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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation 2014
Total
employed
Percent of total employed
Women Black or
African
American
Asian Hispanic
or Latino

Total, 16 years and over

146,305 46.9 11.4 5.7 16.1

Management, professional, and related occupations

56,050 51.6 8.8 7.5 8.7

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

23,171 43.7 7.5 6.1 8.9

Management occupations

16,199 38.6 6.7 5.4 9.1

Chief executives

1,603 26.3 3.0 4.7 4.7

General and operations managers

887 29.5 6.2 3.9 11.5

Legislators

17 - - - -

Advertising and promotions managers

52 57.9 6.7 4.9 4.6

Marketing and sales managers

917 46.1 3.9 5.9 8.3

Public relations and fundraising managers

71 60.0 7.7 7.9 12.9

Administrative services managers

134 40.8 8.1 2.7 9.0

Computer and information systems managers

629 26.7 6.3 11.6 4.9

Financial managers

1,194 53.4 7.8 6.9 10.5

Compensation and benefits managers

17 - - - -

Human resources managers

236 74.4 11.8 3.3 10.0

Training and development managers

38 - - - -

Industrial production managers

273 17.8 4.2 3.6 8.4

Purchasing managers

193 42.6 7.6 8.9 11.6

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

260 21.6 7.0 6.1 12.4

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

941 23.8 0.9 0.8 4.2

Construction managers

711 7.4 3.7 2.3 10.2

Education administrators

838 63.3 13.3 2.1 9.1

Architectural and engineering managers

122 7.6 2.7 9.9 8.4

Food service managers

1,113 44.9 9.8 10.0 16.4

Funeral service managers

13 - - - -

Gaming managers

28 - - - -

Lodging managers

146 54.6 8.1 15.5 7.1

Medical and health services managers

593 71.8 11.0 5.5 8.1

Natural sciences managers

18 - - - -

Postmasters and mail superintendents

33 - - - -

Property, real estate, and community association managers

674 48.9 7.5 3.1 12.9

Social and community service managers

362 65.3 14.6 5.3 7.6

Emergency management directors

8 - - - -

Managers, all other

4,075 33.3 6.6 5.5 9.2

Business and financial operations occupations

6,972 55.7 9.5 7.6 8.4

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes

52 48.9 9.7 5.7 8.3

Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products

15 - - - -

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products

216 53.4 6.1 7.0 8.8

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products

271 55.3 10.8 3.5 9.0

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators

311 60.3 15.2 3.3 9.7

Compliance officers

239 46.4 10.4 5.3 9.3

Cost estimators

105 13.7 2.4 3.8 5.6

Human resources workers

615 71.8 13.3 4.0 12.1

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists

71 77.3 16.3 8.6 9.1

Training and development specialists

128 58.3 11.0 2.1 7.6

Logisticians

100 41.4 12.0 4.2 15.6

Management analysts

850 41.3 7.7 9.6 5.8

Meeting, convention, and event planners

156 79.2 12.8 3.3 6.8

Fundraisers

92 72.6 4.4 2.3 3.5

Market research analysts and marketing specialists

284 60.8 5.6 12.1 7.3

Business operations specialists, all other

194 57.2 10.7 7.4 11.0

Accountants and auditors

1,724 63.0 8.2 10.7 7.8

Appraisers and assessors of real estate

95 40.1 5.4 1.6 4.2

Budget analysts

48 - - - -

Credit analysts

28 - - - -

Financial analysts

261 40.5 4.9 15.8 7.2

Personal financial advisors

434 35.5 8.1 5.7 7.1

Insurance underwriters

113 60.5 12.3 2.4 7.6

Financial examiners

16 - - - -

Credit counselors and loan officers

288 59.4 10.3 6.3 11.0

Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents

70 60.2 18.3 7.3 6.4

Tax preparers

103 67.8 16.5 5.7 13.1

Financial specialists, all other

93 60.1 11.1 8.1 11.2

Professional and related occupations

32,879 57.2 9.7 8.6 8.6

Computer and mathematical occupations

4,303 25.6 8.3 19.2 6.6

Computer and information research scientists

29 - - - -

Computer systems analysts

511 34.2 9.7 20.9 4.8

Information security analysts

68 18.1 9.7 5.7 6.1

Computer programmers

509 21.4 5.7 19.7 6.4

Software developers, applications and systems software

1,235 19.8 5.3 31.9 5.2

Web developers

220 35.2 6.3 5.7 8.6

Computer support specialists

524 26.6 14.3 8.1 9.4

Database administrators

108 28.0 11.7 13.3 4.6

Network and computer systems administrators

205 19.1 9.5 8.4 7.9

Computer network architects

123 12.4 7.4 17.3 6.3

Computer occupations, all other

512 23.1 9.7 12.5 8.5

Actuaries

28 - - - -

Mathematicians

3 - - - -

Operations research analysts

138 55.4 11.0 11.9 10.5

Statisticians

85 49.9 5.8 24.5 4.1

Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations

