Table 4. Employed persons by disability status, industry, class of worker, and sex, 2023 annual averages

Table 4. Employed persons by disability status, industry, class of worker, and sex, 2023 annual averages [Percent distribution]
Industry and class of worker	Persons with a disability			Persons with no disability
Industry and class of worker	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Total employed (in thousands)	7,528	3,884	3,644	153,509	81,616	71,893

Industry as a percent of total employed
Total employed	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Agriculture and related industries	1.9	2.7	1.1	1.4	1.8	0.9
Nonagricultural industries	98.1	97.3	98.9	98.6	98.2	99.1
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.1
Construction	6.0	10.4	1.4	7.5	12.5	1.7
Manufacturing	9.1	12.3	5.6	9.7	12.9	6.1
Wholesale trade	1.7	2.2	1.3	2.0	2.6	1.4
Retail trade	13.0	12.7	13.3	10.1	10.0	10.3
Transportation and utilities	6.1	8.2	3.8	6.2	8.8	3.2
Information	1.6	1.8	1.3	1.9	2.2	1.5
Financial activities	5.5	5.2	5.8	6.9	6.3	7.5
Professional and business services	12.0	12.8	11.1	12.9	14.1	11.6
Education and health services	22.2	11.3	33.8	22.6	10.9	35.9
Leisure and hospitality	10.0	9.1	10.9	8.8	8.2	9.5
Other services	5.4	5.1	5.7	4.7	4.1	5.3
Public administration	5.2	5.7	4.7	4.9	5.0	4.9

Class of worker as a percent of total employed
Total employed(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Wage and salary workers(2)	91.5	89.8	93.4	94.0	93.3	94.9
Private industries	77.5	77.6	77.4	80.6	82.4	78.7
Government	14.0	12.2	16.1	13.4	10.9	16.2
Federal	3.2	3.6	2.8	2.5	2.6	2.4
State	4.7	3.8	5.8	4.6	3.4	6.0
Local	6.1	4.8	7.5	6.3	4.9	7.8
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	8.4	10.2	6.5	5.9	6.7	5.1
Footnotes (1) Includes a small number of unpaid family workers, not shown separately. (2) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

Last Modified Date: February 22, 2024