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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
	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014
Total	143,929	146,305	76,353	77,692	74,176	75,471	67,577	68,613	65,295	66,287

Management, professional, and related occupations	54,712	56,050	26,597	27,119	26,458	26,976	28,114	28,931	27,928	28,751
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	22,794	23,171	12,898	13,041	12,867	13,008	9,896	10,129	9,856	10,098
Management occupations	16,037	16,199	9,906	9,953	9,882	9,931	6,131	6,246	6,104	6,223
Business and financial operations occupations	6,757	6,972	2,992	3,088	2,985	3,077	3,765	3,884	3,752	3,875
Professional and related occupations	31,917	32,879	13,699	14,078	13,591	13,967	18,218	18,801	18,072	18,653
Computer and mathematical occupations	3,980	4,303	2,941	3,204	2,926	3,185	1,039	1,100	1,034	1,093
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,806	2,798	2,410	2,369	2,402	2,358	396	430	393	428
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,307	1,355	705	737	703	734	602	618	599	617
Community and social service occupations	2,332	2,495	879	890	869	880	1,453	1,605	1,439	1,595
Legal occupations	1,809	1,814	891	893	889	892	918	921	914	916
Education, training, and library occupations	8,623	8,686	2,261	2,252	2,240	2,218	6,362	6,434	6,293	6,371
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,879	2,935	1,520	1,544	1,476	1,513	1,359	1,391	1,325	1,356
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	8,182	8,493	2,092	2,189	2,086	2,186	6,090	6,304	6,074	6,278

Service occupations	25,929	25,854	11,260	11,203	10,403	10,360	14,669	14,651	13,629	13,613
Healthcare support occupations	3,537	3,461	393	430	381	416	3,145	3,031	3,083	2,962
Protective service occupations	3,130	3,140	2,469	2,456	2,408	2,406	661	684	614	643
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,209	8,112	3,721	3,641	3,172	3,074	4,488	4,471	3,827	3,798
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,661	5,803	3,473	3,469	3,325	3,327	2,188	2,335	2,129	2,278
Personal care and service occupations	5,392	5,337	1,205	1,207	1,118	1,138	4,187	4,130	3,977	3,933

Sales and office occupations	33,246	33,416	12,680	12,761	12,135	12,181	20,566	20,655	19,611	19,664
Sales and related occupations	15,444	15,646	7,935	7,948	7,597	7,580	7,509	7,697	6,835	7,010
Office and administrative support occupations	17,802	17,771	4,745	4,813	4,539	4,600	13,057	12,958	12,776	12,654

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,058	13,537	12,461	12,939	12,191	12,674	598	598	573	581
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	964	1,022	755	792	683	728	209	229	193	216
Construction and extraction occupations	7,130	7,637	6,948	7,440	6,814	7,304	182	197	177	194
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,964	4,879	4,757	4,707	4,694	4,641	207	172	203	172

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16,984	17,448	13,354	13,670	12,989	13,281	3,630	3,778	3,555	3,677
Production occupations	8,275	8,438	5,991	6,074	5,881	5,963	2,284	2,364	2,251	2,323
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,709	9,010	7,363	7,596	7,108	7,318	1,346	1,414	1,304	1,354
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 12, 2015