5 - - - -

Architecture and engineering occupations

2,798 15.4 5.2 11.7 8.2

Architects, except naval

178 25.3 4.1 10.0 7.2

Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists

41 - - - -

Aerospace engineers

147 15.6 6.2 10.7 11.4

Agricultural engineers

4 - - - -

Biomedical engineers

14 - - - -

Chemical engineers

79 13.0 3.0 12.6 3.6

Civil engineers

349 16.5 6.1 9.7 8.8

Computer hardware engineers

84 15.3 7.4 22.8 9.5

Electrical and electronics engineers

271 12.3 3.9 21.4 5.3

Environmental engineers

42 - - - -

Industrial engineers, including health and safety

194 16.0 5.5 9.7 8.6

Marine engineers and naval architects

9 - - - -

Materials engineers

35 - - - -

Mechanical engineers

303 8.8 3.3 9.9 5.6

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

15 - - - -

Nuclear engineers

5 - - - -

Petroleum engineers

37 - - - -

Engineers, all other

406 11.7 4.4 18.2 8.0

Drafters

138 18.1 5.3 4.3 6.5

Engineering technicians, except drafters

369 20.5 8.2 8.7 13.2

Surveying and mapping technicians

77 9.7 6.8 0.8 9.4

Life, physical, and social science occupations

1,355 45.6 6.4 12.3 7.5

Agricultural and food scientists

31 - - - -

Biological scientists

110 45.9 5.3 10.5 6.0

Conservation scientists and foresters

27 - - - -

Medical scientists

143 52.5 5.1 33.8 7.9

Life scientists, all other

0 - - - -

Astronomers and physicists

12 - - - -

Atmospheric and space scientists

7 - - - -

Chemists and materials scientists

102 29.8 8.1 12.7 6.0

Environmental scientists and geoscientists

91 24.5 1.3 3.9 6.6

Physical scientists, all other

183 37.6 3.0 25.4 5.7

Economists

33 - - - -

Survey researchers

4 - - - -

Psychologists

232 71.9 5.7 1.3 8.0

Sociologists

3 - - - -

Urban and regional planners

24 - - - -

Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers

42 - - - -

Agricultural and food science technicians

39 - - - -

Biological technicians

25 - - - -

Chemical technicians

71 32.3 16.4 4.6 8.9

Geological and petroleum technicians

20 - - - -

Nuclear technicians

6 - - - -

Social science research assistants

2 - - - -

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians

149 51.4 7.4 11.6 7.7

Community and social service occupations

2,495 64.3 17.5 3.4 11.6

Counselors

737 71.1 18.7 2.8 10.6

Social workers

799 81.9 21.3 2.4 13.2

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists

100 52.5 21.0 3.2 16.4

Social and human service assistants

180 77.9 25.5 2.2 16.5

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

114 69.3 14.6 1.7 17.4

Clergy

433 18.6 8.3 6.9 7.5

Directors, religious activities and education

64 53.0 4.1 1.1 7.1

Religious workers, all other

68 58.8 7.3 6.3 6.1

Legal occupations

1,814 50.8 7.5 4.5 7.9

Lawyers

1,132 32.9 5.7 4.4 5.6

Judicial law clerks

12 - - - -

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers

53 51.7 10.9 3.2 4.8

Paralegals and legal assistants

417 87.3 9.5 4.3 14.2

Miscellaneous legal support workers

200 75.8 12.8 5.1 8.9

Education, training, and library occupations

8,686 74.1 10.3 4.4 9.5

Postsecondary teachers

1,259 50.2 6.1 12.2 6.1

Preschool and kindergarten teachers

664 97.2 15.8 3.4 13.9

Elementary and middle school teachers

3,102 80.9 10.2 2.5 8.7

Secondary school teachers

1,099 57.0 10.0 2.2 7.6

Special education teachers

336 83.7 8.9 1.5 6.8

Other teachers and instructors

836 65.4 11.5 6.0 11.1

Archivists, curators, and museum technicians

47 - - - -

Librarians

198 84.8 3.6 4.0 5.7

Library technicians

36 - - - -

Teacher assistants

904 90.3 14.4 3.0 17.1

Other education, training, and library workers

206 74.0 10.9 2.9 8.7

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

2,935 47.4 6.3 5.0 9.8

Artists and related workers

203 48.8 2.1 5.7 9.1

Designers

830 56.3 4.1 7.1 11.1

Actors

43 - - - -

Producers and directors

161 36.5 4.6 4.0 11.7

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers

294 34.3 6.5 2.5 8.8

Dancers and choreographers

18 - - - -

Musicians, singers, and related workers

194 34.0 12.6 3.0 6.1

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other

38 - - - -

Announcers

60 25.7 17.1 5.1 10.5

News analysts, reporters and correspondents

80 43.9 7.5 6.3 13.8

Public relations specialists

136 60.5 9.0 4.0 9.2

Editors

163 48.2 2.8 5.5 7.1

Technical writers

61 48.9 5.7 3.6 2.6

Writers and authors

221 59.1 6.2 3.2 5.6

Miscellaneous media and communication workers

78 73.6 4.8 11.6 33.3

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators

108 13.0 15.2 4.8 10.5

