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
	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025
Total	161,348	163,288	85,379	87,194	82,552	84,280	75,970	76,094	73,014	73,300

Management, professional, and related occupations	69,892	70,866	33,537	33,970	33,336	33,727	36,355	36,896	35,926	36,600
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,610	31,085	16,613	16,852	16,542	16,766	13,997	14,233	13,921	14,187
Management occupations	20,655	20,971	12,098	12,088	12,072	12,026	8,557	8,883	8,501	8,850
Business and financial operations occupations	9,955	10,114	4,515	4,764	4,470	4,740	5,440	5,350	5,420	5,337
Professional and related occupations	39,282	39,781	16,924	17,118	16,794	16,961	22,358	22,663	22,005	22,413
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,301	6,903	4,654	4,967	4,632	4,953	1,647	1,936	1,625	1,931
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,535	3,548	2,854	2,906	2,838	2,875	681	642	675	630
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,851	1,722	914	941	914	932	936	781	928	773
Community and social service occupations	3,025	2,827	919	960	908	947	2,106	1,867	2,053	1,859
Legal occupations	1,913	1,958	927	862	927	860	987	1,096	980	1,091
Education, training, and library occupations	8,878	8,941	2,442	2,204	2,404	2,186	6,436	6,737	6,310	6,652
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,385	3,576	1,691	1,774	1,664	1,724	1,694	1,801	1,621	1,724
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,394	10,306	2,523	2,503	2,506	2,484	7,872	7,803	7,812	7,753

Service occupations	26,640	27,672	11,363	11,901	10,339	10,760	15,277	15,771	13,896	14,438
Healthcare support occupations	5,462	5,923	788	997	778	980	4,675	4,926	4,524	4,804
Protective service occupations	3,244	3,548	2,386	2,629	2,269	2,541	858	919	715	788
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,828	8,397	3,463	3,825	2,877	3,052	4,364	4,572	3,509	3,792
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	6,078	5,752	3,643	3,511	3,419	3,349	2,435	2,241	2,369	2,181
Personal care and service occupations	4,028	4,051	1,082	939	996	839	2,946	3,112	2,780	2,873

Sales and office occupations	29,949	30,562	11,456	12,485	10,829	11,898	18,493	18,077	17,643	17,168
Sales and related occupations	14,047	14,146	7,168	7,617	6,739	7,207	6,880	6,529	6,358	5,988
Office and administrative support occupations	15,902	16,415	4,288	4,868	4,090	4,691	11,613	11,547	11,285	11,180

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,769	15,059	13,861	14,133	13,404	13,757	908	926	836	843
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,198	1,161	832	840	764	779	366	321	315	269
Construction and extraction occupations	8,700	8,714	8,348	8,393	8,078	8,191	352	321	340	311
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,871	5,185	4,681	4,900	4,561	4,787	190	284	181	263

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	20,099	19,129	15,163	14,705	14,644	14,139	4,936	4,424	4,712	4,251
Production occupations	7,777	7,482	5,350	5,383	5,209	5,277	2,427	2,099	2,351	2,051
Transportation and material moving occupations	12,322	11,647	9,812	9,322	9,435	8,862	2,509	2,325	2,361	2,200
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). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: September 05, 2025