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
	Feb. 2024	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2024	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2024	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2024	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2024	Feb. 2025
Total	160,315	162,544	84,391	85,519	81,802	82,838	75,924	77,025	73,299	74,320

Management, professional, and related occupations	70,217	71,477	32,883	34,146	32,706	33,919	37,333	37,331	37,063	36,999
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	29,861	30,672	15,914	16,664	15,861	16,578	13,948	14,008	13,906	13,906
Management occupations	19,929	20,964	11,335	12,246	11,304	12,186	8,594	8,717	8,566	8,665
Business and financial operations occupations	9,932	9,709	4,579	4,418	4,557	4,391	5,353	5,291	5,340	5,241
Professional and related occupations	40,355	40,805	16,970	17,482	16,845	17,341	23,385	23,323	23,157	23,093
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,224	6,895	4,606	4,944	4,591	4,938	1,618	1,951	1,604	1,943
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,455	3,829	2,974	3,108	2,965	3,093	481	721	481	721
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,919	1,953	940	999	928	995	980	954	975	953
Community and social service occupations	2,900	2,731	946	845	945	841	1,954	1,885	1,946	1,869
Legal occupations	1,690	1,794	785	783	785	782	905	1,011	905	1,011
Education, training, and library occupations	9,835	9,917	2,556	2,512	2,519	2,474	7,279	7,405	7,173	7,326
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,516	3,356	1,643	1,642	1,602	1,585	1,873	1,714	1,815	1,669
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,815	10,331	2,520	2,648	2,511	2,633	8,295	7,682	8,257	7,602

Service occupations	25,843	26,316	10,910	10,799	9,980	9,839	14,933	15,517	13,793	14,341
Healthcare support occupations	5,379	6,052	803	1,038	790	1,009	4,577	5,014	4,452	4,863
Protective service occupations	2,792	3,091	2,069	2,315	2,029	2,233	724	776	666	696
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,190	8,051	3,843	3,539	3,163	2,866	4,347	4,512	3,579	3,819
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,589	5,300	3,343	3,022	3,214	2,895	2,246	2,278	2,190	2,215
Personal care and service occupations	3,892	3,822	853	885	783	836	3,040	2,937	2,906	2,748

Sales and office occupations	29,884	30,631	12,042	12,180	11,469	11,529	17,842	18,451	16,882	17,527
Sales and related occupations	14,364	14,138	7,587	7,336	7,175	6,859	6,778	6,802	6,115	6,203
Office and administrative support occupations	15,520	16,493	4,455	4,844	4,294	4,670	11,065	11,649	10,767	11,324

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,287	13,883	13,404	13,159	13,057	12,859	883	724	838	670
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	981	904	735	712	658	657	247	193	228	165
Construction and extraction occupations	8,400	7,978	7,998	7,637	7,841	7,466	402	341	383	326
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,905	5,000	4,671	4,810	4,558	4,736	234	190	227	179

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	20,085	20,236	15,152	15,235	14,590	14,693	4,932	5,001	4,723	4,783
Production occupations	8,188	8,299	5,878	6,055	5,738	5,949	2,310	2,244	2,240	2,185
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,896	11,937	9,274	9,181	8,852	8,744	2,622	2,757	2,484	2,598
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: March 07, 2025