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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
23. Persons at work by occupation, sex, and usual full- or part-time status
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and sex	2012
	Total at work	Worked 1 to 34 hours				Worked 35 hours or more	Average hours
		Total	For economic reasons	For noneconomic reasons			Total at work	Persons who usually work full time
		Total	For economic reasons	Usually work full time	Usually work part time		Total at work	Persons who usually work full time
Total, 16 years and over	137,337	34,425	8,122	7,497	18,806	102,912	38.5	42.5
Management, professional, and related occupations	51,664	9,990	1,466	3,115	5,410	41,674	40.4	43.4
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	21,966	3,203	450	1,240	1,514	18,763	42.7	44.7
Professional and related occupations	29,698	6,787	1,016	1,875	3,896	22,910	38.8	42.3
Service occupations	24,619	9,632	2,698	1,160	5,774	14,987	34.4	41.2
Sales and office occupations	32,177	9,366	1,993	1,718	5,655	22,812	36.8	41.6
Sales and related occupations	14,996	4,727	1,182	628	2,916	10,269	37.3	43.2
Office and administrative support occupations	17,182	4,639	811	1,090	2,738	12,543	36.4	40.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	12,420	2,264	969	734	561	10,155	40.4	42.3
Construction and extraction occupations	6,757	1,426	705	451	271	5,331	39.6	41.7
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,697	607	184	239	184	4,090	41.4	42.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16,457	3,173	995	770	1,407	13,284	40.1	42.8
Production occupations	8,230	1,219	376	400	443	7,011	40.6	42.3
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,227	1,954	620	371	964	6,273	39.5	43.4

Men, 16 years and over	73,338	13,950	4,065	3,657	6,228	59,388	40.8	43.7
Management, professional, and related occupations	25,366	3,560	624	1,347	1,588	21,806	43.0	45.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	12,409	1,469	255	609	605	10,940	44.6	46.2
Professional and related occupations	12,957	2,090	369	738	983	10,867	41.4	43.8
Service occupations	10,823	3,332	1,087	491	1,754	7,490	37.0	42.3
Sales and office occupations	12,353	2,733	709	549	1,474	9,621	39.8	43.6
Sales and related occupations	7,736	1,616	425	294	897	6,120	40.9	44.8
Office and administrative support occupations	4,617	1,117	285	255	577	3,501	37.9	41.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	11,889	2,109	926	693	490	9,780	40.5	42.3
Construction and extraction occupations	6,594	1,376	692	434	249	5,219	39.7	41.7
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,548	577	179	228	171	3,971	41.5	42.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	12,908	2,216	717	577	922	10,691	40.9	43.3
Production occupations	5,959	718	221	276	221	5,242	41.6	42.8
Transportation and material moving occupations	6,948	1,498	496	301	701	5,450	40.4	43.9

Women, 16 years and over	63,999	20,475	4,057	3,840	12,578	43,524	35.8	40.9
Management, professional, and related occupations	26,298	6,431	841	1,767	3,822	19,867	38.0	41.6
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	9,557	1,734	195	630	908	7,824	40.2	42.7
Professional and related occupations	16,741	4,697	646	1,137	2,914	12,043	36.7	40.9
Service occupations	13,797	6,300	1,611	669	4,020	7,497	32.4	40.1
Sales and office occupations	19,824	6,633	1,284	1,169	4,180	13,191	35.0	40.2
Sales and related occupations	7,260	3,111	757	334	2,019	4,149	33.4	41.0
Office and administrative support occupations	12,564	3,522	526	835	2,161	9,042	35.9	39.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	531	155	43	41	71	376	36.9	40.8
Construction and extraction occupations	163	51	12	17	21	112	37.3	41.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	149	30	5	11	14	119	38.2	40.7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	3,549	956	278	194	485	2,593	37.0	40.8
Production occupations	2,270	501	155	124	223	1,769	38.1	40.9
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,279	455	123	70	262	823	35.0	40.5
Footnotes (1) Includes farming, fishing, and forestry occupations, not shown separately.
NOTE: Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 5, 2013