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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
	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
Total	161,037	161,346	85,500	85,313	82,698	82,514	75,537	76,033	72,692	73,170

Management, professional, and related occupations	70,275	70,744	33,856	33,716	33,663	33,505	36,419	37,028	36,123	36,680
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,544	30,602	16,574	16,613	16,518	16,546	13,971	13,989	13,914	13,922
Management occupations	20,906	20,657	12,139	12,017	12,104	11,979	8,767	8,640	8,729	8,587
Business and financial operations occupations	9,638	9,945	4,435	4,596	4,414	4,567	5,204	5,349	5,185	5,335
Professional and related occupations	39,731	40,142	17,282	17,103	17,145	16,959	22,449	23,039	22,209	22,758
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,502	6,386	4,754	4,700	4,729	4,686	1,748	1,686	1,738	1,673
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,602	3,552	3,001	2,940	2,987	2,926	602	613	597	609
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,870	1,877	939	925	934	917	932	952	927	943
Community and social service occupations	2,879	2,950	874	896	863	886	2,004	2,054	1,990	2,037
Legal occupations	1,897	1,832	910	840	909	839	988	992	986	988
Education, training, and library occupations	9,403	9,587	2,560	2,551	2,528	2,515	6,842	7,036	6,732	6,925
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,478	3,483	1,808	1,713	1,769	1,670	1,670	1,770	1,615	1,698
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,099	10,475	2,437	2,539	2,426	2,519	7,663	7,936	7,625	7,885

Service occupations	26,171	26,452	11,206	11,246	10,134	10,214	14,965	15,206	13,640	13,921
Healthcare support occupations	5,123	5,456	806	841	783	822	4,317	4,615	4,204	4,484
Protective service occupations	3,105	3,110	2,357	2,327	2,306	2,240	748	783	697	716
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,189	8,061	3,775	3,685	3,021	3,012	4,414	4,376	3,515	3,550
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,534	5,770	3,206	3,422	3,063	3,255	2,328	2,347	2,269	2,288
Personal care and service occupations	4,220	4,055	1,062	971	961	885	3,158	3,084	2,955	2,883

Sales and office occupations	30,279	29,885	11,942	11,825	11,355	11,210	18,337	18,061	17,386	17,094
Sales and related occupations	14,325	14,090	7,352	7,337	6,955	6,896	6,972	6,754	6,334	6,098
Office and administrative support occupations	15,954	15,795	4,590	4,488	4,400	4,314	11,364	11,307	11,051	10,995

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,326	14,391	13,492	13,530	13,111	13,138	834	861	785	813
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	987	970	720	701	658	647	267	269	242	241
Construction and extraction occupations	8,457	8,520	8,093	8,150	7,881	7,935	364	370	350	358
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,881	4,901	4,679	4,680	4,571	4,557	203	222	193	214

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,986	19,873	15,004	14,996	14,435	14,448	4,982	4,877	4,758	4,663
Production occupations	8,280	7,944	5,800	5,653	5,675	5,518	2,479	2,291	2,405	2,228
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,706	11,930	9,203	9,344	8,760	8,930	2,503	2,586	2,353	2,434
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 29, 2025