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2015 Annual Averages ‐ 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
	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015
Total	146,305	148,834	77,692	79,131	75,471	76,776	68,613	69,703	66,287	67,323

Management, professional, and related occupations	56,050	57,960	27,119	28,090	26,976	27,918	28,931	29,871	28,751	29,658
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	23,171	24,108	13,041	13,589	13,008	13,548	10,129	10,519	10,098	10,476
Management occupations	16,199	16,994	9,953	10,340	9,931	10,309	6,246	6,654	6,223	6,624
Business and financial operations occupations	6,972	7,114	3,088	3,249	3,077	3,238	3,884	3,866	3,875	3,851
Professional and related occupations	32,879	33,852	14,078	14,501	13,967	14,371	18,801	19,351	18,653	19,183
Computer and mathematical occupations	4,303	4,369	3,204	3,291	3,185	3,277	1,100	1,078	1,093	1,072
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,798	2,954	2,369	2,508	2,358	2,495	430	446	428	444
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,355	1,404	737	750	734	743	618	654	617	650
Community and social service occupations	2,495	2,596	890	900	880	895	1,605	1,696	1,595	1,685
Legal occupations	1,814	1,803	893	897	892	896	921	905	916	902
Education, training, and library occupations	8,686	8,908	2,252	2,368	2,218	2,331	6,434	6,540	6,371	6,457
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,935	3,051	1,544	1,599	1,513	1,558	1,391	1,452	1,356	1,413
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	8,493	8,766	2,189	2,186	2,186	2,176	6,304	6,580	6,278	6,558

Service occupations	25,854	25,896	11,203	11,209	10,360	10,295	14,651	14,686	13,613	13,637
Healthcare support occupations	3,461	3,514	430	436	416	425	3,031	3,079	2,962	2,995
Protective service occupations	3,140	3,109	2,456	2,447	2,406	2,387	684	662	643	621
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,112	8,142	3,641	3,702	3,074	3,083	4,471	4,440	3,798	3,778
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,803	5,716	3,469	3,368	3,327	3,233	2,335	2,348	2,278	2,291
Personal care and service occupations	5,337	5,415	1,207	1,257	1,138	1,166	4,130	4,157	3,933	3,951

Sales and office occupations	33,416	33,598	12,761	12,939	12,181	12,314	20,655	20,659	19,664	19,667
Sales and related occupations	15,646	15,700	7,948	7,960	7,580	7,565	7,697	7,741	7,010	7,023
Office and administrative support occupations	17,771	17,897	4,813	4,980	4,600	4,749	12,958	12,918	12,654	12,645

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,537	13,733	12,939	13,091	12,674	12,822	598	642	581	618
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,022	1,073	792	813	728	752	229	260	216	243
Construction and extraction occupations	7,637	7,652	7,440	7,445	7,304	7,307	197	207	194	203
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,879	5,008	4,707	4,833	4,641	4,763	172	175	172	173

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,448	17,647	13,670	13,801	13,281	13,427	3,778	3,846	3,677	3,742
Production occupations	8,438	8,522	6,074	6,070	5,963	5,965	2,364	2,452	2,323	2,402
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,010	9,125	7,596	7,731	7,318	7,463	1,414	1,394	1,354	1,341
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 10, 2016