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
	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026
Total	162,347	163,090	85,611	85,920	82,954	83,552	76,736	77,170	74,136	74,510

Management, professional, and related occupations	71,547	71,992	34,271	34,810	34,030	34,622	37,276	37,182	36,943	36,953
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,688	31,208	16,938	17,267	16,875	17,196	13,750	13,941	13,682	13,881
Management occupations	20,731	20,917	12,187	12,285	12,140	12,237	8,544	8,632	8,500	8,598
Business and financial operations occupations	9,957	10,291	4,751	4,982	4,735	4,960	5,206	5,309	5,182	5,282
Professional and related occupations	40,859	40,784	17,333	17,543	17,156	17,426	23,526	23,241	23,261	23,072
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,718	6,623	4,925	4,870	4,907	4,854	1,793	1,753	1,788	1,744
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,790	3,851	3,102	3,193	3,082	3,182	688	657	688	657
Life, physical, and social science occupations	2,032	1,932	937	1,028	932	1,022	1,095	903	1,095	899
Community and social service occupations	2,773	3,011	837	967	816	963	1,936	2,044	1,921	2,025
Legal occupations	1,875	1,836	822	768	822	768	1,053	1,068	1,053	1,068
Education, training, and library occupations	9,554	9,494	2,431	2,388	2,390	2,363	7,122	7,106	7,014	7,018
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,427	3,503	1,640	1,754	1,608	1,703	1,787	1,748	1,722	1,728
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,691	10,535	2,639	2,574	2,598	2,571	8,052	7,961	7,980	7,934

Service occupations	26,550	26,356	11,055	10,705	10,095	9,855	15,495	15,651	14,357	14,341
Healthcare support occupations	5,951	5,768	1,012	989	970	934	4,939	4,779	4,815	4,647
Protective service occupations	3,211	3,049	2,477	2,378	2,390	2,311	735	671	693	656
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,011	8,270	3,561	3,572	2,899	3,016	4,450	4,698	3,751	3,850
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,371	5,162	3,079	2,887	2,957	2,797	2,292	2,275	2,243	2,181
Personal care and service occupations	4,006	4,107	927	878	879	797	3,079	3,229	2,855	3,008

Sales and office occupations	30,450	30,395	12,081	11,828	11,472	11,340	18,369	18,567	17,516	17,725
Sales and related occupations	14,243	14,040	7,275	7,076	6,858	6,704	6,968	6,964	6,380	6,326
Office and administrative support occupations	16,207	16,355	4,806	4,752	4,615	4,636	11,401	11,603	11,136	11,399

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,789	14,240	13,011	13,397	12,714	13,058	778	843	731	799
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	881	790	652	575	607	525	228	215	200	187
Construction and extraction occupations	7,993	8,154	7,670	7,772	7,512	7,587	324	381	320	378
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,915	5,297	4,689	5,050	4,596	4,946	227	247	211	233

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	20,011	20,107	15,194	15,180	14,642	14,676	4,817	4,927	4,589	4,693
Production occupations	8,101	7,905	5,959	5,675	5,841	5,586	2,142	2,230	2,054	2,153
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,910	12,202	9,235	9,505	8,801	9,090	2,675	2,698	2,535	2,540
NOTE: 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: February 11, 2026