2015 Annual Averages ‐ Employed persons by detailed occupation and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
11b. Employed persons by detailed occupation and age
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation	2015
Occupation	Total, 16 years and over	16 to 19 years	20 to 24 years	25 to 34 years	35 to 44 years	45 to 54 years	55 to 64 years	65 years and over	Median age
Total employed	148,834	4,734	14,022	32,742	31,252	32,643	24,975	8,465	42.3

Management, professional, and related occupations	57,960	384	3,073	13,154	13,553	13,668	10,392	3,737	44.1
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	24,108	85	930	4,787	5,567	6,279	4,697	1,764	45.9
Management occupations	16,994	60	534	3,000	3,972	4,643	3,452	1,334	46.9
Chief executives	1,517	0	6	121	286	493	436	176	52.5
General and operations managers	899	2	27	211	238	247	146	28	43.7
Legislators	13	0	0	1	4	4	2	2	-
Advertising and promotions managers	67	0	10	15	16	13	9	4	38.9
Marketing and sales managers	1,006	3	55	260	261	242	155	30	42.2
Public relations and fundraising managers	61	0	2	18	15	15	10	1	42.6
Administrative services managers	195	1	3	29	44	59	46	14	48.5
Computer and information systems managers	652	1	11	104	217	197	102	20	44.5
Financial managers	1,197	1	31	243	317	347	200	58	45.0
Compensation and benefits managers	23	0	0	5	4	8	5	0	-
Human resources managers	290	0	5	49	89	90	47	9	44.8
Training and development managers	41	0	2	3	15	11	8	2	-
Industrial production managers	280	2	1	48	70	93	59	7	47.1
Purchasing managers	198	0	6	28	58	49	42	13	46.5
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	263	1	7	57	66	70	52	10	44.7
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers	1,052	7	30	128	137	201	272	276	54.8
Construction managers	737	0	22	134	173	194	180	34	47.2
Education administrators	928	4	21	138	261	261	186	56	46.2
Architectural and engineering managers	110	0	0	16	26	40	23	5	49.0
Food service managers	1,192	23	151	321	253	257	138	49	39.3
Funeral service managers	15	0	0	4	4	4	2	1	-
Gaming managers	23	0	1	8	7	3	4	1	-
Lodging managers	159	1	9	31	36	39	25	19	44.7
Medical and health services managers	636	0	11	127	140	184	135	40	47.2
Natural sciences managers	25	0	2	5	8	6	3	1	-
Postmasters and mail superintendents	24	0	0	1	2	12	5	4	-
Property, real estate, and community association managers	685	2	21	111	128	144	166	113	50.1
Social and community service managers	378	2	10	93	66	89	81	36	46.5
Emergency management directors	10	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	-
Managers, all other	4,315	11	87	692	1,027	1,269	908	320	47.6
Business and financial operations occupations	7,114	25	396	1,788	1,595	1,636	1,245	430	43.5
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes	46	1	7	14	8	9	3	3	-
Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products	10	0	0	3	0	1	4	2	-
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	190	2	18	45	32	37	43	13	45.0
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	280	0	16	51	63	71	59	20	46.7
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators	321	1	11	89	80	81	48	11	42.3
Compliance officers	246	2	6	45	59	63	58	13	47.7
Cost estimators	112	0	5	21	23	25	28	10	48.5
Human resources workers	662	4	42	193	160	152	88	23	40.9
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	68	0	3	13	14	22	15	2	45.9
Training and development specialists	118	1	9	29	22	30	24	4	42.9
Logisticians	117	1	14	34	28	21	18	2	38.6
Management analysts	848	2	27	162	187	215	168	86	46.9
Meeting, convention, and event planners	159	4	28	52	26	21	22	5	36.0
Fundraisers	77	0	8	19	11	20	13	4	43.5
Market research analysts and marketing specialists	261	1	27	83	56	59	25	9	38.4
Business operations specialists, all other	213	1	10	46	53	54	42	7	43.8
Accountants and auditors	1,732	1	79	450	388	397	302	115	44.0
Appraisers and assessors of real estate	76	0	0	6	18	21	23	8	51.0
Budget analysts	44	0	1	9	8	10	12	4	-
Credit analysts	21	0	2	5	6	4	3	1	-
Financial analysts	322	1	25	114	80	54	37	10	38.5
Personal financial advisors	498	1	23	136	119	99	87	34	43.0
Insurance underwriters	107	0	4	26	22	26	27	2	45.0
Financial examiners	15	0	1	1	4	6	2	1	-
Credit counselors and loan officers	332	2	14	88	85	92	43	9	42.1
Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents	58	0	0	16	7	15	15	5	48.8
Tax preparers	109	1	9	21	19	15	23	20	48.1
Financial specialists, all other	71	0	7	17	17	13	11	6	42.7
Professional and related occupations	33,852	299	2,143	8,366	7,986	7,390	5,695	1,973	42.8
Computer and mathematical occupations	4,369	20	266	1,234	1,224	951	565	109	40.8
Computer and information research scientists	24	0	1	7	8	4	3	0	-
Computer systems analysts	552	1	26	142	160	125	82	17	42.1
Information security analysts	70	0	2	17	19	16	12	4	44.7
