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

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
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
	Dec. 2019	Dec. 2020	Dec. 2019	Dec. 2020	Dec. 2019	Dec. 2020	Dec. 2019	Dec. 2020	Dec. 2019	Dec. 2020
Total	158,504	149,613	83,467	78,955	80,940	76,572	75,036	70,658	72,534	68,248

Management, professional, and related occupations	65,682	64,007	31,514	30,615	31,324	30,469	34,169	33,392	33,894	33,144
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	27,748	27,141	15,196	14,976	15,136	14,930	12,551	12,165	12,496	12,125
Management occupations	19,577	18,529	11,528	10,958	11,488	10,929	8,049	7,571	8,014	7,538
Business and financial operations occupations	8,171	8,612	3,668	4,018	3,647	4,001	4,503	4,594	4,482	4,587
Professional and related occupations	37,935	36,866	16,318	15,640	16,189	15,539	21,617	21,226	21,399	21,019
Computer and mathematical occupations	5,262	5,614	3,981	4,211	3,959	4,205	1,282	1,403	1,271	1,392
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,262	3,176	2,796	2,637	2,782	2,616	466	539	466	539
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,467	1,644	744	843	734	838	723	801	720	795
Community and social service occupations	2,796	2,675	892	847	891	843	1,904	1,828	1,888	1,823
Legal occupations	2,028	1,858	908	893	901	891	1,120	965	1,118	961
Education, training, and library occupations	9,428	9,189	2,438	2,347	2,417	2,313	6,990	6,842	6,892	6,745
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,499	2,958	1,907	1,364	1,864	1,347	1,591	1,594	1,533	1,558
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,192	9,752	2,652	2,499	2,641	2,486	7,540	7,254	7,511	7,207

Service occupations	26,487	22,490	11,146	9,734	10,312	8,975	15,341	12,755	14,296	11,902
Healthcare support occupations	3,769	4,984	510	810	493	784	3,259	4,174	3,160	4,062
Protective service occupations	2,980	2,854	2,318	2,214	2,295	2,189	662	640	629	608
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,259	6,289	3,816	2,997	3,215	2,431	4,442	3,292	3,764	2,714
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,455	5,130	3,106	3,025	2,988	2,910	2,349	2,105	2,304	2,061
Personal care and service occupations	6,024	3,232	1,395	687	1,321	660	4,629	2,545	4,438	2,456

Sales and office occupations	33,441	30,712	13,056	11,658	12,306	11,133	20,385	19,054	19,324	18,002
Sales and related occupations	15,672	14,809	7,844	7,343	7,429	6,984	7,829	7,465	7,069	6,662
Office and administrative support occupations	17,769	15,904	5,212	4,315	4,876	4,149	12,556	11,589	12,254	11,340

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,329	13,191	13,488	12,494	13,195	12,149	842	697	833	682
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,171	1,019	875	780	827	701	296	239	294	228
Construction and extraction occupations	8,143	7,580	7,826	7,293	7,697	7,105	316	287	312	283
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,016	4,593	4,786	4,422	4,672	4,343	230	171	228	171

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18,564	19,212	14,263	14,453	13,803	13,846	4,301	4,759	4,186	4,518
Production occupations	8,229	8,039	5,874	5,646	5,746	5,555	2,355	2,393	2,301	2,307
Transportation and material moving occupations	10,335	11,174	8,390	8,807	8,057	8,291	1,946	2,366	1,885	2,212
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: January 08, 2021