A-19. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

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A-19. Employed people by occupation, sex, and age [In thousands]
Occupation	Total		Men				Women
	16 years and over		16 years and over		20 years and over		16 years and over		20 years and over
	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026
Total	163,894	163,439	86,849	85,728	84,252	83,054	77,045	77,710	74,278	75,067

Management, professional, and related occupations	71,646	73,122	34,064	34,403	33,808	34,210	37,582	38,719	37,285	38,398
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	31,363	31,900	16,795	17,148	16,703	17,097	14,568	14,751	14,540	14,690
Management occupations	21,168	21,631	12,026	12,211	11,956	12,174	9,143	9,420	9,126	9,392
Business and financial operations occupations	10,194	10,268	4,769	4,937	4,747	4,923	5,425	5,331	5,414	5,298
Professional and related occupations	40,283	41,223	17,269	17,255	17,105	17,113	23,014	23,968	22,745	23,708
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,766	7,004	4,930	5,194	4,921	5,176	1,836	1,810	1,836	1,810
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,546	3,625	2,841	2,822	2,826	2,810	705	804	700	793
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,705	1,848	921	898	921	884	784	950	783	950
Community and social service occupations	2,870	2,879	914	921	903	917	1,956	1,957	1,934	1,948
Legal occupations	1,899	1,743	837	682	835	682	1,062	1,061	1,059	1,054
Education, training, and library occupations	9,615	9,799	2,582	2,510	2,553	2,497	7,033	7,289	6,929	7,162
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,691	3,455	1,787	1,671	1,709	1,611	1,903	1,784	1,827	1,741
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,191	10,871	2,457	2,557	2,437	2,536	7,735	8,313	7,677	8,250

Service occupations	27,346	26,223	11,714	11,140	10,708	10,106	15,632	15,083	14,363	13,832
Healthcare support occupations	5,648	5,649	924	976	917	951	4,724	4,673	4,573	4,541
Protective service occupations	3,458	3,181	2,622	2,453	2,554	2,375	836	728	784	648
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,367	7,971	3,635	3,516	2,950	2,791	4,732	4,456	3,861	3,639
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,921	5,634	3,618	3,377	3,443	3,227	2,303	2,257	2,253	2,188
Personal care and service occupations	3,952	3,788	915	818	844	760	3,036	2,970	2,893	2,816

Sales and office occupations	30,662	30,105	12,352	12,210	11,851	11,615	18,310	17,895	17,356	17,090
Sales and related occupations	14,054	14,040	7,361	7,306	7,018	6,848	6,694	6,734	6,072	6,147
Office and administrative support occupations	16,608	16,065	4,991	4,904	4,834	4,767	11,616	11,161	11,284	10,943

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,905	13,896	13,924	13,008	13,604	12,673	980	888	926	830
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,064	1,178	750	951	687	926	314	227	281	207
Construction and extraction occupations	8,577	7,916	8,159	7,545	7,991	7,327	417	371	411	351
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,264	4,802	5,015	4,512	4,926	4,421	249	290	234	273

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,335	20,093	14,795	14,968	14,280	14,450	4,540	5,125	4,348	4,917
Production occupations	7,425	7,775	5,337	5,324	5,256	5,214	2,088	2,451	2,023	2,378
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,910	12,318	9,458	9,644	9,024	9,236	2,452	2,674	2,325	2,539
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: October 02, 2026