Computer programmers	480	2	28	108	127	123	77	15	43.1
Software developers, applications and systems software	1,353	1	74	438	387	280	148	25	39.7
Web developers	204	3	29	73	57	28	11	2	35.9
Computer support specialists	475	6	40	129	122	96	71	12	40.5
Database administrators	93	0	1	17	20	31	20	4	47.0
Network and computer systems administrators	218	0	8	64	65	55	23	3	41.2
Computer network architects	114	0	1	24	45	28	10	6	41.6
Computer occupations, all other	547	8	42	141	148	121	77	12	41.2
Actuaries	21	0	0	9	5	4	2	1	-
Mathematicians	6	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	-
Operations research analysts	123	0	4	34	39	23	18	5	41.9
Statisticians	86	0	9	30	23	13	9	3	37.9
Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	-
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,954	15	189	719	636	708	535	153	43.6
Architects, except naval	203	2	3	51	43	51	34	19	44.2
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists	38	0	2	7	10	7	10	2	-
Aerospace engineers	138	0	7	33	22	35	33	7	47.3
Agricultural engineers	6	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	-
Biomedical engineers	16	0	1	6	2	4	2	1	-
Chemical engineers	84	0	7	23	19	17	14	4	41.5
Civil engineers	360	0	26	100	64	87	56	27	43.4
Computer hardware engineers	72	0	2	11	19	23	14	2	44.9
Electrical and electronics engineers	302	1	8	61	66	88	60	16	46.2
Environmental engineers	40	1	2	14	11	5	6	2	-
Industrial engineers, including health and safety	214	0	14	58	44	48	41	8	42.6
Marine engineers and naval architects	11	0	0	2	4	2	2	1	-
Materials engineers	40	0	3	12	7	6	8	2	-
Mechanical engineers	323	0	22	96	75	74	44	12	41.2
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers	15	0	1	7	2	2	3	1	-
Nuclear engineers	6	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	-
Petroleum engineers	44	0	4	13	12	7	9	1	-
Engineers, all other	440	1	20	95	101	108	91	23	45.3
Drafters	133	1	12	37	27	31	19	6	41.7
Engineering technicians, except drafters	403	8	49	72	91	97	75	11	43.2
Surveying and mapping technicians	65	1	6	17	13	13	8	7	41.4
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,404	11	118	358	331	267	226	94	42.1
Agricultural and food scientists	25	0	2	7	4	7	3	1	-
Biological scientists	86	0	9	19	22	13	20	3	42.7
Conservation scientists and foresters	25	0	1	5	7	5	5	1	-
Medical scientists	157	0	13	54	43	27	12	8	38.8
Life scientists, all other	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-
Astronomers and physicists	19	0	1	6	2	2	4	4	-
Atmospheric and space scientists	12	0	0	1	2	3	4	1	-
Chemists and materials scientists	99	0	3	23	25	19	19	9	45.0
Environmental scientists and geoscientists	92	0	4	23	17	18	23	7	47.5
Physical scientists, all other	232	0	18	62	52	51	35	14	42.7
Economists	34	0	1	10	11	6	5	2	-
Survey researchers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Psychologists	193	0	0	42	53	33	44	22	45.8
Sociologists	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-
Urban and regional planners	25	0	2	4	7	3	7	2	-
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers	45	0	4	9	10	12	6	4	-
Agricultural and food science technicians	25	0	2	9	6	3	5	1	-
Biological technicians	18	0	1	7	5	4	0	1	-
Chemical technicians	82	0	11	18	26	14	10	3	40.1
Geological and petroleum technicians	21	0	0	4	2	7	6	2	-
Nuclear technicians	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	-
Social science research assistants	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	-
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians	203	9	44	53	34	36	18	9	34.3
Community and social service occupations	2,596	16	134	595	569	599	466	216	44.5
Counselors	802	8	55	195	195	158	144	47	42.9
Social workers	765	2	38	200	190	183	107	45	42.4
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists	99	1	2	22	29	29	12	4	43.7
Social and human service assistants	194	2	12	53	38	48	33	9	42.3
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community health workers	117	0	8	37	22	25	19	5	42.5
Clergy	469	0	10	58	74	125	115	87	52.4
Directors, religious activities and education	78	0	6	21	12	15	17	6	43.5
Religious workers, all other	73	3	3	9	10	16	20	12	51.4
Legal occupations	1,803	4	38	402	427	391	347	193	45.8
Lawyers	1,160	0	4	246	290	256	222	143	46.4
Judicial law clerks	13	0	0	10	1	1	0	1	-
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers	58	0	0	7	6	13	18	13	55.4
Paralegals and legal assistants	400	4	27	97	93	89	68	24	42.6
Miscellaneous legal support workers	172	1	7	42	38	32	39	13	45.9
Education, training, and library occupations	8,908	120	664	1,981	2,074	1,965	1,545	559	43.1
Postsecondary teachers	1,341	7	101	289	267	259	262	155	45.5
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	695	12	78	201	160	134	85	25	38.8
Elementary and middle school teachers	3,152	11	147	761	838	744	504	146	42.8
