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
	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025
Total	162,046	163,894	85,754	86,849	83,091	84,252	76,292	77,045	73,598	74,278

Management, professional, and related occupations	70,916	71,646	34,037	34,064	33,853	33,808	36,878	37,582	36,512	37,285
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,843	31,363	16,933	16,795	16,870	16,703	13,910	14,568	13,831	14,540
Management occupations	21,065	21,168	12,412	12,026	12,382	11,956	8,653	9,143	8,587	9,126
Business and financial operations occupations	9,778	10,194	4,521	4,769	4,488	4,747	5,257	5,425	5,244	5,414
Professional and related occupations	40,073	40,283	17,105	17,269	16,983	17,105	22,968	23,014	22,680	22,745
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,419	6,766	4,683	4,930	4,678	4,921	1,735	1,836	1,724	1,836
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,338	3,546	2,640	2,841	2,628	2,826	698	705	698	700
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,749	1,705	937	921	937	921	812	784	808	783
Community and social service occupations	2,971	2,870	848	914	834	903	2,123	1,956	2,110	1,934
Legal occupations	1,872	1,899	896	837	896	835	976	1,062	971	1,059
Education, training, and library occupations	9,828	9,615	2,662	2,582	2,630	2,553	7,166	7,033	7,033	6,929
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,709	3,691	1,848	1,787	1,809	1,709	1,861	1,903	1,773	1,827
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,187	10,191	2,591	2,457	2,573	2,437	7,596	7,735	7,562	7,677

Service occupations	27,014	27,346	11,417	11,714	10,472	10,708	15,597	15,632	14,418	14,363
Healthcare support occupations	5,654	5,648	799	924	790	917	4,855	4,724	4,741	4,573
Protective service occupations	3,304	3,458	2,504	2,622	2,402	2,554	800	836	733	784
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,949	8,367	3,536	3,635	2,923	2,950	4,414	4,732	3,647	3,861
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,824	5,921	3,518	3,618	3,359	3,443	2,306	2,303	2,245	2,253
Personal care and service occupations	4,283	3,952	1,060	915	998	844	3,223	3,036	3,051	2,893

Sales and office occupations	29,642	30,662	11,584	12,352	10,989	11,851	18,059	18,310	17,156	17,356
Sales and related occupations	13,797	14,054	7,163	7,361	6,769	7,018	6,634	6,694	6,028	6,072
Office and administrative support occupations	15,845	16,608	4,420	4,991	4,220	4,834	11,425	11,616	11,129	11,284

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,600	14,905	13,694	13,924	13,265	13,604	906	980	873	926
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,049	1,064	747	750	694	687	302	314	280	281
Construction and extraction occupations	8,606	8,577	8,224	8,159	7,995	7,991	382	417	376	411
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,945	5,264	4,723	5,015	4,576	4,926	222	249	217	234

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,874	19,335	15,022	14,795	14,512	14,280	4,852	4,540	4,639	4,348
Production occupations	7,658	7,425	5,271	5,337	5,164	5,256	2,387	2,088	2,322	2,023
Transportation and material moving occupations	12,217	11,910	9,752	9,458	9,348	9,024	2,465	2,452	2,317	2,325
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 20, 2025