Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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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
	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019
Total	155,761	157,538	82,698	83,460	80,211	80,917	73,063	74,078	70,424	71,470

Management, professional, and related occupations	62,436	64,218	30,287	30,950	30,089	30,775	32,149	33,267	31,911	33,015
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	25,850	26,981	14,464	15,072	14,414	15,030	11,387	11,909	11,344	11,870
Management occupations	18,263	18,985	10,959	11,394	10,921	11,364	7,304	7,591	7,273	7,559
Business and financial operations occupations	7,587	7,996	3,504	3,678	3,493	3,666	4,083	4,318	4,071	4,311
Professional and related occupations	36,586	37,237	15,823	15,879	15,674	15,745	20,763	21,358	20,567	21,146
Computer and mathematical occupations	5,126	5,352	3,814	3,973	3,798	3,956	1,313	1,379	1,303	1,370
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,263	3,305	2,745	2,785	2,732	2,774	518	520	515	518
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,529	1,485	815	752	811	747	714	733	708	729
Community and social service occupations	2,680	2,717	898	884	887	877	1,783	1,833	1,770	1,819
Legal occupations	1,891	1,955	915	925	914	922	976	1,030	974	1,028
Education, training, and library occupations	9,313	9,455	2,495	2,500	2,458	2,466	6,819	6,955	6,734	6,863
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,362	3,285	1,790	1,676	1,732	1,627	1,572	1,609	1,519	1,557
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,420	9,684	2,352	2,384	2,343	2,375	7,068	7,300	7,044	7,261

Service occupations	26,854	26,978	11,416	11,445	10,525	10,481	15,439	15,534	14,237	14,371
Healthcare support occupations	3,629	3,758	469	491	457	476	3,161	3,267	3,077	3,178
Protective service occupations	3,203	3,128	2,483	2,437	2,432	2,381	720	692	675	651
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,220	8,378	3,655	3,808	3,057	3,164	4,565	4,569	3,799	3,835
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,854	5,746	3,434	3,332	3,307	3,184	2,421	2,413	2,359	2,357
Personal care and service occupations	5,947	5,968	1,375	1,376	1,273	1,275	4,572	4,592	4,327	4,350

Sales and office occupations	33,461	33,370	13,008	13,148	12,348	12,479	20,453	20,222	19,400	19,175
Sales and related occupations	15,806	15,582	7,999	7,979	7,615	7,590	7,807	7,602	7,049	6,892
Office and administrative support occupations	17,655	17,789	5,010	5,169	4,733	4,889	12,646	12,620	12,351	12,283

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,471	14,343	13,726	13,569	13,407	13,258	745	774	708	749
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,121	1,156	848	865	782	807	273	291	250	274
Construction and extraction occupations	8,338	8,325	8,053	8,033	7,886	7,867	285	292	277	287
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,012	4,862	4,825	4,671	4,739	4,584	187	191	181	188

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18,539	18,628	14,261	14,348	13,843	13,925	4,278	4,281	4,167	4,160
Production occupations	8,621	8,565	6,140	6,115	6,015	5,992	2,480	2,450	2,438	2,403
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,918	10,063	8,121	8,233	7,828	7,933	1,797	1,831	1,729	1,757
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 22, 2020