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

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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
	July 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025
Total	162,038	163,799	86,368	87,317	83,026	84,106	75,670	76,482	72,348	73,404

Management, professional, and related occupations	70,167	69,809	33,851	33,512	33,585	33,218	36,316	36,297	35,897	35,953
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,816	30,985	16,788	16,784	16,712	16,695	14,028	14,201	13,952	14,146
Management occupations	20,864	20,687	12,213	12,079	12,157	12,016	8,650	8,609	8,587	8,567
Business and financial operations occupations	9,952	10,298	4,575	4,705	4,556	4,678	5,377	5,592	5,365	5,578
Professional and related occupations	39,351	38,825	17,063	16,728	16,873	16,523	22,288	22,096	21,945	21,807
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,329	6,656	4,617	4,858	4,584	4,836	1,712	1,798	1,695	1,798
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,828	3,562	3,099	2,926	3,076	2,887	729	636	715	625
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,979	1,680	947	828	943	810	1,032	852	1,017	841
Community and social service occupations	3,027	2,931	936	937	921	903	2,091	1,994	2,068	1,982
Legal occupations	1,938	1,983	921	843	921	841	1,017	1,140	1,012	1,133
Education, training, and library occupations	8,380	8,370	2,423	2,058	2,354	2,032	5,957	6,312	5,833	6,183
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,500	3,520	1,731	1,814	1,703	1,782	1,768	1,705	1,685	1,642
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,371	10,122	2,388	2,464	2,371	2,431	7,982	7,658	7,919	7,604

Service occupations	27,346	28,253	12,047	12,032	10,740	10,720	15,299	16,220	13,714	14,674
Healthcare support occupations	5,423	6,038	879	941	870	922	4,544	5,097	4,411	4,968
Protective service occupations	3,296	3,437	2,448	2,631	2,319	2,524	848	807	739	678
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,096	8,479	3,765	3,839	3,043	3,050	4,331	4,640	3,334	3,778
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	6,170	6,039	3,812	3,590	3,520	3,339	2,358	2,449	2,292	2,373
Personal care and service occupations	4,362	4,259	1,144	1,033	988	885	3,218	3,227	2,937	2,878

Sales and office occupations	29,919	31,067	11,622	12,635	10,890	11,989	18,297	18,431	17,257	17,444
Sales and related occupations	14,104	14,502	7,274	7,661	6,758	7,245	6,830	6,841	6,118	6,202
Office and administrative support occupations	15,814	16,565	4,348	4,975	4,132	4,744	11,467	11,590	11,139	11,242

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,740	15,349	13,832	14,437	13,358	14,079	908	912	843	853
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,129	1,198	790	850	733	790	339	348	281	308
Construction and extraction occupations	8,759	8,922	8,389	8,640	8,103	8,432	370	282	367	282
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,853	5,229	4,654	4,947	4,522	4,857	199	282	195	264

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,866	19,321	15,016	14,700	14,453	14,100	4,850	4,621	4,637	4,480
Production occupations	7,889	7,662	5,539	5,433	5,380	5,312	2,350	2,229	2,271	2,176
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,977	11,659	9,477	9,267	9,074	8,789	2,500	2,391	2,366	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: August 01, 2025