Secondary school teachers	1,144	6	59	262	291	260	210	55	43.4
Special education teachers	330	1	9	73	87	82	64	14	45.0
Other teachers and instructors	876	52	133	170	153	151	137	81	40.6
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians	53	0	5	11	14	10	12	2	43.0
Librarians	166	1	4	25	35	44	39	18	48.6
Library technicians	31	6	3	5	5	4	5	2	-
Teacher assistants	960	21	113	154	183	241	202	46	44.3
Other education, training, and library workers	161	3	13	30	40	34	25	15	45.0
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,051	79	248	783	662	592	464	223	41.5
Artists and related workers	222	0	10	39	41	60	50	23	48.6
Designers	899	7	63	257	197	186	127	62	41.9
Actors	49	2	5	14	10	8	7	4	-
Producers and directors	169	1	9	55	38	37	25	4	40.4
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers	296	52	50	68	57	32	28	10	31.2
Dancers and choreographers	19	1	5	7	3	2	0	1	-
Musicians, singers, and related workers	202	3	12	42	41	28	46	28	46.7
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other	41	2	7	12	9	5	2	4	-
Announcers	55	1	4	11	15	10	12	2	42.8
News analysts, reporters and correspondents	68	0	2	20	14	16	9	6	44.1
Public relations specialists	147	0	10	51	31	27	21	8	40.2
Editors	160	2	9	36	47	26	27	13	42.4
Technical writers	68	0	2	11	16	17	16	5	46.1
Writers and authors	208	1	12	34	41	55	36	28	46.8
Miscellaneous media and communication workers	84	0	7	16	19	21	14	7	43.5
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators	119	3	11	31	26	30	14	4	40.5
Photographers	180	4	18	57	45	23	23	11	38.0
Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors	64	1	13	21	12	9	6	2	34.5
Media and communication equipment workers, all other	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	8,766	33	487	2,295	2,064	1,916	1,546	425	42.9
Chiropractors	75	0	2	10	18	24	14	7	49.1
Dentists	196	0	1	31	49	38	51	26	48.9
Dietitians and nutritionists	108	0	8	26	18	23	27	6	45.3
Optometrists	39	0	0	12	7	11	4	3	-
Pharmacists	282	0	15	87	61	52	51	16	42.1
Physicians and surgeons	1,007	0	2	223	256	231	192	103	46.1
Physician assistants	74	0	5	29	19	8	10	3	38.3
Podiatrists	15	0	2	2	4	3	3	1	-
Audiologists	16	0	0	6	2	5	2	1	-
Occupational therapists	116	0	1	38	31	29	13	3	40.6
Physical therapists	274	0	6	84	68	68	40	9	42.0
Radiation therapists	13	0	0	5	1	4	2	1	-
Recreational therapists	11	0	2	3	3	1	2	0	-
Respiratory therapists	108	0	1	29	25	32	18	3	43.2
Speech-language pathologists	158	0	9	49	43	28	23	5	40.9
Exercise physiologists	5	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	-
Therapists, all other	189	1	15	60	39	37	26	12	40.9
Veterinarians	90	1	0	24	23	18	17	6	44.1
Registered nurses	2,973	7	121	715	727	705	577	120	44.0
Nurse anesthetists	27	0	0	7	8	4	6	1	-
Nurse midwives	7	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	-
Nurse practitioners	149	0	3	37	42	26	36	6	43.6
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other	17	0	0	1	4	4	5	3	-
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians	327	1	29	90	72	57	62	17	42.0
Dental hygienists	177	1	11	47	52	38	25	4	41.1
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians	322	1	13	90	82	78	49	9	42.5
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	220	3	36	83	50	34	10	3	33.5
Health practitioner support technologists and technicians	626	7	112	221	116	97	61	12	34.5
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	670	6	65	165	138	150	117	29	42.4
Medical records and health information technicians	200	3	11	43	41	52	45	5	45.5
Opticians, dispensing	52	0	3	9	14	13	11	2	44.5
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians	117	1	8	29	27	26	23	4	43.7
Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	108	0	5	35	25	16	22	5	41.9

Service occupations	25,896	1,964	3,890	5,722	4,781	4,763	3,504	1,272	38.0
Healthcare support occupations	3,514	94	459	962	713	685	460	141	38.9
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides	2,032	66	257	497	414	420	284	93	40.0
Occupational therapy assistants and aides	23	0	6	8	5	2	2	1	-
Physical therapist assistants and aides	68	1	8	25	13	14	5	2	36.6
Massage therapists	189	1	11	64	42	31	30	10	40.8
Dental assistants	286	5	43	91	62	54	25	6	35.8
Medical assistants	524	6	71	181	110	91	51	13	36.8
Medical transcriptionists	42	0	4	4	3	13	12	5	-
Pharmacy aides	36	1	6	11	7	3	5	2	-
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers	38	3	10	9	10	4	2	1	-
Phlebotomists	106	2	11	29	22	21	18	3	39.0
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical equipment preparers	170	8	32	42	25	33	25	6	37.1
Protective service occupations	3,109	100	273	723	720	702	430	161	41.1
First-line supervisors of correctional officers	52	0	0	11	11	22	8	0	46.6
First-line supervisors of police and detectives	110	0	0	8	30	52	15	5	48.1
