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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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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
3rd
2018		 3rd
2019		 3rd
2018		 3rd
2019		 3rd
2018		 3rd
2019		 3rd
2018		 3rd
2019

SEX

Total

 156,245 158,226 121,624 122,821 19,221 19,579 9,930 10,238

Men

 83,235 84,246 66,037 66,627 9,124 9,330 5,225 5,379

Women

 73,010 73,981 55,588 56,193 10,097 10,249 4,705 4,859

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

 61,736 63,805 48,962 50,354 5,818 6,049 5,295 5,703

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 25,828 26,937 21,236 22,113 2,121 2,230 1,795 1,894

Management occupations

 18,273 19,062 15,292 15,953 1,376 1,434 1,091 1,194

Business and financial operations occupations

 7,555 7,875 5,944 6,160 745 796 704 700

Professional and related occupations

 35,908 36,868 27,726 28,241 3,697 3,818 3,500 3,809

Computer and mathematical occupations

 5,061 5,560 3,387 3,603 401 498 1,146 1,320

Architecture and engineering occupations

 3,281 3,216 2,605 2,524 193 191 395 413

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 1,498 1,533 1,154 1,185 128 92 187 227

Community and social services occupations

 2,678 2,708 1,920 2,041 521 495 128 88

Legal occupations

 1,913 1,996 1,642 1,645 141 163 92 135

Education, training, and library occupations

 8,438 8,874 6,850 7,165 903 921 464 541

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 3,401 3,339 2,838 2,755 234 262 193 203

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 9,638 9,641 7,330 7,322 1,175 1,198 896 880

Service occupations

 27,175 27,565 19,539 19,929 4,763 4,755 1,678 1,592

Healthcare support occupations

 3,494 3,825 2,208 2,445 980 1,044 179 178

Protective service occupations

 3,384 3,368 2,502 2,467 670 695 93 83

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 8,271 8,473 6,031 6,250 1,219 1,194 561 570

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 6,076 5,949 4,728 4,608 889 878 189 158

Personal care and service occupations

 5,950 5,950 4,070 4,159 1,005 943 656 604

Sales and office occupations

 33,613 33,615 26,373 26,202 4,338 4,441 1,682 1,721

Sales and related occupations

 15,806 15,836 12,703 12,617 1,741 1,840 850 819

Office and administrative support occupations

 17,807 17,779 13,670 13,586 2,597 2,602 832 902

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 14,848 14,596 12,793 12,477 1,104 1,182 311 304

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 1,207 1,158 1,075 1,047 53 56 19 14

Construction and extraction occupations

 8,535 8,436 7,471 7,291 582 675 119 126

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 5,106 5,002 4,248 4,139 470 451 173 164

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 18,874 18,646 13,957 13,858 3,197 3,153 965 918

Production occupations

 8,599 8,593 6,568 6,510 1,190 1,214 503 525

Transportation and material moving occupations

 10,274 10,053 7,389 7,348 2,007 1,939 461 393

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture

Wage and salary workers(1)

 1,736 1,681 1,560 1,550 76 44 25 32

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 800 806 754 769 10 12 20 9

Unpaid family workers

 23 29 23 29 0 0 0 0

Nonagricultural industries

Wage and salary workers(1)

 144,708 146,727 111,869 113,030 18,384 18,758 9,384 9,708

Government

 20,309 20,486 15,413 15,597 3,172 3,125 983 1,083

Private industries

 124,398 126,241 96,456 97,433 15,211 15,633 8,401 8,625

Private households

 775 840 648 659 69 106 23 38

Other industries

 123,624 125,402 95,808 96,774 15,143 15,527 8,378 8,587

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 8,898 8,916 7,348 7,401 752 757 494 475

Unpaid family workers

 80 67 71 41 0 9 7 14

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)

Full-time workers

 130,028 132,005 100,786 102,055 16,329 16,753 8,519 8,754

Part-time workers

 26,216 26,222 20,838 20,765 2,892 2,826 1,411 1,484

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: October 04, 2019