2016 Annual Averages ‐ Persons at work by occupation, sex, and usual full‐ or part‐time status : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
23. Persons at work by occupation, sex, and usual full- or part-time status
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and sex	2016
	Total at work	Worked 1 to 34 hours				Worked 35 hours or more	Average hours
		Total	For economic reasons	For noneconomic reasons			Total at work	Persons who usually work full time
		Total	For economic reasons	Usually work full time	Usually work part time		Total at work	Persons who usually work full time
Total, 16 years and over	146,152	34,632	5,943	8,009	20,680	111,519	38.7	42.5
Management, professional, and related occupations	57,002	10,519	1,074	3,531	5,914	46,483	40.5	43.2
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	24,209	3,397	333	1,383	1,680	20,812	42.6	44.5
Professional and related occupations	32,793	7,122	741	2,147	4,234	25,671	39.0	42.2
Service occupations	25,933	9,715	2,008	1,207	6,500	16,218	34.9	41.5
Sales and office occupations	32,531	9,106	1,435	1,697	5,974	23,425	37.0	41.7
Sales and related occupations	15,368	4,649	840	624	3,185	10,719	37.4	43.0
Office and administrative support occupations	17,163	4,457	595	1,073	2,789	12,706	36.7	40.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	13,478	2,096	668	775	653	11,382	40.9	42.5
Construction and extraction occupations	7,658	1,303	487	488	328	6,355	40.3	41.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,753	566	123	232	211	4,187	41.6	42.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,208	3,197	758	799	1,640	14,011	40.3	43.0
Production occupations	8,230	1,137	251	397	489	7,093	40.7	42.3
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,978	2,060	507	402	1,150	6,919	39.8	43.6

Men, 16 years and over	78,284	13,948	2,995	3,920	7,034	64,335	41.0	43.7
Management, professional, and related occupations	27,967	3,788	474	1,539	1,775	24,178	42.8	44.7
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	13,654	1,535	191	677	667	12,119	44.4	45.9
Professional and related occupations	14,312	2,253	283	862	1,107	12,059	41.3	43.6
Service occupations	11,303	3,313	811	522	1,981	7,990	37.4	42.5
Sales and office occupations	12,716	2,719	527	529	1,663	9,997	39.7	43.5
Sales and related occupations	7,898	1,595	295	282	1,017	6,303	40.7	44.5
Office and administrative support occupations	4,818	1,124	231	247	646	3,693	38.1	41.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	12,847	1,944	635	737	571	10,904	41.0	42.5
Construction and extraction occupations	7,433	1,246	473	470	303	6,187	40.4	41.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,582	539	122	225	192	4,043	41.7	42.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	13,450	2,184	548	593	1,044	11,266	41.1	43.5
Production occupations	5,930	647	150	274	223	5,283	41.7	42.8
Transportation and material moving occupations	7,520	1,537	398	319	820	5,983	40.7	44.0

Women, 16 years and over	67,868	20,684	2,949	4,090	13,646	47,184	36.2	41.1
Management, professional, and related occupations	29,035	6,730	600	1,992	4,139	22,305	38.3	41.7
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	10,555	1,862	142	706	1,013	8,693	40.2	42.6
Professional and related occupations	18,480	4,869	457	1,285	3,126	13,611	37.2	41.1
Service occupations	14,630	6,402	1,198	685	4,519	8,228	32.9	40.4
Sales and office occupations	19,815	6,387	909	1,168	4,310	13,428	35.3	40.4
Sales and related occupations	7,470	3,054	545	341	2,168	4,416	33.8	41.0
Office and administrative support occupations	12,345	3,333	364	827	2,143	9,012	36.2	40.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	631	152	32	38	82	478	38.4	41.9
Construction and extraction occupations	224	57	15	17	25	168	37.8	41.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	171	27	2	7	19	144	40.1	42.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	3,758	1,013	211	206	596	2,745	37.1	40.9
Production occupations	2,300	490	101	123	266	1,810	38.2	40.9
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,458	523	109	84	330	935	35.3	41.0
Footnotes (1) Includes farming, fishing, and forestry occupations, not shown separately.
NOTE: Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 8, 2017