First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers	49	0	0	3	12	16	16	1	-
First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other	81	0	0	13	14	24	19	11	51.5
Firefighters	293	2	14	90	96	63	22	6	39.7
Fire inspectors	19	0	0	8	3	4	3	1	-
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers	443	5	54	117	102	106	49	10	38.7
Detectives and criminal investigators	144	0	3	25	43	44	25	3	44.9
Fish and game wardens	6	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	-
Parking enforcement workers	10	0	0	2	1	2	4	1	-
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	688	1	39	191	215	165	61	16	40.5
Transit and railroad police	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	-
Animal control workers	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	-
Private detectives and investigators	100	0	4	23	24	18	20	10	44.1
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers	869	18	114	202	142	163	160	72	41.8
Crossing guards	57	0	4	5	9	6	16	17	55.3
Transportation security screeners	38	0	4	12	5	11	5	1	-
Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service workers	144	74	36	10	8	5	5	6	21.4
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,142	1,281	1,917	1,837	1,181	1,048	648	230	29.5
Chefs and head cooks	415	8	43	124	99	79	53	10	39.1
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	527	21	95	141	89	103	63	15	36.5
Cooks	2,091	251	371	483	371	362	180	73	33.6
Food preparation workers	858	172	206	152	111	112	75	30	28.4
Bartenders	451	3	82	174	91	59	32	11	32.6
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	420	95	126	69	39	38	34	18	24.5
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	233	116	51	27	16	11	7	5	21.7
Waiters and waitresses	2,057	310	686	522	241	155	113	30	26.2
Food servers, nonrestaurant	190	22	35	34	31	34	24	10	36.3
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	321	93	61	44	36	41	31	13	26.5
Dishwashers	281	62	64	39	39	44	25	8	29.3
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	293	127	95	28	17	11	10	6	21.5
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	-
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,716	191	469	1,064	1,144	1,350	1,136	361	44.4
First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers	293	0	9	48	63	84	69	20	47.9
First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	215	1	12	47	56	53	37	9	43.9
Janitors and building cleaners	2,263	75	174	375	384	535	543	178	47.4
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	1,510	36	99	243	355	413	284	81	45.0
Pest control workers	85	3	5	20	18	21	14	4	41.6
Grounds maintenance workers	1,349	76	170	332	269	244	190	69	38.8
Personal care and service occupations	5,415	297	772	1,136	1,023	978	830	378	39.9
First-line supervisors of gaming workers	168	6	10	41	43	32	23	14	41.0
First-line supervisors of personal service workers	185	0	4	44	50	41	34	12	44.7
Animal trainers	54	1	4	12	12	8	14	3	44.6
Nonfarm animal caretakers	252	20	56	58	38	41	29	10	33.4
Gaming services workers	89	1	7	17	21	17	19	6	43.7
Motion picture projectionists	6	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	-
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers	44	12	15	6	2	2	2	5	-
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers	221	52	62	35	15	16	21	21	25.5
Embalmers and funeral attendants	9	0	1	1	3	1	1	3	-
Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors	35	0	1	6	7	8	8	5	-
Barbers	116	1	4	28	38	24	11	10	42.1
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	707	6	80	182	154	133	97	55	40.8
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers	324	2	26	74	102	78	34	7	39.8
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges	76	2	11	19	13	19	8	3	39.4
Tour and travel guides	54	3	14	6	10	6	8	8	38.4
Childcare workers	1,206	113	236	250	179	182	176	70	35.6
Personal care aides	1,251	29	140	226	215	269	263	109	45.9
Recreation and fitness workers	429	35	65	86	83	73	65	22	38.1
Residential advisors	38	5	13	6	5	4	5	1	-
Personal care and service workers, all other	149	8	22	42	33	21	12	11	36.3

Sales and office occupations	33,598	1,617	4,181	7,017	6,016	6,940	5,738	2,090	41.5
Sales and related occupations	15,700	1,113	2,118	3,215	2,667	3,057	2,459	1,071	40.2
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	3,245	29	274	750	689	766	544	192	43.0
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers	1,242	4	29	195	297	359	277	81	47.9
Cashiers	3,246	714	833	594	302	355	310	139	26.8
Counter and rental clerks	109	10	16	29	17	20	10	7	35.5
Parts salespersons	124	4	22	28	23	18	22	7	38.3
Retail salespersons	3,346	304	668	710	461	483	473	247	35.2
Advertising sales agents	200	1	18	54	41	47	28	11	40.6
Insurance sales agents	615	3	35	126	116	155	113	68	46.5
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	258	1	19	59	58	61	45	15	43.6
