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
	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026
Total	163,799	162,800	87,317	85,897	84,106	82,739	76,482	76,903	73,404	73,666

Management, professional, and related occupations	69,809	69,913	33,512	33,144	33,218	32,901	36,297	36,769	35,953	36,305
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,985	30,567	16,784	16,341	16,695	16,266	14,201	14,226	14,146	14,129
Management occupations	20,687	20,732	12,079	11,723	12,016	11,685	8,609	9,009	8,567	8,963
Business and financial operations occupations	10,298	9,835	4,705	4,618	4,678	4,581	5,592	5,217	5,578	5,166
Professional and related occupations	38,825	39,346	16,728	16,803	16,523	16,634	22,096	22,543	21,807	22,177
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,656	6,924	4,858	5,135	4,836	5,119	1,798	1,789	1,798	1,782
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,562	3,632	2,926	2,905	2,887	2,886	636	727	625	726
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,680	1,772	828	891	810	885	852	881	841	869
Community and social service occupations	2,931	2,876	937	875	903	866	1,994	2,001	1,982	1,978
Legal occupations	1,983	1,807	843	808	841	808	1,140	998	1,133	993
Education, training, and library occupations	8,370	8,468	2,058	2,200	2,032	2,164	6,312	6,268	6,183	6,124
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,520	3,317	1,814	1,578	1,782	1,514	1,705	1,739	1,642	1,639
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,122	10,550	2,464	2,411	2,431	2,392	7,658	8,140	7,604	8,065

Service occupations	28,253	27,367	12,032	11,550	10,720	10,320	16,220	15,817	14,674	14,352
Healthcare support occupations	6,038	5,797	941	1,038	922	1,010	5,097	4,760	4,968	4,649
Protective service occupations	3,437	3,266	2,631	2,446	2,524	2,321	807	820	678	740
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,479	8,205	3,839	3,499	3,050	2,812	4,640	4,706	3,778	3,831
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	6,039	6,121	3,590	3,575	3,339	3,325	2,449	2,546	2,373	2,459
Personal care and service occupations	4,259	3,978	1,033	992	885	851	3,227	2,985	2,878	2,673

Sales and office occupations	31,067	30,863	12,635	12,428	11,989	11,798	18,431	18,436	17,444	17,451
Sales and related occupations	14,502	14,406	7,661	7,496	7,245	7,055	6,841	6,911	6,202	6,253
Office and administrative support occupations	16,565	16,457	4,975	4,932	4,744	4,742	11,590	11,525	11,242	11,198

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	15,349	14,314	14,437	13,434	14,079	13,027	912	880	853	833
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,198	1,105	850	875	790	820	348	230	308	224
Construction and extraction occupations	8,922	8,229	8,640	7,857	8,432	7,626	282	372	282	356
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,229	4,979	4,947	4,701	4,857	4,580	282	278	264	253

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,321	20,343	14,700	15,342	14,100	14,695	4,621	5,001	4,480	4,725
Production occupations	7,662	8,121	5,433	5,686	5,312	5,523	2,229	2,435	2,176	2,344
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,659	12,223	9,267	9,657	8,789	9,172	2,391	2,566	2,304	2,381
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: August 07, 2026