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
	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025
Total	161,456	164,066	85,296	86,582	82,745	84,157	76,161	77,484	73,386	74,736

Management, professional, and related occupations	71,258	72,090	34,082	34,600	33,864	34,412	37,176	37,489	36,819	37,173
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,645	31,109	16,943	17,038	16,877	16,972	13,702	14,071	13,641	14,024
Management occupations	20,753	20,858	12,352	12,088	12,323	12,022	8,402	8,770	8,360	8,738
Business and financial operations occupations	9,892	10,251	4,591	4,950	4,555	4,950	5,301	5,301	5,281	5,287
Professional and related occupations	40,613	40,981	17,139	17,562	16,987	17,440	23,474	23,419	23,178	23,149
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,483	6,632	4,695	4,813	4,684	4,798	1,788	1,820	1,770	1,812
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,569	3,689	2,906	2,940	2,879	2,936	662	749	662	744
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,881	1,908	942	1,008	941	1,008	939	900	938	899
Community and social service occupations	3,011	3,095	853	981	839	971	2,158	2,114	2,139	2,098
Legal occupations	1,833	1,768	825	767	825	767	1,009	1,001	1,003	1,001
Education, training, and library occupations	10,048	10,032	2,604	2,716	2,571	2,694	7,444	7,316	7,341	7,167
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,543	3,568	1,777	1,766	1,735	1,707	1,766	1,802	1,673	1,752
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,245	10,288	2,537	2,571	2,513	2,558	7,708	7,717	7,653	7,676

Service occupations	26,351	26,797	11,076	11,323	10,149	10,436	15,275	15,474	14,098	14,302
Healthcare support occupations	5,501	5,561	838	998	825	982	4,663	4,563	4,531	4,466
Protective service occupations	3,226	3,379	2,452	2,607	2,337	2,565	774	772	737	747
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,877	8,348	3,535	3,569	2,944	2,925	4,343	4,779	3,588	3,968
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,554	5,521	3,329	3,246	3,177	3,149	2,224	2,274	2,198	2,239
Personal care and service occupations	4,194	3,989	923	903	867	815	3,271	3,086	3,044	2,882

Sales and office occupations	29,778	31,087	11,681	12,408	11,130	11,887	18,098	18,679	17,122	17,703
Sales and related occupations	13,713	13,985	7,021	7,277	6,628	6,895	6,692	6,708	6,053	6,052
Office and administrative support occupations	16,066	17,102	4,660	5,130	4,502	4,992	11,406	11,971	11,069	11,652

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,352	14,057	13,560	13,145	13,210	12,849	792	913	748	850
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	864	825	634	619	603	575	230	206	208	177
Construction and extraction occupations	8,466	8,320	8,136	7,856	7,911	7,717	330	464	324	439
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,021	4,912	4,790	4,670	4,695	4,558	232	242	216	235

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,716	20,035	14,897	15,107	14,392	14,573	4,820	4,929	4,598	4,708
Production occupations	7,872	7,967	5,680	5,562	5,529	5,461	2,192	2,405	2,140	2,323
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,844	12,068	9,217	9,545	8,863	9,112	2,627	2,523	2,458	2,385
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: December 16, 2025