Travel agents	89	0	2	18	11	21	26	11	50.9
Sales representatives, services, all other	479	7	35	119	118	103	81	17	41.5
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing	1,281	10	69	276	253	341	256	77	45.8
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters	68	4	14	10	11	5	9	15	39.8
Real estate brokers and sales agents	906	5	32	134	187	204	196	148	49.9
Sales engineers	42	0	0	8	11	14	7	3	-
Telemarketers	60	4	14	19	6	7	6	2	31.6
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers	156	3	15	37	28	40	21	11	42.4
Sales and related workers, all other	236	11	23	49	39	59	34	21	42.9
Office and administrative support occupations	17,897	504	2,063	3,801	3,349	3,883	3,278	1,020	42.5
First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	1,474	5	61	274	353	397	315	68	45.8
Switchboard operators, including answering service	16	0	2	3	3	3	3	2	-
Telephone operators	34	0	10	6	7	3	6	1	-
Communications equipment operators, all other	5	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	-
Bill and account collectors	168	1	16	45	49	23	28	6	39.8
Billing and posting clerks	473	3	24	98	119	125	79	25	44.3
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	1,182	4	59	164	229	302	284	140	49.6
Gaming cage workers	14	0	4	4	2	1	2	0	-
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	138	1	9	23	31	45	24	6	45.6
Procurement clerks	40	0	6	6	4	10	11	2	-
Tellers	357	10	92	102	46	56	40	12	31.4
Financial clerks, all other	69	0	6	18	13	19	9	3	40.5
Brokerage clerks	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	-
Correspondence clerks	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	-
Court, municipal, and license clerks	71	0	2	15	15	18	16	6	46.7
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks	52	1	3	15	12	13	7	1	41.1
Customer service representatives	2,271	124	403	583	390	402	287	83	35.8
Eligibility interviewers, government programs	74	0	2	19	21	14	15	4	43.4
File clerks	203	11	28	45	35	36	31	17	40.3
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	156	5	37	58	24	15	11	6	30.3
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	151	3	22	33	28	33	23	10	40.9
Library assistants, clerical	98	8	23	15	13	20	10	9	37.2
Loan interviewers and clerks	139	0	9	42	40	26	18	4	40.6
New accounts clerks	26	1	3	6	4	4	8	0	-
Order clerks	84	2	9	23	17	15	14	4	40.5
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	59	0	8	17	13	12	7	2	37.9
Receptionists and information clerks	1,232	52	222	278	200	203	188	89	38.2
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks	111	2	14	28	20	25	18	4	42.2
Information and record clerks, all other	127	1	15	27	27	27	24	6	41.6
Cargo and freight agents	21	0	2	4	3	7	4	0	-
Couriers and messengers	235	7	21	51	41	58	44	12	43.7
Dispatchers	277	3	28	72	63	67	37	8	40.9
Meter readers, utilities	41	1	4	6	11	12	5	1	-
Postal service clerks	130	0	9	15	16	33	48	8	51.8
Postal service mail carriers	320	2	10	54	50	100	93	13	50.0
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	64	0	6	7	8	23	17	3	49.9
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	286	2	19	68	63	72	56	7	43.2
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	575	11	78	145	110	117	91	22	40.4
Stock clerks and order fillers	1,529	142	325	331	223	256	187	65	34.0
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping	72	1	7	18	17	17	11	0	39.8
Secretaries and administrative assistants	2,870	20	169	497	552	724	687	221	48.2
Computer operators	69	0	5	15	14	17	15	2	44.9
Data entry keyers	281	7	34	75	52	50	45	19	40.4
Word processors and typists	103	2	7	15	20	21	28	11	49.2
Desktop publishers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	287	1	23	76	62	59	53	12	42.3
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service	81	2	10	10	10	21	24	4	49.6
Office clerks, general	1,288	57	173	255	219	256	245	84	42.2
Office machine operators, except computer	37	1	4	7	6	13	5	1	-
Proofreaders and copy markers	8	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	-
Statistical assistants	17	0	4	2	5	2	4	0	-
Office and administrative support workers, all other	477	7	35	126	87	108	94	19	42.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,733	293	1,169	3,248	3,258	3,099	2,187	478	41.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,073	78	113	268	226	193	145	50	38.6
First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers	54	0	3	14	10	9	13	4	45.5
Agricultural inspectors	18	0	1	5	2	3	6	1	-
Animal breeders	8	0	0	3	2	1	1	1	-
Graders and sorters, agricultural products	97	3	10	27	20	16	18	2	39.2
Miscellaneous agricultural workers	789	71	93	198	167	135	89	36	37.1
Fishers and related fishing workers	39	3	3	8	7	11	7	0	-
Hunters and trappers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Forest and conservation workers	18	1	1	5	4	4	2	1	-
