Table 2. Distribution of employment from the 2002 to the 1990 Census Occupational Classification by major occupational group : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 2. Distribution of employment from the 2002 to the 1990 Census Occupational Classification by major occupational group
(Percent distribution)
1990 Occupational Group	2002 Occupational Group
1990 Occupational Group	Management, business, and financial operations occupations	Professional and related occupations	Service occupations	Sales and related occupations	Office and adminis- trative support occupations	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	Construction and extraction occupations	Installation, mainte- nance, and repair occupations	Production occupations	Trans- portation and material moving occupations
Total for occupation (in thousands)	19,748	27,094	21,242	15,746	20,042	1,087	7,813	4,719	10,757	8,523
Percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Executive, adminis- trative, and managerial	75.4	3.1	3.8	5.7	11.2	2.4	2.9	1.6	2.1	1.4
Professional specialty	3.9	73.4	2.0	0.7	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.0	0.9	0.3
Technicians and related support	0.3	13.2	1.8	0.1	0.5	0.4	0.2	2.0	0.9	1.9
Sales occupations	6.3	0.7	1.2	86.6	3.4	0.9	0.4	1.2	1.0	1.2
Adminis- trative support, including clerical	4.7	4.9	1.6	3.0	75.7	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.5	1.5
Service occupations	0.9	2.5	80.8	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.7	1.8	1.4	1.5
Precision production, craft, and repair	2.5	1.7	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.5	74.5	85.9	30.3	2.4
Operators, fabricators, and laborers	0.7	0.6	1.4	1.4	5.7	9.6	20.3	5.6	61.6	89.2
Farming, forestry, and fishing	5.4	0.1	6.1	0.1	0.1	82.7	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.6
NOTE: Estimates are based on three-year average employment (2000-2002). SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.

Last Modified Date: January 27, 2005