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Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age
[In thousands]
Occupation	Total		Men				Women
	16 years and over		16 years and over		20 years and over		16 years and over		20 years and over
	2012	2013	2012	2013	2012	2013	2012	2013	2012	2013
Total	142,469	143,929	75,555	76,353	73,403	74,176	66,914	67,577	64,640	65,295

Management, professional, and related occupations	54,043	54,712	26,208	26,597	26,071	26,458	27,834	28,114	27,633	27,928
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	22,678	22,794	12,779	12,898	12,749	12,867	9,899	9,896	9,862	9,856
Management occupations	16,042	16,037	9,849	9,906	9,823	9,882	6,194	6,131	6,167	6,104
Business and financial operations occupations	6,636	6,757	2,931	2,992	2,926	2,985	3,705	3,765	3,695	3,752
Professional and related occupations	31,365	31,917	13,429	13,699	13,321	13,591	17,936	18,218	17,771	18,072
Computer and mathematical occupations	3,816	3,980	2,841	2,941	2,834	2,926	976	1,039	972	1,034
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,846	2,806	2,457	2,410	2,449	2,402	390	396	387	393
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,316	1,307	720	705	719	703	596	602	590	599
Community and social service occupations	2,265	2,332	819	879	812	869	1,446	1,453	1,438	1,439
Legal occupations	1,786	1,809	885	891	884	889	901	918	898	914
Education, training, and library occupations	8,543	8,623	2,253	2,261	2,219	2,240	6,290	6,362	6,210	6,293
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,814	2,879	1,456	1,520	1,419	1,476	1,358	1,359	1,317	1,325
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	7,977	8,182	1,998	2,092	1,987	2,086	5,979	6,090	5,959	6,074

Service occupations	25,459	25,929	11,135	11,260	10,295	10,403	14,324	14,669	13,353	13,629
Healthcare support occupations	3,496	3,537	434	393	420	381	3,062	3,145	3,006	3,083
Protective service occupations	3,096	3,130	2,449	2,469	2,397	2,408	647	661	606	614
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,018	8,209	3,648	3,721	3,111	3,172	4,370	4,488	3,765	3,827
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,591	5,661	3,430	3,473	3,286	3,325	2,160	2,188	2,109	2,129
Personal care and service occupations	5,258	5,392	1,173	1,205	1,080	1,118	4,085	4,187	3,866	3,977

Sales and office occupations	33,152	33,246	12,653	12,680	12,088	12,135	20,500	20,566	19,530	19,611
Sales and related occupations	15,457	15,444	7,922	7,935	7,565	7,597	7,535	7,509	6,841	6,835
Office and administrative support occupations	17,695	17,802	4,730	4,745	4,523	4,539	12,965	13,057	12,689	12,776

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	12,821	13,058	12,266	12,461	12,001	12,191	554	598	525	573
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	994	964	768	755	702	683	226	209	204	193
Construction and extraction occupations	7,005	7,130	6,832	6,948	6,707	6,814	173	182	166	177
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,821	4,964	4,666	4,757	4,592	4,694	156	207	155	203

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16,994	16,984	13,294	13,354	12,949	12,989	3,701	3,630	3,599	3,555
Production occupations	8,455	8,275	6,109	5,991	6,005	5,881	2,346	2,284	2,303	2,251
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,540	8,709	7,185	7,363	6,944	7,108	1,355	1,346	1,296	1,304
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 26, 2014