Logging workers	51	0	3	9	13	15	7	5	43.5
Construction and extraction occupations	7,652	142	630	1,857	1,918	1,702	1,155	248	41.5
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers	712	3	18	120	180	215	147	28	47.0
Boilermakers	20	0	1	5	5	4	5	0	-
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons	172	3	11	54	49	31	20	5	40.1
Carpenters	1,281	15	96	295	336	302	195	41	41.9
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers	156	2	7	45	45	29	22	7	40.9
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers	54	1	5	15	14	9	7	3	40.6
Construction laborers	1,649	52	179	435	425	318	198	41	39.0
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators	12	0	2	1	2	4	4	0	-
Pile-driver operators	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	-
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	357	3	25	85	69	89	68	19	43.7
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers	151	0	11	43	59	22	11	4	38.8
Electricians	773	14	78	185	178	173	122	23	41.6
Glaziers	47	1	8	8	12	9	8	1	-
Insulation workers	49	1	4	14	13	9	7	0	-
Painters, construction and maintenance	572	10	39	124	158	136	86	19	42.0
Paperhangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	573	9	37	143	140	132	89	24	42.6
Plasterers and stucco masons	28	1	3	8	9	3	4	1	-
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers	10	0	2	3	1	2	1	0	-
Roofers	221	6	22	73	59	37	21	4	37.5
Sheet metal workers	122	3	11	28	31	24	23	3	41.5
Structural iron and steel workers	58	1	2	14	12	18	10	1	42.8
Solar photovoltaic installers	11	0	1	3	3	2	2	1	-
Helpers, construction trades	52	5	13	13	8	8	5	0	30.5
Construction and building inspectors	90	0	2	14	18	24	22	10	50.3
Elevator installers and repairers	30	0	2	8	8	6	5	0	-
Fence erectors	34	2	3	8	11	6	1	2	-
Hazardous materials removal workers	42	1	4	11	6	12	8	0	-
Highway maintenance workers	103	4	8	15	10	33	29	4	49.2
Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators	11	0	2	1	2	3	3	0	-
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners	12	0	2	3	1	3	3	0	-
Miscellaneous construction and related workers	32	0	2	8	7	9	6	1	-
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining	34	1	4	14	7	5	3	1	-
Earth drillers, except oil and gas	29	1	2	7	9	6	3	1	-
Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters	9	1	0	3	1	3	0	1	-
Mining machine operators	67	1	11	20	19	9	7	0	37.2
Roof bolters, mining	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	-
Roustabouts, oil and gas	9	1	1	3	2	0	1	1	-
Helpers--extraction workers	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	-
Other extraction workers	64	2	9	26	9	7	9	1	34.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,008	73	426	1,123	1,114	1,204	888	180	42.8
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers	262	0	1	32	63	86	72	7	49.4
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers	241	6	22	63	54	47	40	7	41.1
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers	158	2	19	42	36	33	22	4	39.8
Avionics technicians	5	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	-
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers	23	0	3	4	6	7	3	0	-
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility	20	0	0	5	5	5	5	0	-
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles	18	0	3	4	1	5	5	0	-
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers	38	1	3	11	8	8	5	2	-
Security and fire alarm systems installers	74	1	8	14	21	13	15	2	41.8
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians	140	0	7	32	27	34	35	6	46.2
Automotive body and related repairers	154	5	15	30	37	42	18	7	41.0
Automotive glass installers and repairers	22	1	4	4	4	5	3	2	-
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	924	20	109	214	222	195	136	28	40.1
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	345	3	31	84	82	82	51	12	41.6
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics	233	2	21	55	41	66	39	10	42.9
Small engine mechanics	54	0	6	17	6	12	7	5	41.3
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers	81	8	15	26	15	8	5	4	31.6
Control and valve installers and repairers	29	0	1	7	6	8	6	1	-
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	408	3	40	115	92	88	61	9	40.9
Home appliance repairers	53	1	2	10	11	10	13	5	48.5
Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics	425	3	27	72	82	130	102	10	47.7
Maintenance and repair workers, general	527	4	33	97	104	137	119	32	47.6
Maintenance workers, machinery	29	1	2	8	6	6	5	2	-
Millwrights	57	0	2	14	15	16	9	1	44.0
Electrical power-line installers and repairers	119	0	12	25	29	31	18	4	42.7
Telecommunications line installers and repairers	177	1	12	49	60	32	23	0	39.9
Precision instrument and equipment repairers	66	0	2	8	17	20	14	5	47.3
Wind turbine service technicians	4	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	-
