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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race

[In thousands]
CategoryTotalWhiteBlack or African
American
Asian
20152016201520162015201620152016

Total, 16 years and over

148,834151,436117,944119,31317,47217,9828,7069,213

Men

79,13180,56863,89264,6128,1648,4714,6204,915

Women

69,70370,86854,05254,7019,3089,5114,0864,298

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

57,96059,43846,75747,7295,3085,4214,4644,820

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

24,10824,94120,03920,6641,9752,0361,5091,650

Management occupations

16,99417,41814,39414,6451,2391,3039491,067

Business and financial operations occupations

7,1147,5235,6456,019736733560583

Professional and related occupations

33,85234,49826,71827,0663,3333,3852,9553,169

Computer and mathematical occupations

4,3694,6012,9893,122374362871978

Architecture and engineering occupations

2,9543,1062,3772,499176175337359

Life, physical, and social science occupations

1,4041,3671,0811,0328588204219

Community and social service occupations

2,5962,6121,9651,9444524869390

Legal occupations

1,8031,8081,5661,5901221148273

Education, training, and library occupations

8,9088,9487,3837,405925896403425

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

3,0513,0972,6152,632193204158170

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

8,7668,9606,7426,8421,0061,060807856

Service occupations

25,89626,81119,05919,6434,3384,5101,4051,485

Healthcare support occupations

3,5143,5542,2062,252951971202196

Protective service occupations

3,1093,1172,3202,2965965947688

Food preparation and serving related occupations

8,1428,5426,1746,4701,1211,175499495

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

5,7165,8044,4754,542826847167167

Personal care and service occupations

5,4155,7953,8844,084843923461539

Sales and office occupations

33,59833,53926,64726,4114,1384,2301,7341,740

Sales and related occupations

15,70015,84812,69412,6751,6571,742890901

Office and administrative support occupations

17,89717,69113,95313,7362,4802,488844839

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

13,73313,90411,98812,0979961,018267310

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

1,0731,09695899055531419

Construction and extraction occupations

7,6527,9296,7526,989527535100134

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

5,0084,8794,2784,118413429153156

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

17,64717,74313,49313,4332,6922,803836858

Production occupations

8,5228,4596,6306,5771,0671,092526501

Transportation and material moving occupations

9,1259,2846,8636,8551,6251,711311357

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture

Wage and salary workers(1)

1,5471,5831,4141,46361591319

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

8448538188245659

Unpaid family workers

322331230100

Nonagricultural industries

Wage and salary workers(1)

137,678140,161108,308109,57216,77717,2688,1948,697

Government

20,60120,63015,78515,8513,1553,089915947

Private industries

117,078119,53092,52393,72013,62214,1797,2787,751

Private households

79872465660975553530

Other industries

116,279118,80791,86693,11113,54714,1247,2437,721

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

8,6658,7517,3207,375627646485483

Unpaid family workers

686554571294

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)

Full-time workers

121,492123,76196,00097,21114,39814,8707,3617,787

Part-time workers

27,34127,67521,94422,1023,0743,1121,3461,426

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 8, 2017