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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
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
	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026
Total	164,069	162,781	86,688	84,981	83,940	82,420	77,381	77,799	74,642	75,168

Management, professional, and related occupations	72,185	71,339	34,261	33,853	34,022	33,718	37,924	37,485	37,547	37,165
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	31,675	30,659	17,052	16,438	16,989	16,389	14,623	14,222	14,495	14,116
Management occupations	21,016	20,526	12,196	11,948	12,150	11,909	8,820	8,578	8,730	8,503
Business and financial operations occupations	10,659	10,133	4,856	4,490	4,839	4,480	5,803	5,643	5,765	5,614
Professional and related occupations	40,510	40,679	17,209	17,416	17,033	17,329	23,301	23,264	23,052	23,049
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,643	6,834	4,810	5,028	4,804	5,016	1,833	1,806	1,830	1,805
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,629	3,737	2,885	3,041	2,869	3,029	744	696	744	696
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,942	2,011	930	1,008	926	1,005	1,012	1,003	992	982
Community and social service occupations	2,717	2,804	809	847	803	843	1,909	1,957	1,895	1,951
Legal occupations	1,917	1,848	889	898	888	895	1,028	950	1,028	950
Education, training, and library occupations	9,745	9,664	2,538	2,477	2,496	2,444	7,207	7,187	7,102	7,098
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,535	3,181	1,756	1,522	1,677	1,503	1,778	1,658	1,707	1,604
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,383	10,601	2,593	2,594	2,568	2,594	7,790	8,007	7,754	7,963

Service occupations	27,297	27,193	11,577	11,370	10,580	10,328	15,719	15,823	14,495	14,527
Healthcare support occupations	5,890	5,692	951	977	927	957	4,939	4,716	4,826	4,580
Protective service occupations	3,281	3,203	2,534	2,500	2,434	2,447	747	703	697	660
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,296	8,477	3,714	3,605	3,025	2,869	4,582	4,872	3,772	3,994
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,906	5,847	3,471	3,324	3,352	3,206	2,435	2,524	2,386	2,457
Personal care and service occupations	3,924	3,973	907	964	843	849	3,017	3,009	2,814	2,835

Sales and office occupations	30,024	30,655	12,195	12,046	11,567	11,511	17,828	18,609	16,938	17,779
Sales and related occupations	13,982	14,184	7,543	7,363	7,120	6,990	6,439	6,821	5,852	6,246
Office and administrative support occupations	16,042	16,471	4,653	4,682	4,448	4,521	11,389	11,788	11,087	11,533

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,423	13,584	13,569	12,725	13,226	12,415	855	859	833	831
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	997	940	719	666	674	635	278	274	266	263
Construction and extraction occupations	8,463	7,786	8,111	7,476	7,880	7,268	352	310	343	297
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,964	4,859	4,739	4,583	4,672	4,512	225	275	224	270

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	20,140	20,010	15,085	14,987	14,544	14,448	5,054	5,023	4,828	4,867
Production occupations	8,081	7,883	5,750	5,529	5,625	5,384	2,330	2,353	2,269	2,318
Transportation and material moving occupations	12,059	12,127	9,335	9,457	8,919	9,064	2,724	2,669	2,559	2,549
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). Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: May 08, 2026