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

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
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
	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021
Total	133,326	151,160	71,810	79,965	70,041	77,447	61,516	71,195	60,124	68,605

Management, professional, and related occupations	61,221	64,264	29,951	31,014	29,806	30,851	31,270	33,251	31,081	32,948
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	26,455	27,626	14,601	15,207	14,522	15,179	11,853	12,419	11,830	12,348
Management occupations	17,925	18,962	10,716	11,353	10,652	11,330	7,208	7,609	7,195	7,556
Business and financial operations occupations	8,530	8,664	3,885	3,854	3,869	3,849	4,645	4,810	4,635	4,792
Professional and related occupations	34,766	36,638	15,349	15,807	15,285	15,672	19,417	20,831	19,251	20,600
Computer and mathematical occupations	5,735	5,686	4,330	4,210	4,311	4,181	1,406	1,477	1,401	1,463
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,050	2,955	2,620	2,478	2,617	2,462	431	477	431	472
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,590	1,554	764	806	764	802	826	748	820	748
Community and social service occupations	2,647	2,882	849	962	849	961	1,798	1,920	1,788	1,907
Legal occupations	1,726	1,767	865	831	865	830	861	936	861	931
Education, training, and library occupations	8,266	9,151	2,241	2,516	2,226	2,486	6,025	6,635	5,962	6,526
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,726	3,150	1,289	1,594	1,275	1,557	1,437	1,556	1,402	1,507
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,025	9,491	2,393	2,408	2,379	2,393	6,632	7,083	6,586	7,045

Service occupations	18,034	24,203	8,008	10,134	7,480	9,233	10,027	14,069	9,497	12,898
Healthcare support occupations	4,325	5,036	623	660	598	647	3,702	4,376	3,637	4,278
Protective service occupations	2,759	3,032	2,152	2,314	2,146	2,269	608	719	597	696
Food preparation and serving related occupations	4,327	7,252	1,911	3,334	1,536	2,610	2,415	3,918	2,062	3,117
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	4,311	5,323	2,725	3,060	2,639	2,975	1,585	2,264	1,562	2,187
Personal care and service occupations	2,313	3,560	597	767	560	732	1,717	2,792	1,639	2,620

Sales and office occupations	26,511	29,993	10,322	11,439	9,884	10,930	16,188	18,554	15,665	17,632
Sales and related occupations	12,223	14,056	6,348	6,980	6,101	6,665	5,875	7,077	5,523	6,463
Office and administrative support occupations	14,288	15,936	3,975	4,459	3,783	4,265	10,313	11,477	10,142	11,169

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	11,828	13,969	11,265	13,198	11,069	12,822	563	771	540	751
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,080	1,090	881	805	835	762	200	285	192	271
Construction and extraction occupations	6,549	7,933	6,292	7,663	6,167	7,432	257	270	242	270
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,199	4,946	4,093	4,730	4,068	4,628	107	216	106	211

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	15,732	18,731	12,264	14,181	11,801	13,611	3,468	4,550	3,341	4,376
Production occupations	6,358	7,691	4,673	5,548	4,580	5,416	1,685	2,142	1,657	2,072
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,375	11,040	7,592	8,633	7,222	8,195	1,783	2,407	1,684	2,304
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: May 07, 2021