Photographers

174 51.0 4.3 3.7 10.1

Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors

72 18.1 4.4 0.0 5.7

Media and communication equipment workers, all other

0 - - - -

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

8,493 74.2 11.2 9.4 7.7

Chiropractors

66 22.4 0.0 7.0 2.9

Dentists

192 29.1 5.6 15.5 6.8

Dietitians and nutritionists

123 92.4 10.6 10.2 5.1

Optometrists

48 - - - -

Pharmacists

293 56.3 8.1 18.9 5.6

Physicians and surgeons

1,014 36.7 5.5 21.0 6.3

Physician assistants

84 74.5 6.4 11.3 5.9

Podiatrists

8 - - - -

Audiologists

20 - - - -

Occupational therapists

111 92.4 5.7 3.0 5.2

Physical therapists

244 69.8 6.7 12.5 4.6

Radiation therapists

17 - - - -

Recreational therapists

10 - - - -

Respiratory therapists

112 62.4 13.7 9.8 4.9

Speech-language pathologists

137 98.4 7.2 3.2 8.4

Exercise physiologists

5 - - - -

Therapists, all other

186 79.9 9.7 2.4 13.1

Veterinarians

81 56.2 3.1 1.1 4.9

Registered nurses

2,888 90.0 11.8 8.2 6.7

Nurse anesthetists

30 - - - -

Nurse midwives

4 - - - -

Nurse practitioners

128 91.5 7.7 5.2 3.9

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other

24 - - - -

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians

293 74.0 18.2 12.8 10.9

Dental hygienists

175 97.1 4.3 5.5 9.9

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians

331 73.6 6.5 5.3 8.0

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics

232 25.8 7.7 1.2 8.4

Health practitioner support technologists and technicians

583 81.4 13.2 6.8 13.2

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

641 89.0 27.9 5.0 9.9

Medical records and health information technicians

138 90.2 19.8 4.4 12.7

Opticians, dispensing

46 - - - -

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians

123 65.3 18.0 6.5 11.6

Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

108 53.7 8.7 4.0 9.1

Service occupations

25,854 56.7 16.2 5.4 23.4

Healthcare support occupations

3,461 87.6 25.7 5.2 16.2

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides

1,980 88.5 35.9 4.5 15.4

Occupational therapy assistants and aides

17 - - - -

Physical therapist assistants and aides

70 64.6 7.8 8.8 5.5

Massage therapists

172 82.7 4.3 10.6 8.4

Dental assistants

273 96.6 5.1 5.4 23.5

Medical assistants

508 92.8 14.3 5.0 21.9

Medical transcriptionists

58 97.1 3.9 0.4 4.7

Pharmacy aides

45 - - - -

Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers

41 - - - -

Phlebotomists

118 83.4 17.9 3.8 18.0

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical equipment preparers

179 65.5 26.9 6.6 11.4

Protective service occupations

3,140 21.8 19.7 2.3 14.4

First-line supervisors of correctional officers

49 - - - -

First-line supervisors of police and detectives

126 15.9 14.4 0.7 7.0

First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers

58 7.8 6.2 1.6 9.3

First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other

91 20.9 10.9 1.6 10.3

Firefighters

300 5.7 10.2 0.7 9.6

Fire inspectors

13 - - - -

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers

395 28.6 20.6 1.7 16.0

Detectives and criminal investigators

164 21.0 14.6 1.6 13.2

Fish and game wardens

3 - - - -

Parking enforcement workers

10 - - - -

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

680 12.4 15.6 1.8 13.2

Transit and railroad police

3 - - - -

Animal control workers

9 - - - -

Private detectives and investigators

98 37.7 14.5 3.0 13.5

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers

899 22.6 30.3 3.7 19.0

Crossing guards

66 66.3 21.6 6.2 6.1

Transportation security screeners

33 - - - -

Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service workers

141 49.7 12.6 1.8 11.1

Food preparation and serving related occupations

8,112 55.1 12.6 6.0 24.9

Chefs and head cooks

430 21.4 15.3 16.4 18.3

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

545 59.1 13.7 4.7 19.1

Cooks

1,992 40.6 16.5 4.9 34.0

Food preparation workers

885 54.7 13.4 6.9 27.2

Bartenders

416 57.5 6.0 1.9 15.5

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food

428 61.9 20.5 3.3 18.7

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop

254 70.4 13.9 4.3 21.6

Waiters and waitresses

2,054 71.8 7.5 6.6 19.4

Food servers, nonrestaurant

185 61.9 23.5 6.1 20.8

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers

375 49.2 7.6 5.5 34.1

Dishwashers

246 21.2 12.3 5.7 40.2

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop

297 85.2 10.9 6.5 18.2

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other

