 1,706 957 192 41.4

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

634 0 14 131 152 188 115 34 46.3

Boilermakers

23 0 2 4 4 6 5 2 -

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons

122 5 8 27 40 28 12 2 40.9

Carpenters

1,223 22 81 308 308 295 175 34 41.8

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers

150 2 18 38 36 36 19 1 39.7

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers

68 0 6 20 18 19 4 1 40.2

Construction laborers

1,387 45 161 412 313 282 140 33 38.2

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

23 0 2 6 6 4 3 0 -

Pile-driver operators

4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

348 5 22 69 74 94 75 10 45.4

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers

129 2 10 42 39 24 11 1 38.5

Electricians

692 6 42 150 172 196 111 15 43.4

Glaziers

46 0 2 18 12 6 6 2 -

Insulation workers

44 1 4 11 17 8 2 0 -

Painters, construction and maintenance

485 12 38 124 113 117 66 15 41.2

Paperhangers

7 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 -

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

534 7 36 129 135 150 62 15 41.7

Plasterers and stucco masons

18 1 2 3 7 4 0 0 -

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers

8 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 -

Roofers

196 3 15 70 47 41 17 4 37.8

Sheet metal workers

123 2 8 26 29 32 23 3 43.1

Structural iron and steel workers

65 1 5 17 28 10 4 0 38.4

Solar photovoltaic installers

7 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 -

Helpers, construction trades

53 4 8 20 12 5 4 0 31.6

Construction and building inspectors

118 1 4 12 20 32 40 9 51.8

Elevator installers and repairers

29 0 0 5 7 13 4 0 -

Fence erectors

33 3 6 6 6 11 2 0 -

Hazardous materials removal workers

38 1 5 8 10 10 1 2 -

Highway maintenance workers

108 3 4 17 25 31 24 5 46.9

Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators

10 0 0 4 1 5 1 0 -

Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners

8 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 -

Miscellaneous construction and related workers

32 0 1 12 5 7 7 0 -

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining

37 1 6 13 10 6 1 0 -

Earth drillers, except oil and gas

35 0 6 7 10 7 3 1 -

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters

8 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 -

Mining machine operators

65 1 8 20 16 14 7 0 37.2

Roof bolters, mining

3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -

Roustabouts, oil and gas

14 2 3 4 1 3 1 0 -

Helpers--extraction workers

5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 -

Other extraction workers

75 3 10 26 16 14 4 0 35.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

4,821 75 390 1,071 1,153 1,201 766 165 42.4

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

292 1 6 47 72 84 73 10 47.7

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers

296 2 29 73 73 67 40 13 40.9

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers

158 1 10 39 47 31 25 5 41.3

Avionics technicians

14 0 1 3 3 6 1 0 -

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers

37 1 5 11 8 7 3 1 -

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment

5 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -

Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility

12 0 0 3 2 4 3 1 -

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles

18 0 0 5 4 4 5 0 -

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers

50 1 5 14 12 13 2 2 37.8

Security and fire alarm systems installers

41 0 4 11 11 10 3 2 -

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

153 0 11 33 28 49 26 5 44.8

Automotive body and related repairers

140 4 12 36 37 27 18 5 40.0

Automotive glass installers and repairers

22 0 2 6 9 3 2 0 -

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

867 19 107 202 203 194 121 23 39.8

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

316 6 25 75 64 77 56 14 42.9

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics

194 1 10 39 44 61 32 6 45.3

Small engine mechanics

56 1 5 18 13 9 7 3 38.0

Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers

87 7 23 24 17 13 3 1 30.2

Control and valve installers and repairers

27 0 1 5 7 10 3 0 -

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

340 5 27 96 81 87 37 6 40.2

Home appliance repairers

47 0 4 13 8 9 9 5 -

Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics

454 4 18 71 105 138 102 15 46.8

Maintenance and repair workers, general

442 7 18 76 110 121 90 19 45.9

Maintenance workers, machinery

28 1 6 8 5 4 5 1 -

Millwrights

53 1 1 14 11 14 12 0 45.8

Electrical power-line installers and repairers

110 0 17 31 25 24 12 0 37.6

Telecommunications line installers and repairers

177 1 10 50 58 36 19 2 40.0

Precision instrument and equipment repairers

60 0 1 10 13 16 13 6 50.3

Wind turbine service technicians

3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers

33 0 3 6 8 7 6 1 -

Commercial divers

3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -

Locksmiths and safe repairers

31 0 1 3 7 12 6 3 -

Manufactured building and mobile home installers

5 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 -

Riggers

13 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 -

Signal and track switch repairers

5 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers

30 4 5 8 7 4 2 0 -

Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers

205 7 18 37 51 54 25 15 42.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

16,994 447 1,576 3,360 3,603 4,296 2,904 809 43.3

Production occupations

8,455 147 748 1,697 1,885 2,178 1,481 319 43.5

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

808 1 24 115 194 265 174 34 48.0

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers

23 1 3 5 5 3 6 0 -

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers

166 2 17 25 42 42 34 5 43.7

Engine and other machine assemblers

32 0 1 5 7 11 8 0 -

Structural metal fabricators and fitters

25 0 2 4 8 7 3 1 -

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

919 25 96 189 202 225 145 37 42.1

Bakers

199 7 36 41 31 40 34 10 39.7

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers

311 9 40 69 82 62 32 17 39.2

Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders

11 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 -

Food batchmakers

84 5 11 19 21 13 12 4 38.9

Food cooking machine operators and tenders

14 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 -

Food processing workers, all other

117 1 23 27 24 26 13 3 38.1

Computer control programmers and operators

67 1 3 14 15 20 13 2 44.0

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

10 0 1 3 0 4 2 0 -

Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

10 0 1 0 3 4 2 0 -

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

8 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 -

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

87 3 13 14 18 23 15 1 42.0

Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators,
and tenders, metal and plastic

