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Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race
[In thousands]
Category	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian
Category	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012
Total, 16 years and over	139,869	142,469	114,690	114,769	15,051	15,856	6,867	7,705
Men	74,290	75,555	61,920	61,990	6,953	7,302	3,703	4,085
Women	65,579	66,914	52,770	52,779	8,098	8,553	3,165	3,620

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	52,547	54,043	43,923	44,375	4,398	4,678	3,223	3,735
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	21,589	22,678	18,495	19,095	1,579	1,766	1,111	1,305
Management occupations	15,250	16,042	13,308	13,741	959	1,114	696	814
Business and financial operations occupations	6,339	6,636	5,187	5,353	620	651	416	491
Professional and related occupations	30,957	31,365	25,428	25,280	2,819	2,912	2,112	2,431
Computer and mathematical occupations	3,608	3,816	2,695	2,773	250	284	599	666
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,785	2,846	2,353	2,339	145	159	245	308
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,303	1,316	1,059	1,077	96	85	128	130
Community and social service occupations	2,352	2,265	1,794	1,711	427	425	65	71
Legal occupations	1,770	1,786	1,540	1,552	129	127	68	70
Education, training, and library occupations	8,619	8,543	7,319	7,161	834	814	304	368
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,779	2,814	2,442	2,395	166	170	101	145
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	7,740	7,977	6,227	6,273	773	847	600	671
Service occupations	24,787	25,459	19,027	19,001	3,816	4,039	1,216	1,415
Healthcare support occupations	3,359	3,496	2,290	2,294	826	925	146	156
Protective service occupations	3,210	3,096	2,478	2,350	560	532	69	83
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,747	8,018	6,086	6,209	973	968	455	495
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,492	5,591	4,423	4,365	755	839	168	184
Personal care and service occupations	4,979	5,258	3,750	3,783	702	774	378	497
Sales and office occupations	33,066	33,152	27,079	26,733	3,742	3,907	1,466	1,564
Sales and related occupations	15,330	15,457	12,751	12,563	1,503	1,627	745	815
Office and administrative support occupations	17,736	17,695	14,328	14,169	2,239	2,280	721	749
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,009	12,821	11,571	11,272	847	892	261	274
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,001	994	919	889	43	53	14	18
Construction and extraction occupations	7,125	7,005	6,419	6,253	417	434	106	110
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,883	4,821	4,233	4,130	387	405	140	146
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16,461	16,994	13,090	13,389	2,248	2,341	702	716
Production occupations	8,142	8,455	6,580	6,702	892	985	477	488
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,318	8,540	6,510	6,686	1,356	1,356	225	229

CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,380	1,377	1,295	1,264	43	54	14	20
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	846	780	812	742	10	7	8	12
Unpaid family workers	28	29	28	28	0	0	0	0
Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers(1)	128,934	131,452	105,042	105,236	14,434	15,178	6,433	7,208
Government	20,536	20,360	16,264	15,826	2,901	2,978	770	856
Private industries	108,398	111,093	88,778	89,411	11,533	12,200	5,663	6,352
Private households	722	738	614	618	61	62	27	33
Other industries	107,676	110,355	88,163	88,793	11,472	12,138	5,636	6,319
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	8,603	8,749	7,458	7,436	561	614	398	452
Unpaid family workers	78	81	56	63	4	3	15	13

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)
Full-time workers	112,556	114,809	91,880	92,219	12,342	12,935	5,784	6,436
Part-time workers	27,313	27,661	22,811	22,550	2,708	2,921	1,084	1,269
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated. (2) Employed persons are classified as full- or part-time workers based on their usual weekly hours at all jobs regardless of the number of hours they are at work during the reference week. Persons absent from work also are classified according to their usual status. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 5, 2013