6 - - - -

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

5,803 40.2 14.6 3.4 36.7

First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers

282 42.3 14.7 2.8 24.1

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

210 4.8 8.3 1.4 22.7

Janitors and building cleaners

2,328 33.2 17.5 3.4 31.5

Maids and housekeeping cleaners

1,514 88.6 16.8 5.5 43.8

Pest control workers

80 3.7 10.9 0.5 17.0

Grounds maintenance workers

1,389 6.3 8.3 1.7 43.6

Personal care and service occupations

5,337 77.4 15.0 8.4 16.6

First-line supervisors of gaming workers

151 45.2 4.4 6.4 7.3

First-line supervisors of personal service workers

202 71.3 11.5 18.2 13.7

Animal trainers

41 - - - -

Nonfarm animal caretakers

201 69.9 2.8 0.9 12.2

Gaming services workers

99 41.8 8.0 19.4 12.5

Motion picture projectionists

4 - - - -

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers

54 48.9 24.3 3.6 13.1

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers

189 41.5 13.3 3.3 17.3

Embalmers and funeral attendants

13 - - - -

Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors

29 - - - -

Barbers

110 16.8 36.3 5.4 23.7

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists

760 94.6 12.4 4.8 15.3

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers

296 88.9 5.9 55.3 10.3

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges

85 20.2 17.2 6.0 24.8

Tour and travel guides

54 46.9 5.9 5.8 11.3

Childcare workers

1,218 95.5 15.9 3.5 21.6

Personal care aides

1,254 83.9 23.0 7.9 18.2

Recreation and fitness workers

404 63.0 9.2 2.9 11.6

Residential advisors

43 - - - -

Personal care and service workers, all other

131 42.6 8.2 3.1 15.3

Sales and office occupations

33,416 61.8 12.0 4.8 14.9

Sales and related occupations

15,646 49.2 10.7 5.3 14.7

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

3,285 44.3 8.8 6.1 12.1

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

1,200 26.0 5.6 4.8 11.2

Cashiers

3,242 72.2 18.3 6.9 22.0

Counter and rental clerks

113 49.8 11.8 4.5 22.5

Parts salespersons

93 15.3 4.8 0.5 12.2

Retail salespersons

3,316 49.8 12.3 4.6 16.2

Advertising sales agents

227 48.7 7.9 4.5 12.7

Insurance sales agents

562 47.0 8.3 4.9 13.2

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents

256 32.5 4.9 4.6 9.5

Travel agents

82 81.4 7.9 13.2 9.9

Sales representatives, services, all other

480 29.5 6.6 4.3 11.0

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing

1,309 29.3 5.3 3.8 9.3

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters

66 68.4 5.5 4.0 15.9

Real estate brokers and sales agents

868 54.9 5.4 4.2 10.5

Sales engineers

43 - - - -

Telemarketers

75 67.4 19.6 3.6 18.5

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

175 64.0 10.6 3.5 21.7

Sales and related workers, all other

253 52.0 10.6 6.2 5.7

Office and administrative support occupations

17,771 72.9 13.1 4.4 15.1

First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

1,351 67.4 11.1 3.6 12.2

Switchboard operators, including answering service

19 - - - -

Telephone operators

33 - - - -

Communications equipment operators, all other

9 - - - -

Bill and account collectors

165 66.6 20.3 1.5 13.9

Billing and posting clerks

507 91.2 13.3 5.2 12.2

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

1,231 90.2 8.0 4.8 10.9

Gaming cage workers

14 - - - -

Payroll and timekeeping clerks

146 89.4 15.1 3.9 12.1

Procurement clerks

31 - - - -

Tellers

361 81.6 10.5 7.1 16.8

Financial clerks, all other

65 66.6 11.8 6.4 7.8

Brokerage clerks

5 - - - -

Correspondence clerks

6 - - - -

Court, municipal, and license clerks

69 77.4 12.7 0.8 14.1

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks

44 - - - -

Customer service representatives

2,086 64.6 17.0 4.5 16.5

Eligibility interviewers, government programs

70 82.1 26.3 3.2 20.6

File clerks

226 81.6 15.6 3.8 18.3

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks

120 63.5 12.4 9.3 25.1

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan

160 80.5 23.9 4.8 11.3

Library assistants, clerical

98 84.0 7.3 3.2 10.2

Loan interviewers and clerks

143 78.1 11.4 3.9 9.6

New accounts clerks

27 - - - -

Order clerks

104 59.9 9.5 5.8 19.1

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping

101 87.6 17.1 1.9 15.1

Receptionists and information clerks

1,301 91.3 10.5 4.1 18.7

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks

94 57.4 16.0 9.9 18.5

Information and record clerks, all other

95 81.6 9.7 6.5 15.0

Cargo and freight agents

23 - - - -