54 4 7 15 8 8 10 2 36.4

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

17 0 2 1 4 7 2 2 -

Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -

Machinists

397 3 28 75 90 104 80 16 45.0

Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters

17 0 1 2 3 6 4 0 -

Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic

11 0 1 0 0 4 5 1 -

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

37 1 4 8 7 7 7 1 -

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

5 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -

Tool and die makers

56 0 0 6 8 15 22 5 53.5

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

593 6 60 175 143 123 74 12 39.7

Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 -

Layout workers, metal and plastic

4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 -

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

18 0 2 3 5 5 1 0 -

Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners

3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other

375 3 33 84 91 93 64 7 43.0

Prepress technicians and workers

33 0 2 6 9 7 5 4 -

Printing press operators

201 3 13 33 43 66 36 7 45.9

Print binding and finishing workers

22 0 1 1 2 7 8 3 -

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers

185 8 13 36 41 41 36 10 44.9

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials

54 0 0 16 12 13 7 5 42.3

Sewing machine operators

166 1 8 28 31 44 39 15 48.3

Shoe and leather workers and repairers

11 0 0 1 2 5 2 1 -

Shoe machine operators and tenders

11 0 2 0 3 5 0 1 -

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers

86 1 1 6 16 29 18 15 53.9

Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders

5 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders

12 0 0 1 5 3 3 0 -

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders

7 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 -

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders

14 0 0 1 5 4 2 1 -

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers

1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -

Fabric and apparel patternmakers

3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -

Upholsterers

34 1 1 4 8 10 9 2 -

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other

14 0 0 6 2 3 4 0 -

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters

45 1 2 8 7 14 13 0 -

Furniture finishers

7 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 -

Model makers and patternmakers, wood

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood

30 0 2 4 5 10 8 1 -

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing

21 1 2 4 6 5 3 1 -

Woodworkers, all other

21 2 2 5 1 4 5 2 -

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers

44 0 2 7 12 12 10 1 -

Stationary engineers and boiler operators

121 0 5 20 22 35 33 5 49.3

Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

72 0 0 14 13 31 11 2 46.9

Miscellaneous plant and system operators

39 0 3 7 11 9 10 1 -

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders

68 0 8 15 14 17 13 0 43.1

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers

100 1 8 29 19 22 17 4 42.5

Cutting workers

67 2 7 13 15 19 10 0 40.9

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders

45 1 1 10 12 15 6 0 -

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders

16 0 3 4 3 6 1 0 -

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

689 6 51 124 157 188 138 25 45.4

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers

46 0 1 9 4 14 9 8 -

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians

95 2 15 15 24 17 18 5 41.6

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

261 7 22 55 57 75 40 5 42.1

Painting workers

150 3 20 41 33 37 12 4 38.0

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators

55 1 10 20 10 8 6 0 30.9

Semiconductor processors

4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -

Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders

9 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 -

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders

7 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 -

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders

2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -

Etchers and engravers

6 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 -

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic

41 0 4 8 8 10 8 4 -

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

35 1 2 7 10 10 5 0 -

Tire builders

19 1 3 6 3 3 2 1 -

Helpers--production workers

59 6 11 11 13 11 4 3 35.4

Production workers, all other

933 24 99 206 213 226 148 16 41.3

Transportation and material moving occupations

8,540 299 828 1,663 1,718 2,118 1,424 490 43.1

Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

200 0 16 51 41 54 35 3 42.8

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

129 0 3 22 27 41 30 6 47.8

Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists

44 0 0 14 10 11 7 2 -

Flight attendants

88 0 1 12 18 30 20 6 49.1

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians

20 0 1 6 4 4 3 1 -

Bus drivers

558 1 7 45 83 167 167 87 53.5

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

3,201 37 171 569 714 911 602 196 45.7

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs

336 2 15 42 63 93 80 40 50.4

Motor vehicle operators, all other

63 0 1 6 10 10 10 25 59.2

Locomotive engineers and operators

41 0 0 6 12 13 9 1 -

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators

10 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 -

Railroad conductors and yardmasters

52 1 6 15 13 9 8 0 38.9

Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers

11 0 2 3 2 2 2 0 -

Sailors and marine oilers

16 2 1 7 2 2 2 1 -

Ship and boat captains and operators

37 0 2 6 8 10 8 3 -

Ship engineers

7 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -

Bridge and lock tenders

7 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 -

Parking lot attendants

81 6 28 8 10 14 10 5 32.2

Automotive and watercraft service attendants

94 14 23 23 10 13 10 1 29.4

Transportation inspectors

36 0 2 8 6 8 11 2 -

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants

38 2 4 7 4 7 11 4 -

Other transportation workers

17 1 5 1 3 4 3 0 -

Conveyor operators and tenders

4 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 -

Crane and tower operators

62 1 5 11 14 18 11 3 46.2

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators

42 0 4 6 7 14 8 4 -

Hoist and winch operators

5 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 -

Industrial truck and tractor operators

537 6 50 162 122 132 59 6 39.7

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment

315 33 64 73 61 50 25 9 33.9

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

1,849 146 356 408 324 348 211 58 35.8

Machine feeders and offbearers

27 1 3 5 4 6 6 1 -

Packers and packagers, hand

431 43 46 100 93 88 45 16 38.0

Pumping station operators

25 0 0 9 4 7 4 2 -

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

106 3 9 23 27 30 11 4 41.9

Mine shuttle car operators

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -

Tank car, truck, and ship loaders

4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -

Material moving workers, all other

45 1 1 9 12 9 10 4 -

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