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers	48	1	3	11	11	9	11	2	-
Commercial divers	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-
Locksmiths and safe repairers	21	0	1	5	4	3	5	2	-
Manufactured building and mobile home installers	5	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	-
Riggers	10	0	1	3	1	1	3	0	-
Signal and track switch repairers	8	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	-
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	28	7	5	6	2	7	2	0	-
Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers	200	2	15	46	40	52	35	10	42.7

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,647	477	1,709	3,601	3,645	4,172	3,154	888	43.1
Production occupations	8,522	156	776	1,860	1,809	2,051	1,517	354	42.9
First-line supervisors of production and operating workers	817	1	24	159	182	264	159	28	45.9
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers	14	0	0	4	2	3	5	1	-
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers	133	2	18	25	23	29	27	9	43.3
Engine and other machine assemblers	11	0	0	3	3	2	2	0	-
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	32	0	4	10	5	6	6	1	-
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators	1,026	23	114	244	219	216	169	41	41.3
Bakers	231	10	33	55	30	56	35	12	40.6
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers	302	5	35	78	65	63	43	13	40.3
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders	14	0	3	6	2	2	1	0	-
Food batchmakers	101	6	13	31	22	20	8	2	35.9
Food cooking machine operators and tenders	13	1	1	5	2	2	2	0	-
Food processing workers, all other	135	2	17	39	31	25	16	6	38.3
Computer control programmers and operators	88	2	10	15	26	22	13	1	41.3
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	9	0	1	3	1	3	1	0	-
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	8	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	-
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	15	0	0	4	3	4	4	0	-
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	82	2	11	16	20	18	14	1	41.1
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	5	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	-
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	51	2	9	13	9	12	5	2	36.4
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	11	0	0	3	1	4	3	0	-
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Machinists	363	3	29	73	68	92	85	14	45.5
Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters	30	0	1	5	7	9	6	2	-
Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	-
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	46	1	3	15	9	7	9	1	-
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	-
Tool and die makers	47	0	0	1	10	15	17	3	-
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers	615	15	69	162	140	140	76	13	39.5
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	5	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	-
Layout workers, metal and plastic	5	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	-
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	23	1	4	4	8	5	2	0	-
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners	6	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	-
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other	376	4	46	80	72	95	68	12	43.3
Prepress technicians and workers	22	0	2	3	4	7	4	1	-
Printing press operators	180	4	13	37	44	42	34	5	44.0
Print binding and finishing workers	20	0	0	2	5	3	6	5	-
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	192	3	16	33	31	48	39	23	48.7
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	34	0	3	7	7	9	7	1	-
Sewing machine operators	196	1	7	24	54	48	52	10	47.4
Shoe and leather workers and repairers	7	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	-
Shoe machine operators and tenders	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	-
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers	83	2	4	6	13	18	25	16	54.0
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	-
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	9	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	-
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	9	0	3	2	2	2	1	0	-
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	9	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	-
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Fabric and apparel patternmakers	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	-
Upholsterers	40	0	2	7	10	7	12	1	-
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other	16	0	1	4	2	4	4	1	-
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	60	2	1	12	11	11	18	5	46.3
Furniture finishers	15	0	0	1	5	1	6	2	-
Model makers and patternmakers, wood	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	29	1	2	7	6	6	6	1	-
