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
	Sept. 2020	Sept. 2021	Sept. 2020	Sept. 2021	Sept. 2020	Sept. 2021	Sept. 2020	Sept. 2021	Sept. 2020	Sept. 2021
Total	147,796	154,026	78,817	81,731	76,468	79,230	68,979	72,295	66,547	69,699

Management, professional, and related occupations	62,759	65,163	30,222	31,113	30,078	30,964	32,537	34,050	32,316	33,786
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	26,747	27,952	15,141	15,093	15,111	15,064	11,606	12,859	11,577	12,800
Management occupations	18,491	19,014	11,266	11,114	11,235	11,089	7,226	7,900	7,205	7,865
Business and financial operations occupations	8,256	8,938	3,876	3,978	3,876	3,975	4,381	4,959	4,372	4,935
Professional and related occupations	36,011	37,211	15,080	16,020	14,967	15,899	20,931	21,191	20,740	20,986
Computer and mathematical occupations	5,209	5,580	3,912	4,177	3,890	4,157	1,297	1,403	1,288	1,398
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,113	3,276	2,517	2,660	2,506	2,658	596	616	596	616
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,544	1,810	827	961	827	957	716	849	713	846
Community and social service occupations	2,663	2,886	734	883	727	879	1,929	2,003	1,913	1,991
Legal occupations	1,914	1,902	947	887	947	881	967	1,015	965	1,015
Education, training, and library occupations	8,880	8,963	2,411	2,324	2,389	2,306	6,469	6,639	6,398	6,545
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,020	3,004	1,423	1,549	1,391	1,507	1,597	1,455	1,551	1,400
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,669	9,790	2,309	2,581	2,289	2,554	7,359	7,209	7,314	7,175

Service occupations	23,428	25,674	10,209	10,906	9,412	9,977	13,219	14,768	12,162	13,550
Healthcare support occupations	4,937	5,015	715	760	697	735	4,222	4,255	4,131	4,141
Protective service occupations	3,128	2,902	2,347	2,292	2,305	2,228	781	610	736	600
Food preparation and serving related occupations	6,835	7,925	3,151	3,514	2,576	2,905	3,684	4,411	2,971	3,564
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,183	5,925	3,236	3,546	3,130	3,374	1,948	2,379	1,903	2,274
Personal care and service occupations	3,344	3,907	759	794	704	735	2,585	3,113	2,421	2,970

Sales and office occupations	29,696	29,593	11,719	11,436	11,226	10,870	17,977	18,156	17,043	17,262
Sales and related occupations	14,157	14,225	7,429	7,045	7,091	6,673	6,728	7,179	6,095	6,484
Office and administrative support occupations	15,539	15,368	4,289	4,391	4,135	4,197	11,249	10,977	10,948	10,778

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,683	14,295	12,957	13,516	12,640	13,246	727	779	704	747
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	966	1,024	748	786	683	759	219	238	210	223
Construction and extraction occupations	8,038	8,332	7,751	7,988	7,568	7,822	287	344	277	339
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,679	4,939	4,458	4,742	4,390	4,665	221	197	216	184

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18,231	19,301	13,711	14,760	13,112	14,174	4,520	4,541	4,322	4,354
Production occupations	7,696	7,967	5,442	5,768	5,337	5,620	2,254	2,199	2,207	2,153
Transportation and material moving occupations	10,534	11,335	8,269	8,992	7,775	8,554	2,266	2,343	2,114	2,201
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: October 08, 2021