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
	Sept. 2019	Sept. 2020	Sept. 2019	Sept. 2020	Sept. 2019	Sept. 2020	Sept. 2019	Sept. 2020	Sept. 2019	Sept. 2020
Total	158,478	147,796	83,862	78,817	81,348	76,468	74,616	68,979	72,204	66,547

Management, professional, and related occupations	64,343	62,759	30,978	30,222	30,828	30,078	33,365	32,537	33,171	32,316
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	27,218	26,747	15,278	15,141	15,243	15,111	11,940	11,606	11,910	11,577
Management occupations	19,496	18,491	11,742	11,266	11,712	11,235	7,754	7,226	7,732	7,205
Business and financial operations occupations	7,722	8,256	3,537	3,876	3,531	3,876	4,186	4,381	4,178	4,372
Professional and related occupations	37,124	36,011	15,700	15,080	15,585	14,967	21,425	20,931	21,261	20,740
Computer and mathematical occupations	5,421	5,209	3,991	3,912	3,969	3,890	1,430	1,297	1,425	1,288
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,222	3,113	2,660	2,517	2,652	2,506	561	596	561	596
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,510	1,544	829	827	829	827	681	716	676	713
Community and social service occupations	2,630	2,663	834	734	825	727	1,796	1,929	1,788	1,913
Legal occupations	1,981	1,914	907	947	904	947	1,074	967	1,070	965
Education, training, and library occupations	9,422	8,880	2,422	2,411	2,414	2,389	6,999	6,469	6,937	6,398
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,250	3,020	1,665	1,423	1,614	1,391	1,585	1,597	1,539	1,551
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,690	9,669	2,390	2,309	2,378	2,289	7,300	7,359	7,264	7,314

Service occupations	27,303	23,428	11,554	10,209	10,660	9,412	15,749	13,219	14,640	12,162
Healthcare support occupations	3,822	4,937	484	715	474	697	3,338	4,222	3,262	4,131
Protective service occupations	3,136	3,128	2,393	2,347	2,337	2,305	744	781	720	736
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,630	6,835	3,872	3,151	3,284	2,576	4,758	3,684	3,982	2,971
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,781	5,183	3,378	3,236	3,259	3,130	2,403	1,948	2,381	1,903
Personal care and service occupations	5,934	3,344	1,428	759	1,307	704	4,506	2,585	4,295	2,421

Sales and office occupations	33,675	29,696	13,397	11,719	12,724	11,226	20,278	17,977	19,271	17,043
Sales and related occupations	15,733	14,157	8,036	7,429	7,671	7,091	7,697	6,728	6,971	6,095
Office and administrative support occupations	17,942	15,539	5,361	4,289	5,053	4,135	12,581	11,249	12,299	10,948

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,534	13,683	13,686	12,957	13,307	12,640	848	727	833	704
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,149	966	833	748	758	683	316	219	306	210
Construction and extraction occupations	8,347	8,038	8,012	7,751	7,801	7,568	336	287	333	277
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,037	4,679	4,841	4,458	4,748	4,390	196	221	194	216

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18,624	18,231	14,247	13,711	13,828	13,112	4,377	4,520	4,289	4,322
Production occupations	8,502	7,696	6,029	5,442	5,921	5,337	2,473	2,254	2,441	2,207
Transportation and material moving occupations	10,123	10,534	8,218	8,269	7,907	7,775	1,904	2,266	1,848	2,114
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: October 05, 2020