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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race
[In thousands]
Category Total White Black or African
American
Asian
2023 2024 2023 2024 2023 2024 2023 2024

Total, 16 years and over

161,037 161,346 123,165 123,033 20,674 20,728 11,096 11,271

Men

85,500 85,313 66,524 66,152 9,943 9,983 5,852 5,925

Women

75,537 76,033 56,642 56,881 10,731 10,745 5,243 5,345

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

70,275 70,744 54,058 54,256 7,460 7,511 6,566 6,643

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

30,544 30,602 24,343 24,419 2,987 2,955 2,301 2,257

Management occupations

20,906 20,657 16,914 16,727 1,925 1,884 1,469 1,417

Business and financial operations occupations

9,638 9,945 7,429 7,692 1,062 1,071 833 840

Professional and related occupations

39,731 40,142 29,715 29,836 4,473 4,556 4,264 4,386

Computer and mathematical occupations

6,502 6,386 4,128 4,098 598 616 1,560 1,490

Architecture and engineering occupations

3,602 3,552 2,811 2,727 218 258 470 467

Life, physical, and social science occupations

1,870 1,877 1,342 1,362 154 157 309 281

Community and social service occupations

2,879 2,950 2,100 2,119 563 564 113 123

Legal occupations

1,897 1,832 1,569 1,505 190 181 84 105

Education, training, and library occupations

9,403 9,587 7,526 7,550 1,056 1,067 535 626

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

3,478 3,483 2,768 2,777 333 322 233 227

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

10,099 10,475 7,470 7,699 1,360 1,390 961 1,067

Service occupations

26,171 26,452 18,758 18,838 4,446 4,662 1,644 1,610

Healthcare support occupations

5,123 5,456 3,214 3,332 1,283 1,470 390 389

Protective service occupations

3,105 3,110 2,179 2,194 694 669 99 99

Food preparation and serving related occupations

8,189 8,061 6,010 5,917 1,109 1,128 563 533

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

5,534 5,770 4,322 4,535 792 815 151 161

Personal care and service occupations

4,220 4,055 3,034 2,860 569 580 441 428

Sales and office occupations

30,279 29,885 23,394 23,109 4,088 3,889 1,665 1,715

Sales and related occupations

14,325 14,090 11,283 11,129 1,675 1,527 871 889

Office and administrative support occupations

15,954 15,795 12,111 11,980 2,413 2,362 794 825

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

14,326 14,391 12,332 12,280 1,114 1,161 260 287

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

987 970 886 860 50 44 9 16

Construction and extraction occupations

8,457 8,520 7,344 7,334 606 635 110 130

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

4,881 4,901 4,101 4,085 458 482 141 141

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

19,986 19,873 14,624 14,550 3,567 3,507 961 1,016

Production occupations

8,280 7,944 6,302 6,046 1,216 1,130 448 454

Transportation and material moving occupations

11,706 11,930 8,322 8,504 2,351 2,377 513 562

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture

Wage and salary workers(1)

1,531 1,564 1,399 1,418 61 60 14 22

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

698 661 664 635 13 9 4 3

Unpaid family workers

35 29 34 27 0 0 0 0

Nonagricultural industries

Wage and salary workers(1)

149,692 149,788 113,728 113,501 19,733 19,706 10,531 10,680

Government

21,538 21,729 16,057 16,121 3,501 3,539 1,136 1,132

Private industries

128,154 128,059 97,671 97,380 16,232 16,166 9,396 9,548

Private households

673 649 551 523 80 75 26 27

Other industries

127,481 127,411 97,120 96,857 16,151 16,091 9,369 9,520

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

9,030 9,259 7,299 7,414 865 950 544 562

Unpaid family workers

50 44 42 37 3 3 3 4

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)

Full-time workers

134,056 133,361 102,006 101,136 17,683 17,634 9,435 9,527

Part-time workers

26,981 27,985 21,160 21,897 2,991 3,094 1,660 1,743

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: January 29, 2025