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2015 Annual Averages ‐ Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full‐ or part‐time status, and race

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race
[In thousands]
Category	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian
Category	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015
Total, 16 years and over	146,305	148,834	116,788	117,944	16,732	17,472	8,325	8,706
Men	77,692	79,131	63,108	63,892	7,818	8,164	4,403	4,620
Women	68,613	69,703	53,680	54,052	8,915	9,308	3,922	4,086

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	56,050	57,960	45,588	46,757	4,939	5,308	4,218	4,464
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	23,171	24,108	19,518	20,039	1,745	1,975	1,404	1,509
Management occupations	16,199	16,994	13,894	14,394	1,086	1,239	874	949
Business and financial operations occupations	6,972	7,114	5,624	5,645	659	736	530	560
Professional and related occupations	32,879	33,852	26,071	26,718	3,194	3,333	2,815	2,955
Computer and mathematical occupations	4,303	4,369	3,013	2,989	355	374	828	871
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,798	2,954	2,261	2,377	146	176	328	337
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,355	1,404	1,066	1,081	86	85	167	204
Community and social service occupations	2,495	2,596	1,885	1,965	436	452	84	93
Legal occupations	1,814	1,803	1,558	1,566	136	122	82	82
Education, training, and library occupations	8,686	8,908	7,214	7,383	897	925	379	403
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,935	3,051	2,510	2,615	186	193	147	158
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	8,493	8,766	6,564	6,742	953	1,006	801	807
Service occupations	25,854	25,896	19,256	19,059	4,179	4,338	1,389	1,405
Healthcare support occupations	3,461	3,514	2,276	2,206	888	951	178	202
Protective service occupations	3,140	3,109	2,333	2,320	619	596	73	76
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,112	8,142	6,237	6,174	1,026	1,121	490	499
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,803	5,716	4,530	4,475	845	826	198	167
Personal care and service occupations	5,337	5,415	3,880	3,884	801	843	449	461
Sales and office occupations	33,416	33,598	26,747	26,647	4,003	4,138	1,611	1,734
Sales and related occupations	15,646	15,700	12,682	12,694	1,670	1,657	836	890
Office and administrative support occupations	17,771	17,897	14,065	13,953	2,333	2,480	775	844
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,537	13,733	11,792	11,988	992	996	278	267
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,022	1,073	912	958	61	55	17	14
Construction and extraction occupations	7,637	7,652	6,707	6,752	523	527	101	100
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,879	5,008	4,174	4,278	408	413	161	153
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,448	17,647	13,405	13,493	2,619	2,692	828	836
Production occupations	8,438	8,522	6,579	6,630	1,059	1,067	522	526
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,010	9,125	6,826	6,863	1,561	1,625	306	311

CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,459	1,547	1,342	1,414	58	61	17	13
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	756	844	731	818	4	5	4	5
Unpaid family workers	22	32	20	31	0	0	1	0
Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers(1)	135,402	137,678	107,360	108,308	16,046	16,777	7,853	8,194
Government	20,135	20,601	15,502	15,785	3,029	3,155	884	915
Private industries	115,267	117,078	91,857	92,523	13,017	13,622	6,968	7,278
Private households	820	798	677	656	73	75	42	35
Other industries	114,446	116,279	91,181	91,866	12,944	13,547	6,927	7,243
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	8,602	8,665	7,287	7,320	624	627	438	485
Unpaid family workers	64	68	49	54	0	1	12	9

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)
Full-time workers	118,718	121,492	94,521	96,000	13,741	14,398	6,969	7,361
Part-time workers	27,587	27,341	22,266	21,944	2,991	3,074	1,355	1,346
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated. (2) Employed persons are classified as full- or part-time workers based on their usual weekly hours at all jobs regardless of the number of hours they are at work during the reference week. Persons absent from work also are classified according to their usual status. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 10, 2016