Couriers and messengers

233 16.0 14.4 3.2 20.4

Dispatchers

267 60.9 14.0 1.8 14.9

Meter readers, utilities

23 - - - -

Postal service clerks

117 52.3 30.8 8.7 7.9

Postal service mail carriers

311 38.7 19.2 5.3 12.9

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

61 59.1 27.5 5.7 9.5

Production, planning, and expediting clerks

244 54.3 11.4 4.5 13.5

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

606 32.3 13.3 3.2 23.2

Stock clerks and order fillers

1,483 35.9 16.0 4.2 22.3

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping

75 41.8 14.7 1.5 22.2

Secretaries and administrative assistants

2,995 94.2 9.8 3.3 12.7

Computer operators

87 55.0 12.5 4.3 8.5

Data entry keyers

292 78.7 16.1 8.4 12.9

Word processors and typists

101 88.4 18.4 5.3 10.7

Desktop publishers

2 - - - -

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

288 82.8 15.2 2.9 10.1

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service

79 53.0 20.0 10.3 13.8

Office clerks, general

1,230 84.6 13.3 6.1 15.5

Office machine operators, except computer

39 - - - -

Proofreaders and copy markers

10 - - - -

Statistical assistants

23 - - - -

Office and administrative support workers, all other

497 73.8 12.9 3.9 12.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

13,537 4.4 7.3 2.1 27.6

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

1,022 22.4 6.0 1.6 43.4

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

44 - - - -

Agricultural inspectors

17 - - - -

Animal breeders

6 - - - -

Graders and sorters, agricultural products

93 59.9 13.4 2.1 54.0

Miscellaneous agricultural workers

739 20.2 5.1 1.5 49.2

Fishers and related fishing workers

32 - - - -

Hunters and trappers

2 - - - -

Forest and conservation workers

18 - - - -

Logging workers

71 5.4 8.4 1.5 11.8

Construction and extraction occupations

7,637 2.6 6.9 1.3 32.3

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

696 2.4 5.7 1.1 18.9

Boilermakers

17 - - - -

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons

142 0.7 8.1 0.3 43.9

Carpenters

1,282 1.7 5.0 1.4 31.9

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers

170 2.3 4.8 3.6 44.2

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers

58 0.0 9.5 0.0 48.7

Construction laborers

1,686 2.5 9.4 1.8 42.1

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

19 - - - -

Pile-driver operators

1 - - - -

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

336 1.8 6.8 0.1 16.9

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers

162 2.1 1.8 0.3 61.5

Electricians

769 2.4 6.5 1.8 18.2

Glaziers

35 - - - -

Insulation workers

44 - - - -

Painters, construction and maintenance

561 6.0 7.3 1.4 48.2

Paperhangers

4 - - - -

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

564 1.6 6.9 1.6 21.4

Plasterers and stucco masons

31 - - - -

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers

9 - - - -

Roofers

206 0.5 4.3 0.5 58.1

Sheet metal workers

110 5.2 5.2 0.8 10.2

Structural iron and steel workers

52 2.0 10.8 0.0 23.4

Solar photovoltaic installers

14 - - - -

Helpers, construction trades

57 4.7 12.1 0.0 45.6

Construction and building inspectors

78 12.2 3.3 2.3 5.3

Elevator installers and repairers

22 - - - -

Fence erectors

33 - - - -

Hazardous materials removal workers

23 - - - -

Highway maintenance workers

123 1.5 9.3 0.0 17.1

Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators

17 - - - -

Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners

14 - - - -

Miscellaneous construction and related workers

33 - - - -

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

54 0.0 3.9 0.0 32.1

Earth drillers, except oil and gas

29 - - - -

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters

5 - - - -

Mining machine operators

68 1.5 2.3 0.0 22.4

Roof bolters, mining

3 - - - -

Roustabouts, oil and gas

11 - - - -

Helpers--extraction workers

7 - - - -

Other extraction workers

92 1.5 5.7 0.0 29.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

4,879 3.5 8.4 3.3 16.8

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

284 4.8 8.4 3.3 11.2

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers

265 13.3 12.2 7.9 12.3

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers

134 7.4 12.5 6.3 8.7

Avionics technicians

8 - - - -

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers

35 - - - -

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment

5 - - - -

Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility

15 - - - -

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles

