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

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A-19. Employed persons 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. 2021	Dec. 2022	Dec. 2021	Dec. 2022	Dec. 2021	Dec. 2022	Dec. 2021	Dec. 2022	Dec. 2021	Dec. 2022
Total	155,732	158,872	82,024	84,304	79,525	81,589	73,708	74,568	71,140	71,843

Management, professional, and related occupations	66,366	69,297	31,821	33,586	31,700	33,426	34,546	35,711	34,264	35,388
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	28,264	29,725	15,534	16,266	15,503	16,234	12,730	13,459	12,679	13,400
Management occupations	19,232	20,680	11,471	12,140	11,445	12,121	7,762	8,540	7,738	8,498
Business and financial operations occupations	9,032	9,045	4,064	4,126	4,058	4,113	4,968	4,919	4,941	4,902
Professional and related occupations	38,103	39,572	16,287	17,320	16,197	17,192	21,816	22,252	21,586	21,988
Computer and mathematical occupations	5,882	6,522	4,188	4,830	4,176	4,815	1,694	1,692	1,685	1,681
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,555	3,498	2,979	2,953	2,975	2,939	576	545	574	545
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,772	1,795	944	952	933	951	828	843	828	843
Community and social service occupations	2,732	2,960	838	942	838	933	1,894	2,018	1,885	2,013
Legal occupations	1,816	1,958	904	870	904	870	912	1,089	909	1,084
Education, training, and library occupations	9,384	9,544	2,320	2,560	2,298	2,541	7,064	6,983	6,955	6,841
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,350	3,500	1,666	1,899	1,632	1,846	1,683	1,601	1,628	1,549
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,611	9,795	2,447	2,314	2,441	2,297	7,164	7,480	7,123	7,433

Service occupations	24,821	25,334	10,550	10,779	9,603	9,721	14,270	14,555	13,172	13,401
Healthcare support occupations	4,736	4,914	755	726	718	710	3,981	4,188	3,896	4,100
Protective service occupations	3,055	3,025	2,199	2,400	2,153	2,320	857	625	817	606
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,787	7,958	3,534	3,635	2,861	2,874	4,253	4,323	3,473	3,509
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,468	5,392	3,209	3,074	3,078	2,950	2,260	2,319	2,207	2,252
Personal care and service occupations	3,774	4,044	854	944	792	867	2,920	3,100	2,778	2,933

Sales and office occupations	30,949	30,185	11,958	11,791	11,460	11,230	18,991	18,395	18,054	17,348
Sales and related occupations	14,527	14,053	7,290	7,177	6,958	6,781	7,237	6,876	6,632	6,122
Office and administrative support occupations	16,422	16,133	4,668	4,614	4,502	4,449	11,755	11,519	11,421	11,227

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,774	14,295	12,988	13,439	12,622	13,097	787	856	764	828
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	961	945	731	641	672	605	230	304	218	280
Construction and extraction occupations	8,158	8,491	7,794	8,161	7,614	7,957	364	330	361	330
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,655	4,860	4,462	4,638	4,336	4,535	193	222	185	218

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,821	19,760	14,707	14,708	14,139	14,115	5,114	5,051	4,885	4,878
Production occupations	8,066	8,152	5,699	5,643	5,559	5,504	2,368	2,508	2,281	2,446
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,755	11,608	9,009	9,065	8,580	8,612	2,746	2,543	2,604	2,431
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 06, 2023