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Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

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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
	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Total	152,581	158,291	80,829	84,203	78,216	81,409	71,752	74,089	69,099	71,283

Management, professional, and related occupations	64,744	68,099	31,109	33,016	30,948	32,814	33,636	35,083	33,376	34,787
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	27,864	29,350	15,231	16,188	15,188	16,128	12,633	13,162	12,576	13,094
Management occupations	18,986	20,199	11,218	12,026	11,183	11,986	7,768	8,172	7,729	8,127
Business and financial operations occupations	8,878	9,152	4,013	4,162	4,005	4,142	4,865	4,990	4,847	4,966
Professional and related occupations	36,880	38,749	15,878	16,828	15,760	16,687	21,003	21,921	20,800	21,693
Computer and mathematical occupations	5,688	6,171	4,198	4,521	4,177	4,500	1,490	1,650	1,483	1,640
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,235	3,464	2,671	2,905	2,664	2,891	564	559	562	555
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,640	1,840	863	953	857	945	777	887	773	882
Community and social service occupations	2,777	2,945	902	967	900	957	1,876	1,978	1,863	1,968
Legal occupations	1,805	1,861	840	882	838	881	965	979	961	978
Education, training, and library occupations	8,946	9,220	2,351	2,461	2,321	2,437	6,595	6,758	6,505	6,655
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,151	3,441	1,577	1,761	1,540	1,710	1,574	1,680	1,528	1,627
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,639	9,808	2,477	2,379	2,462	2,366	7,162	7,429	7,125	7,389

Service occupations	24,403	25,438	10,328	10,935	9,360	9,899	14,075	14,503	12,884	13,227
Healthcare support occupations	4,887	4,930	728	757	702	740	4,158	4,173	4,060	4,080
Protective service occupations	2,987	3,057	2,276	2,346	2,211	2,283	711	711	676	659
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,370	7,907	3,343	3,690	2,662	2,953	4,027	4,218	3,204	3,343
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,482	5,576	3,198	3,235	3,057	3,110	2,285	2,341	2,211	2,281
Personal care and service occupations	3,676	3,968	783	907	728	812	2,893	3,061	2,734	2,865

Sales and office occupations	30,166	30,412	11,604	11,764	11,074	11,176	18,563	18,649	17,597	17,654
Sales and related occupations	14,369	14,316	7,219	7,237	6,874	6,847	7,150	7,079	6,485	6,392
Office and administrative support occupations	15,797	16,096	4,384	4,527	4,200	4,329	11,413	11,570	11,112	11,263

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,959	14,260	13,181	13,442	12,837	13,090	778	818	755	783
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,061	980	804	723	759	666	257	257	242	238
Construction and extraction occupations	8,057	8,427	7,746	8,070	7,542	7,875	311	357	309	350
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,840	4,853	4,630	4,649	4,536	4,548	210	204	204	195

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,309	20,082	14,608	15,046	13,997	14,430	4,700	5,036	4,487	4,832
Production occupations	7,950	8,256	5,703	5,797	5,564	5,635	2,247	2,459	2,180	2,387
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,359	11,826	8,906	9,249	8,433	8,796	2,453	2,578	2,307	2,444
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 25, 2023