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
	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2023	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2023	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2023	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2023	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2023
Total	159,144	161,676	84,799	85,384	82,093	82,663	74,345	76,292	71,628	73,499

Management, professional, and related occupations	68,918	71,387	33,487	34,401	33,279	34,190	35,432	36,986	35,113	36,667
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	29,433	30,812	16,093	16,718	16,017	16,673	13,341	14,094	13,274	14,015
Management occupations	20,125	20,957	11,891	12,047	11,839	12,022	8,234	8,910	8,205	8,858
Business and financial operations occupations	9,309	9,855	4,202	4,671	4,179	4,651	5,107	5,183	5,069	5,157
Professional and related occupations	39,485	40,575	17,394	17,683	17,262	17,517	22,091	22,892	21,839	22,652
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,255	6,763	4,598	4,911	4,573	4,879	1,658	1,852	1,652	1,837
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,532	3,449	3,005	2,892	2,988	2,877	527	558	522	557
Life, physical, and social science occupations	2,027	2,018	1,052	1,042	1,050	1,039	975	976	960	975
Community and social service occupations	3,090	2,973	1,033	912	1,030	912	2,057	2,061	2,045	2,031
Legal occupations	1,836	2,005	857	993	857	987	979	1,012	973	1,009
Education, training, and library occupations	9,127	9,552	2,461	2,604	2,442	2,561	6,665	6,948	6,553	6,824
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,712	3,553	1,989	1,824	1,938	1,771	1,723	1,729	1,682	1,694
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,907	10,263	2,399	2,506	2,384	2,491	7,508	7,757	7,452	7,726

Service occupations	25,749	26,349	10,936	11,129	9,977	10,141	14,813	15,219	13,592	13,888
Healthcare support occupations	5,057	5,159	766	776	759	742	4,291	4,382	4,179	4,287
Protective service occupations	2,989	3,115	2,342	2,334	2,272	2,304	647	781	607	743
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,829	8,168	3,522	3,721	2,799	3,029	4,307	4,447	3,467	3,529
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,662	5,692	3,302	3,213	3,215	3,079	2,360	2,479	2,305	2,412
Personal care and service occupations	4,212	4,215	1,004	1,085	933	986	3,208	3,130	3,034	2,917

Sales and office occupations	29,886	29,893	11,642	11,719	11,001	11,127	18,244	18,174	17,342	17,280
Sales and related occupations	14,242	14,228	7,233	7,268	6,791	6,831	7,009	6,960	6,329	6,353
Office and administrative support occupations	15,644	15,665	4,409	4,451	4,209	4,295	11,235	11,214	11,013	10,926

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,463	14,308	13,650	13,448	13,361	13,109	813	860	773	818
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	938	975	668	693	635	656	270	282	249	265
Construction and extraction occupations	8,658	8,361	8,311	7,994	8,136	7,811	347	367	337	349
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,867	4,972	4,670	4,762	4,590	4,642	197	210	187	203

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	20,128	19,739	15,084	14,686	14,475	14,096	5,043	5,053	4,808	4,846
Production occupations	8,184	8,072	5,822	5,557	5,636	5,466	2,362	2,514	2,292	2,443
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,944	11,668	9,263	9,129	8,839	8,630	2,681	2,539	2,515	2,403
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: November 03, 2023