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Occupation | Foreign born | Native born | ||||
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Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
Total employed (in thousands) |
27,502 | 15,791 | 11,711 | 130,036 | 67,669 | 62,367 |
Occupation as a percent of total employed |
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Total employed |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Management, professional, and related occupations |
33.9 | 32.0 | 36.4 | 42.2 | 38.3 | 46.5 |
Management, business, and financial operations occupations |
13.1 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 18.0 | 19.1 | 16.7 |
Management occupations |
9.2 | 10.4 | 7.6 | 12.6 | 14.4 | 10.7 |
Business and financial operations occupations |
3.9 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 6.0 |
Professional and related occupations |
20.8 | 18.5 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 19.2 | 29.8 |
Computer and mathematical occupations |
5.2 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 1.6 |
Architecture and engineering occupations |
2.3 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.6 |
Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
Community and social service occupations |
1.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
Legal occupations |
0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
Education, training, and library occupations |
3.8 | 2.1 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 10.0 |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
5.2 | 2.8 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 10.1 |
Service occupations |
22.5 | 15.9 | 31.4 | 16.0 | 13.2 | 19.0 |
Healthcare support occupations |
2.6 | 0.6 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 4.3 |
Protective service occupations |
0.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 1.0 |
Food preparation and serving related occupations |
6.7 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 5.9 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
7.6 | 6.3 | 9.4 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.1 |
Personal care and service occupations |
4.8 | 1.7 | 8.8 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
Sales and office occupations |
15.5 | 12.0 | 20.2 | 22.4 | 16.6 | 28.6 |
Sales and related occupations |
7.7 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.6 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
7.8 | 4.7 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 18.0 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations |
13.4 | 21.8 | 2.0 | 8.2 | 15.0 | 0.9 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
1.7 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
9.1 | 15.3 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 0.3 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
2.6 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations |
14.7 | 18.2 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 16.9 | 5.0 |
Production occupations |
7.2 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 2.7 |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
7.5 | 10.6 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 9.7 | 2.3 |
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |