October 26, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Occupational employment by race and ethnicity, 2011

Percent distribution of employed persons by occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2011 annual averages
Occupation and sex	White	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino
Men, 16 years and older	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	17.4	9.7	16.9	7.7
Professional and related occupations	17.6	13.8	32.3	7.9
Service occupations	13.8	22.3	14.2	21.9
Sales and office occupations	16.6	18.0	17.1	14.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	17.9	11.6	6.5	26.1
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16.8	24.6	13.0	21.8
Women, 16 years and older	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	14.7	11.2	15.4	8.9
Professional and related occupations	27.6	22.9	29.0	16.3
Service occupations	19.9	28.0	21.8	31.2
Sales and office occupations	31.8	30.8	26.3	31.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	0.9	0.5	0.6	1.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	5.1	6.7	6.9	10.1

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