HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-13. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race [In thousands]
Category Total White Black or African
American		 Asian
2nd
2016		 2nd
2017		 2nd
2016		 2nd
2017		 2nd
2016		 2nd
2017		 2nd
2016		 2nd
2017

SEX

Total

 151,553 153,585 119,602 120,452 17,873 18,619 9,128 9,466

Men

 80,830 81,714 64,854 65,315 8,491 8,800 4,872 4,961

Women

 70,723 71,871 54,748 55,137 9,382 9,819 4,255 4,505

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

 59,495 61,065 47,789 48,974 5,422 5,685 4,798 4,818

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 25,043 25,367 20,784 21,142 2,055 1,980 1,609 1,618

Management occupations

 17,376 17,798 14,675 15,002 1,275 1,337 1,045 1,070

Business and financial operations occupations

 7,667 7,569 6,109 6,140 781 643 564 548

Professional and related occupations

 34,452 35,698 27,005 27,832 3,366 3,705 3,189 3,200

Computer and mathematical occupations

 4,509 4,721 3,001 3,158 352 450 1,011 989

Architecture and engineering occupations

 2,975 3,251 2,364 2,539 193 202 341 421

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 1,427 1,446 1,056 1,106 101 95 246 216

Community and social services occupations

 2,610 2,602 1,979 1,937 458 495 89 93

Legal occupations

 1,784 1,809 1,590 1,555 95 117 64 75

Education, training, and library occupations

 9,149 9,498 7,616 7,758 881 1,052 441 445

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 3,101 3,215 2,656 2,657 184 225 170 190

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

 8,897 9,157 6,741 7,122 1,103 1,068 827 770

Service occupations

 26,969 26,919 19,881 19,610 4,507 4,530 1,412 1,585

Healthcare support occupations

 3,622 3,492 2,293 2,310 1,025 879 175 185

Protective service occupations

 3,017 2,957 2,177 2,120 599 639 78 65

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 8,639 8,378 6,606 6,261 1,169 1,122 505 539

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 5,924 5,968 4,687 4,669 843 840 141 213

Personal care and service occupations

 5,767 6,125 4,119 4,250 871 1,049 513 583

Sales and office occupations

 33,324 33,359 26,380 26,167 4,069 4,251 1,752 1,800

Sales and related occupations

 15,849 15,718 12,703 12,545 1,724 1,719 927 945

Office and administrative support occupations

 17,475 17,640 13,677 13,622 2,345 2,532 825 855

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 13,990 14,334 12,239 12,536 954 1,035 278 302

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 1,198 1,245 1,087 1,134 55 58 25 16

Construction and extraction occupations

 8,046 8,149 7,123 7,189 522 576 109 123

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 4,745 4,940 4,029 4,213 377 401 143 163

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 17,776 17,908 13,313 13,166 2,921 3,118 888 962

Production occupations

 8,707 8,621 6,658 6,490 1,201 1,264 559 573

Transportation and material moving occupations

 9,068 9,287 6,655 6,676 1,720 1,855 329 388

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture

Wage and salary workers(1)

 1,678 1,690 1,551 1,555 69 60 20 22

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 884 874 853 843 9 6 6 13

Unpaid family workers

 23 23 22 21 1 1 0 0

Nonagricultural industries

Wage and salary workers(1)

 139,983 142,224 109,510 110,783 17,156 17,782 8,656 8,943

Government

 20,442 20,798 15,799 15,851 2,971 3,195 977 1,063

Private industries

 119,541 121,427 93,711 94,931 14,186 14,587 7,679 7,879

Private households

 756 655 655 546 41 57 33 32

Other industries

 118,785 120,772 93,056 94,386 14,144 14,529 7,647 7,847

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 8,921 8,716 7,609 7,198 635 769 444 486

Unpaid family workers

 63 58 58 53 2 2 2 3

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)

Full-time workers

 123,731 126,260 97,471 98,707 14,713 15,564 7,637 8,018

Part-time workers

 27,822 27,325 22,131 21,745 3,160 3,054 1,491 1,448

Footnotes
 (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
(2) Employed persons are classified as full- or part-time workers based on their usual weekly hours at all jobs regardless of the number of hours they are at work during the reference week. Persons absent from work also are classified according to their usual status. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: July 07, 2017