Employed people by occupation, sex, and age : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
9. Employed people 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
	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025	2024	2025
Total	161,346	163,493	85,313	86,562	82,514	83,806	76,033	76,931	73,170	74,135

Management, professional, and related occupations	70,744	71,338	33,716	34,097	33,505	33,860	37,028	37,241	36,680	36,910
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,602	31,049	16,613	16,899	16,546	16,824	13,989	14,150	13,922	14,079
Management occupations	20,657	20,876	12,017	12,141	11,979	12,083	8,640	8,735	8,587	8,690
Business and financial operations occupations	9,945	10,173	4,596	4,758	4,567	4,741	5,349	5,415	5,335	5,389
Professional and related occupations	40,142	40,289	17,103	17,199	16,959	17,036	23,039	23,090	22,758	22,831
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,386	6,711	4,700	4,867	4,686	4,854	1,686	1,844	1,673	1,839
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,552	3,675	2,940	2,965	2,926	2,947	613	710	609	705
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,877	1,858	925	940	917	934	952	918	943	911
Community and social service occupations	2,950	2,846	896	881	886	867	2,054	1,964	2,037	1,948
Legal occupations	1,832	1,880	840	827	839	826	992	1,053	988	1,051
Education, training, and library occupations	9,587	9,452	2,551	2,418	2,515	2,386	7,036	7,034	6,925	6,923
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,483	3,504	1,713	1,737	1,670	1,678	1,770	1,767	1,698	1,705
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,475	10,364	2,539	2,563	2,519	2,544	7,936	7,801	7,885	7,749

Service occupations	26,452	27,230	11,246	11,499	10,214	10,462	15,206	15,732	13,921	14,424
Healthcare support occupations	5,456	5,830	841	966	822	941	4,615	4,865	4,484	4,739
Protective service occupations	3,110	3,344	2,327	2,566	2,240	2,483	783	778	716	704
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,061	8,292	3,685	3,675	3,012	2,979	4,376	4,617	3,550	3,800
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,770	5,708	3,422	3,351	3,255	3,197	2,347	2,357	2,288	2,299
Personal care and service occupations	4,055	4,057	971	941	885	861	3,084	3,116	2,883	2,882

Sales and office occupations	29,885	30,604	11,825	12,306	11,210	11,712	18,061	18,298	17,094	17,379
Sales and related occupations	14,090	14,159	7,337	7,453	6,896	7,042	6,754	6,706	6,098	6,105
Office and administrative support occupations	15,795	16,444	4,488	4,853	4,314	4,671	11,307	11,591	10,995	11,274

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,391	14,550	13,530	13,682	13,138	13,343	861	868	813	822
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	970	1,000	701	732	647	681	269	268	241	240
Construction and extraction occupations	8,520	8,490	8,150	8,126	7,935	7,936	370	364	358	355
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,901	5,060	4,680	4,824	4,557	4,727	222	237	214	227

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,873	19,770	14,996	14,978	14,448	14,429	4,877	4,792	4,663	4,601
Production occupations	7,944	7,889	5,653	5,648	5,518	5,534	2,291	2,241	2,228	2,180
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,930	11,881	9,344	9,330	8,930	8,895	2,586	2,551	2,434	2,421
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

Last Modified Date: February 20, 2026