17 - - - -

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers

34 - - - -

Security and fire alarm systems installers

58 7.5 9.0 1.7 26.2

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

127 3.3 9.0 6.9 12.5

Automotive body and related repairers

133 1.6 5.9 1.7 18.3

Automotive glass installers and repairers

21 - - - -

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

883 1.4 9.0 4.5 24.1

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

323 0.3 7.8 0.6 15.6

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics

211 0.5 3.8 0.6 15.5

Small engine mechanics

50 2.1 5.3 3.2 9.5

Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers

93 0.3 10.1 2.4 28.0

Control and valve installers and repairers

19 - - - -

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

378 1.2 8.5 2.4 16.4

Home appliance repairers

51 5.6 13.4 1.9 19.2

Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics

454 2.8 6.3 1.7 13.3

Maintenance and repair workers, general

471 3.2 9.9 3.6 17.2

Maintenance workers, machinery

37 - - - -

Millwrights

48 - - - -

Electrical power-line installers and repairers

115 3.0 5.2 0.9 7.8

Telecommunications line installers and repairers

184 4.4 12.1 4.7 17.3

Precision instrument and equipment repairers

85 14.2 7.2 4.7 11.6

Wind turbine service technicians

4 - - - -

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers

43 - - - -

Commercial divers

3 - - - -

Locksmiths and safe repairers

30 - - - -

Manufactured building and mobile home installers

4 - - - -

Riggers

13 - - - -

Signal and track switch repairers

7 - - - -

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers

14 - - - -

Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers

224 5.2 5.1 2.7 23.4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

17,448 21.7 15.0 4.7 22.0

Production occupations

8,438 28.0 12.5 6.2 21.9

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

789 18.6 11.0 3.4 17.0

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers

15 - - - -

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers

164 46.7 15.3 16.8 22.9

Engine and other machine assemblers

10 - - - -

Structural metal fabricators and fitters

24 - - - -

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

1,002 37.5 17.0 8.7 21.0

Bakers

224 62.8 10.1 7.5 22.9

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers

331 23.5 20.2 8.0 35.4

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

10 - - - -

Food batchmakers

95 61.5 13.1 6.1 25.3

Food cooking machine operators and tenders

16 - - - -

Food processing workers, all other

128 32.0 18.1 7.6 31.7

Computer control programmers and operators

71 8.1 2.3 2.2 14.7

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

14 - - - -

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

5 - - - -

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

10 - - - -

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

85 24.2 14.0 0.9 15.9

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

2 - - - -

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

45 - - - -

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

9 - - - -

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

5 - - - -

Machinists

391 4.5 3.9 4.1 15.4

Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters

27 - - - -

Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic

5 - - - -

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

38 - - - -

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

4 - - - -

Tool and die makers

67 1.3 0.7 0.0 3.8

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

615 4.8 8.8 2.0 22.4

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

4 - - - -

Layout workers, metal and plastic

9 - - - -

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

29 - - - -

Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners

10 - - - -

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other

342 20.4 13.5 5.9 23.0

Prepress technicians and workers

25 - - - -

Printing press operators

187 19.6 13.2 5.7 21.7

Print binding and finishing workers

21 - - - -

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers

156 59.7 16.1 11.5 38.0

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials

48 - - - -

Sewing machine operators

158 81.9 15.0 21.1 34.6

Shoe and leather workers and repairers

4 - - - -

Shoe machine operators and tenders

3 - - - -

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers

92 80.6 9.5 16.7 30.4

Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders

