OES data highlights - Occupational Employment and Wages in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, Table 1

Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Table 1. Distribution of employment in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, by occupational group, May 2009
Occupational group	Employment in metropolitan areas	Percent of total metropolitan area employment	Employment in nonmetropolitan areas	Percent of total nonmetropolitan area employment
Management	5,409,080	4.8	665,420	3.8
Business and financial operations	5,571,050	5.0	444,650	2.5
Computer and mathematical science	3,127,800	2.8	141,120	0.8
Architecture and engineering	2,188,030	2.0	210,210	1.2
Life, physical, and social science	1,163,350	1.0	137,410	0.8
Community and social services	1,602,600	1.4	285,120	1.6
Legal	929,450	0.8	65,620	0.4
Education, training, and library	7,156,560	6.4	1,327,510	7.5
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media	1,578,230	1.4	144,430	0.8
Healthcare practitioner and technical	6,216,320	5.5	960,700	5.5
Healthcare support	3,256,800	2.9	616,760	3.5
Protective service	2,694,310	2.4	461,410	2.6
Food preparation and serving related	9,564,820	8.5	1,619,500	9.2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance	3,623,410	3.2	613,520	3.5
Personal care and service	3,022,620	2.7	423,560	2.4
Sales and related	11,866,960	10.6	1,730,730	9.8
Office and administrative support	19,534,520	17.4	2,638,180	15.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry	307,680	0.3	107,240	0.6
Construction and extraction	4,764,830	4.3	917,620	5.2
Installation, maintenance, and repair	4,236,510	3.8	819,990	4.7
Production	7,014,070	6.3	1,868,620	10.6
Transportation and material moving	7,274,100	6.5	1,387,830	7.9
Total, all occupations	112,103,080		17,587,140
Note: occupational group estimates may not sum to all-occupations totals due to rounding.

Last Modified Date: December 14, 2010