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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
	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Total	158,291	161,037	84,203	85,500	81,409	82,698	74,089	75,537	71,283	72,692

Management, professional, and related occupations	68,099	70,275	33,016	33,856	32,814	33,663	35,083	36,419	34,787	36,123
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	29,350	30,544	16,188	16,574	16,128	16,518	13,162	13,971	13,094	13,914
Management occupations	20,199	20,906	12,026	12,139	11,986	12,104	8,172	8,767	8,127	8,729
Business and financial operations occupations	9,152	9,638	4,162	4,435	4,142	4,414	4,990	5,204	4,966	5,185
Professional and related occupations	38,749	39,731	16,828	17,282	16,687	17,145	21,921	22,449	21,693	22,209
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,171	6,502	4,521	4,754	4,500	4,729	1,650	1,748	1,640	1,738
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,464	3,602	2,905	3,001	2,891	2,987	559	602	555	597
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,840	1,870	953	939	945	934	887	932	882	927
Community and social service occupations	2,945	2,879	967	874	957	863	1,978	2,004	1,968	1,990
Legal occupations	1,861	1,897	882	910	881	909	979	988	978	986
Education, training, and library occupations	9,220	9,403	2,461	2,560	2,437	2,528	6,758	6,842	6,655	6,732
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,441	3,478	1,761	1,808	1,710	1,769	1,680	1,670	1,627	1,615
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,808	10,099	2,379	2,437	2,366	2,426	7,429	7,663	7,389	7,625

Service occupations	25,438	26,171	10,935	11,206	9,899	10,134	14,503	14,965	13,227	13,640
Healthcare support occupations	4,930	5,123	757	806	740	783	4,173	4,317	4,080	4,204
Protective service occupations	3,057	3,105	2,346	2,357	2,283	2,306	711	748	659	697
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,907	8,189	3,690	3,775	2,953	3,021	4,218	4,414	3,343	3,515
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,576	5,534	3,235	3,206	3,110	3,063	2,341	2,328	2,281	2,269
Personal care and service occupations	3,968	4,220	907	1,062	812	961	3,061	3,158	2,865	2,955

Sales and office occupations	30,412	30,279	11,764	11,942	11,176	11,355	18,649	18,337	17,654	17,386
Sales and related occupations	14,316	14,325	7,237	7,352	6,847	6,955	7,079	6,972	6,392	6,334
Office and administrative support occupations	16,096	15,954	4,527	4,590	4,329	4,400	11,570	11,364	11,263	11,051

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,260	14,326	13,442	13,492	13,090	13,111	818	834	783	785
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	980	987	723	720	666	658	257	267	238	242
Construction and extraction occupations	8,427	8,457	8,070	8,093	7,875	7,881	357	364	350	350
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,853	4,881	4,649	4,679	4,548	4,571	204	203	195	193

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	20,082	19,986	15,046	15,004	14,430	14,435	5,036	4,982	4,832	4,758
Production occupations	8,256	8,280	5,797	5,800	5,635	5,675	2,459	2,479	2,387	2,405
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,826	11,706	9,249	9,203	8,796	8,760	2,578	2,503	2,444	2,353
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 26, 2024