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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
2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023

Total, 16 years and over

158,291 161,037 121,908 123,165 19,937 20,674 10,615 11,096

Men

84,203 85,500 65,924 66,524 9,617 9,943 5,610 5,852

Women

74,089 75,537 55,984 56,642 10,319 10,731 5,006 5,243

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

68,099 70,275 52,943 54,058 6,969 7,460 6,154 6,566

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

29,350 30,544 23,606 24,343 2,753 2,987 2,147 2,301

Management occupations

20,199 20,906 16,479 16,914 1,821 1,925 1,334 1,469

Business and financial operations occupations

9,152 9,638 7,127 7,429 932 1,062 813 833

Professional and related occupations

38,749 39,731 29,337 29,715 4,216 4,473 4,007 4,264

Computer and mathematical occupations

6,171 6,502 4,019 4,128 562 598 1,375 1,560

Architecture and engineering occupations

3,464 3,602 2,677 2,811 229 218 481 470

Life, physical, and social science occupations

1,840 1,870 1,349 1,342 113 154 314 309

Community and social service occupations

2,945 2,879 2,168 2,100 568 563 107 113

Legal occupations

1,861 1,897 1,565 1,569 158 190 91 84

Education, training, and library occupations

9,220 9,403 7,410 7,526 1,033 1,056 501 535

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

3,441 3,478 2,850 2,768 287 333 190 233

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

9,808 10,099 7,299 7,470 1,267 1,360 949 961

Service occupations

25,438 26,171 18,381 18,758 4,274 4,446 1,553 1,644

Healthcare support occupations

4,930 5,123 3,085 3,214 1,270 1,283 366 390

Protective service occupations

3,057 3,105 2,192 2,179 638 694 90 99

Food preparation and serving related occupations

7,907 8,189 5,786 6,010 1,101 1,109 533 563

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

5,576 5,534 4,388 4,322 782 792 170 151

Personal care and service occupations

3,968 4,220 2,930 3,034 482 569 393 441

Sales and office occupations

30,412 30,279 23,616 23,394 3,993 4,088 1,636 1,665

Sales and related occupations

14,316 14,325 11,389 11,283 1,572 1,675 819 871

Office and administrative support occupations

16,096 15,954 12,227 12,111 2,422 2,413 817 794

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

14,260 14,326 12,367 12,332 1,055 1,114 271 260

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

980 987 874 886 45 50 17 9

Construction and extraction occupations

8,427 8,457 7,337 7,344 598 606 137 110

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

4,853 4,881 4,157 4,101 412 458 117 141

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

20,082 19,986 14,601 14,624 3,646 3,567 1,002 961

Production occupations

8,256 8,280 6,215 6,302 1,240 1,216 484 448

Transportation and material moving occupations

11,826 11,706 8,386 8,322 2,406 2,351 518 513

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture

Wage and salary workers(1)

1,514 1,531 1,360 1,399 69 61 21 14

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

745 698 710 664 8 13 3 4

Unpaid family workers

32 35 31 34 0 0 0 0

Nonagricultural industries

Wage and salary workers(1)

146,814 149,692 112,280 113,728 19,017 19,733 10,096 10,531

Government

21,150 21,538 15,863 16,057 3,397 3,501 1,078 1,136

Private industries

125,664 128,154 96,417 97,671 15,620 16,232 9,018 9,396

Private households

655 673 526 551 64 80 30 26

Other industries

125,010 127,481 95,892 97,120 15,556 16,151 8,988 9,369

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

9,129 9,030 7,477 7,299 841 865 490 544

Unpaid family workers

58 50 49 42 1 3 5 3

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)

Full-time workers

132,245 134,056 101,397 102,006 17,060 17,683 9,109 9,435

Part-time workers

26,046 26,981 20,511 21,160 2,877 2,991 1,507 1,660

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 26, 2024