Table 3. Employed people by disability status, occupation, and sex, 2025 annual averages

Table 3. Employed people by disability status, occupation, and sex, 2025 annual averages [Percent distribution]
Occupation	People with a disability			People with no disability
Occupation	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Total employed (in thousands)	8,029	4,138	3,891	155,463	82,424	73,039

Occupation as a percent of total employed
Total employed	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations	37.5	34.7	40.5	43.9	39.6	48.8
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	16.7	17.5	15.8	19.1	19.6	18.5
Management occupations	11.2	12.5	9.8	12.9	14.1	11.4
Business and financial operations occupations	5.5	5.0	6.0	6.3	5.5	7.1
Professional and related occupations	20.8	17.2	24.7	24.8	20.0	30.3
Computer and mathematical occupations	3.8	5.6	1.9	4.1	5.6	2.4
Architecture and engineering occupations	1.8	2.9	0.7	2.3	3.5	0.9
Life, physical, and social science occupations	0.8	0.8	0.7	1.2	1.1	1.2
Community and social service occupations	2.2	1.3	3.1	1.7	1.0	2.5
Legal occupations	0.9	0.7	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.4
Education, training, and library occupations	4.9	2.2	7.8	5.8	2.8	9.2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2.4	2.0	2.8	2.1	2.0	2.3
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	4.0	1.8	6.4	6.5	3.0	10.3
Service occupations	20.0	16.7	23.5	16.5	13.1	20.3
Healthcare support occupations	4.6	2.0	7.5	3.5	1.1	6.3
Protective service occupations	2.0	3.0	0.9	2.0	3.0	1.0
Food preparation and serving related occupations	5.9	4.8	7.1	5.0	4.2	5.9
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	4.6	5.6	3.5	3.4	3.8	3.0
Personal care and service occupations	2.8	1.3	4.4	2.5	1.1	4.0
Sales and office occupations	21.0	14.5	28.0	18.6	14.2	23.6
Sales and related occupations	9.2	7.6	10.9	8.6	8.7	8.6
Office and administrative support occupations	11.9	6.9	17.1	10.0	5.5	15.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	7.7	14.0	0.9	9.0	15.9	1.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.4
Construction and extraction occupations	4.1	7.7	0.3	5.2	9.5	0.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	3.0	5.5	0.3	3.1	5.6	0.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	13.8	20.0	7.2	12.0	17.2	6.2
Production occupations	5.7	7.6	3.5	4.8	6.5	2.9
Transportation and material moving occupations	8.1	12.4	3.6	7.2	10.7	3.3
NOTE: Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

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Last Modified Date: March 03, 2026