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	24	1	3	3	4	9	4	1	-
Woodworkers, all other	31	1	1	6	6	5	9	3	-
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers	33	0	1	10	6	8	7	1	-
Stationary engineers and boiler operators	81	0	2	11	20	23	22	3	49.2
Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators	89	0	4	12	23	28	18	4	48.3
Miscellaneous plant and system operators	36	0	3	9	10	9	5	1	-
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders	63	1	3	23	11	12	12	1	40.8
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers	86	2	13	21	18	18	13	2	39.6
Cutting workers	64	2	10	14	17	11	8	2	38.4
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders	28	1	4	3	7	7	4	1	-
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders	7	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	-
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	752	12	54	161	157	185	148	35	44.1
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers	44	0	2	5	10	14	10	4	-
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians	110	1	6	24	26	27	14	11	44.0
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	250	4	35	45	54	59	47	6	41.9
Painting workers	151	3	16	36	44	31	17	4	39.6
Photographic process workers and processing machine operators	33	0	5	13	3	8	2	2	-
Semiconductor processors	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-
Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders	11	0	0	2	1	4	2	1	-
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	-
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	-
Etchers and engravers	19	3	0	3	2	5	5	2	-
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic	27	0	2	10	4	1	8	1	-
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders	30	1	1	6	11	6	4	0	-
Tire builders	10	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	-
Helpers--production workers	40	5	10	7	4	7	6	1	-
Production workers, all other	944	24	95	216	200	230	148	32	41.4
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,125	321	933	1,742	1,836	2,121	1,637	534	43.3
Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers	205	1	14	46	48	56	36	5	44.1
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	140	0	1	18	42	47	27	6	48.0
Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists	30	1	2	10	2	9	4	2	-
Flight attendants	86	0	1	18	12	34	19	2	48.7
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians	19	0	4	6	3	1	3	2	-
Bus drivers	550	1	11	51	96	167	149	75	52.2
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	3,469	45	216	593	738	919	730	228	46.4
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	446	1	16	75	98	115	84	57	48.1
Motor vehicle operators, all other	51	2	5	4	5	6	12	18	57.3
Locomotive engineers and operators	50	0	0	6	17	16	11	0	47.6
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators	6	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	-
Railroad conductors and yardmasters	52	1	3	13	17	13	4	1	39.9
Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers	15	0	0	4	7	3	0	1	-
Sailors and marine oilers	11	0	5	2	2	1	1	0	-
Ship and boat captains and operators	35	0	1	5	12	8	6	3	-
Ship engineers	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	-
Bridge and lock tenders	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	-
Parking lot attendants	91	5	19	24	14	10	13	6	33.9
Automotive and watercraft service attendants	99	16	30	26	10	7	8	2	26.8
Transportation inspectors	29	0	0	7	4	9	8	1	-
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants	22	0	1	3	5	5	4	3	-
Other transportation workers	43	0	8	15	5	6	9	0	-
Conveyor operators and tenders	7	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	-
Crane and tower operators	76	0	2	13	21	18	17	5	45.5
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators	35	0	5	3	11	10	4	2	-
Hoist and winch operators	6	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	-
Industrial truck and tractor operators	589	5	60	145	131	136	97	15	41.3
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	338	40	60	72	63	65	31	7	35.0
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	1,908	126	360	447	338	322	255	59	35.9
Machine feeders and offbearers	33	1	9	9	3	5	7	0	-
Packers and packagers, hand	505	70	76	89	94	92	66	18	36.6
Pumping station operators	23	0	3	8	2	5	2	3	-
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	97	3	13	18	18	24	18	4	42.7
Mine shuttle car operators	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders	5	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	-
Material moving workers, all other	43	3	6	9	9	7	8	2	-
NOTE: Median age represents the midpoint in the age distribution such that half of workers are younger and half are older. 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 10, 2016