Table 4. Employed foreign-born and native-born persons 16 years and over by occupation and sex, 2024 annual averages

Table 4. Employed foreign-born and native-born people 16 years and over by occupation and sex, 2024 annual averages [Percent distribution]
Occupation	Foreign born			Native born
Occupation	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Total employed (in thousands)	30,908	17,717	13,191	130,437	67,596	62,841

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	35.4	32.6	39.0	45.9	41.3	50.7
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	14.0	14.1	14.0	20.1	20.9	19.3
Management occupations	9.8	10.7	8.5	13.5	15.0	12.0
Business and financial operations occupations	4.2	3.4	5.4	6.6	5.9	7.4
Professional and related occupations	21.3	18.6	25.0	25.7	20.4	31.4
Computer and mathematical occupations	5.5	6.9	3.6	3.6	5.1	1.9
Architecture and engineering occupations	2.3	3.2	1.1	2.2	3.5	0.7
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1.3	1.2	1.4	1.1	1.0	1.2
Community and social service occupations	1.0	0.6	1.6	2.0	1.2	2.9
Legal occupations	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.3	1.2	1.4
Education, training, and library occupations	3.8	2.1	6.1	6.4	3.2	9.9
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	1.4	1.3	1.6	2.3	2.2	2.5
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	5.4	3.0	8.7	6.8	3.0	10.8

Service occupations	22.0	15.6	30.6	15.1	12.6	17.8
Healthcare support occupations	4.2	1.1	8.4	3.2	0.9	5.6
Protective service occupations	0.9	1.1	0.5	2.2	3.1	1.1
Food preparation and serving related occupations	6.6	6.0	7.5	4.6	3.9	5.4
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	7.4	6.2	9.0	2.7	3.4	1.8
Personal care and service occupations	2.9	1.1	5.3	2.4	1.1	3.8

Sales and office occupations	13.2	9.8	17.7	19.8	14.9	25.0
Sales and related occupations	6.7	5.9	7.8	9.2	9.3	9.1
Office and administrative support occupations	6.5	4.0	9.9	10.6	5.6	15.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13.9	22.7	2.1	7.7	14.1	0.9
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1.3	1.6	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.3
Construction and extraction occupations	9.8	16.4	1.0	4.2	7.8	0.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	2.8	4.7	0.2	3.1	5.7	0.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	15.5	19.2	10.6	11.6	17.1	5.5
Production occupations	6.4	6.8	5.7	4.6	6.6	2.4
Transportation and material moving occupations	9.2	12.4	4.8	7.0	10.6	3.1
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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