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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
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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
	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025
Total	161,294	163,720	85,139	86,372	82,378	83,874	76,155	77,348	73,359	74,572

Management, professional, and related occupations	71,042	71,918	34,241	34,725	34,001	34,529	36,800	37,193	36,435	36,834
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,752	31,026	17,128	17,172	17,059	17,104	13,624	13,854	13,557	13,778
Management occupations	20,876	20,814	12,411	12,175	12,371	12,111	8,465	8,640	8,413	8,595
Business and financial operations occupations	9,876	10,212	4,717	4,998	4,687	4,993	5,159	5,214	5,144	5,183
Professional and related occupations	40,290	40,892	17,114	17,553	16,942	17,425	23,177	23,339	22,879	23,055
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,490	6,625	4,747	4,750	4,736	4,738	1,743	1,875	1,729	1,863
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,756	3,842	3,026	3,100	3,002	3,085	730	741	720	741
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,888	1,923	891	1,005	880	1,001	997	919	996	908
Community and social service occupations	2,959	3,067	858	980	845	966	2,101	2,087	2,074	2,063
Legal occupations	1,828	1,901	808	807	802	807	1,020	1,095	1,014	1,093
Education, training, and library occupations	9,846	9,680	2,537	2,504	2,509	2,475	7,309	7,176	7,203	7,053
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,346	3,441	1,660	1,769	1,609	1,718	1,686	1,672	1,605	1,625
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,177	10,412	2,586	2,638	2,558	2,636	7,591	7,774	7,538	7,711

Service occupations	26,059	26,509	10,840	10,945	9,852	10,090	15,219	15,564	14,071	14,293
Healthcare support occupations	5,627	5,456	900	888	881	859	4,728	4,568	4,587	4,437
Protective service occupations	3,107	3,190	2,386	2,502	2,282	2,448	721	688	691	671
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,805	8,261	3,484	3,661	2,847	3,047	4,322	4,600	3,631	3,720
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,456	5,443	3,131	3,037	2,977	2,956	2,325	2,406	2,265	2,351
Personal care and service occupations	4,064	4,160	941	857	866	780	3,123	3,303	2,896	3,114

Sales and office occupations	30,682	30,716	12,187	12,137	11,513	11,599	18,495	18,579	17,489	17,684
Sales and related occupations	14,215	14,372	7,302	7,311	6,800	6,911	6,913	7,061	6,239	6,387
Office and administrative support occupations	16,467	16,344	4,885	4,827	4,713	4,688	11,582	11,518	11,250	11,297

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,818	14,436	13,020	13,515	12,696	13,181	799	921	757	886
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	825	881	624	677	586	629	200	205	184	184
Construction and extraction occupations	8,165	8,451	7,824	7,983	7,617	7,817	341	467	329	452
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,829	5,104	4,571	4,855	4,493	4,735	257	249	244	249

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,692	20,140	14,851	15,049	14,316	14,476	4,842	5,091	4,607	4,875
Production occupations	7,940	7,959	5,738	5,564	5,618	5,488	2,202	2,395	2,121	2,330
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,752	12,181	9,112	9,485	8,698	8,987	2,640	2,696	2,487	2,545
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: January 09, 2026