3 - - - -

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders

6 - - - -

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders

12 - - - -

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

12 - - - -

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

0 - - - -

Fabric and apparel patternmakers

1 - - - -

Upholsterers

40 - - - -

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other

14 - - - -

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters

51 9.9 5.6 2.4 27.8

Furniture finishers

7 - - - -

Model makers and patternmakers, wood

1 - - - -

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood

32 - - - -

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing

19 - - - -

Woodworkers, all other

28 - - - -

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers

45 - - - -

Stationary engineers and boiler operators

96 2.0 7.0 4.3 15.2

Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

72 4.5 10.7 2.3 14.7

Miscellaneous plant and system operators

41 - - - -

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders

63 5.8 10.7 0.5 10.3

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers

69 11.7 14.1 3.5 22.4

Cutting workers

60 21.9 10.3 4.7 22.0

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

40 - - - -

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

9 - - - -

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

752 35.1 12.7 6.8 16.8

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers

44 - - - -

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians

85 52.3 3.0 14.3 12.3

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

259 56.2 19.0 8.9 36.0

Painting workers

156 12.7 8.1 4.3 27.0

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators

27 - - - -

Semiconductor processors

1 - - - -

Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders

6 - - - -

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders

6 - - - -

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders

4 - - - -

Etchers and engravers

13 - - - -

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic

31 - - - -

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

31 - - - -

Tire builders

12 - - - -

Helpers--production workers

54 25.1 10.9 9.6 32.9

Production workers, all other

947 24.7 15.1 5.5 23.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

9,010 15.7 17.3 3.4 22.1

Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

199 18.3 9.0 2.0 22.1

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

133 7.2 1.9 0.5 2.7

Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists

31 - - - -

Flight attendants

92 75.8 10.2 2.5 7.9

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians

19 - - - -

Bus drivers

584 45.0 25.9 2.5 12.8

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

3,406 5.8 15.6 2.5 20.5

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs

383 12.7 28.8 13.9 16.5

Motor vehicle operators, all other

61 8.9 16.1 2.3 16.1

Locomotive engineers and operators

55 1.4 14.0 0.0 5.6

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators

9 - - - -

Railroad conductors and yardmasters

46 - - - -

Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers

19 - - - -

Sailors and marine oilers

27 - - - -

Ship and boat captains and operators

41 - - - -

Ship engineers

7 - - - -

Bridge and lock tenders

6 - - - -

Parking lot attendants

78 10.5 26.3 9.9 28.7

Automotive and watercraft service attendants

97 7.5 13.7 15.7 21.9

Transportation inspectors

47 - - - -

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants

27 - - - -

Other transportation workers

25 - - - -

Conveyor operators and tenders

6 - - - -

Crane and tower operators

74 0.2 8.4 1.0 11.2

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators

44 - - - -

Hoist and winch operators

7 - - - -

Industrial truck and tractor operators

564 7.4 24.4 2.2 29.3

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment

375 12.4 22.5 1.9 33.4

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

1,867 18.3 15.6 3.2 23.8

Machine feeders and offbearers

17 - - - -

Packers and packagers, hand

505 53.8 18.2 5.9 43.3

Pumping station operators

27 - - - -

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

84 8.6 19.0 0.8 36.8

Mine shuttle car operators

1 - - - -

Tank car, truck, and ship loaders

6 - - - -

Material moving workers, all other

41 - - - -

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 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: February 12, 2015