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

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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
	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026
Total	163,288	162,667	87,194	85,734	84,280	82,744	76,094	76,933	73,300	74,178

Management, professional, and related occupations	70,866	71,768	33,970	34,026	33,727	33,764	36,896	37,742	36,600	37,326
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	31,085	31,485	16,852	16,933	16,766	16,852	14,233	14,553	14,187	14,492
Management occupations	20,971	21,318	12,088	12,046	12,026	11,993	8,883	9,272	8,850	9,245
Business and financial operations occupations	10,114	10,167	4,764	4,887	4,740	4,858	5,350	5,280	5,337	5,247
Professional and related occupations	39,781	40,283	17,118	17,093	16,961	16,912	22,663	23,190	22,413	22,834
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,903	7,010	4,967	5,184	4,953	5,163	1,936	1,825	1,931	1,804
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,548	3,677	2,906	2,904	2,875	2,880	642	773	630	767
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,722	1,859	941	906	932	896	781	954	773	936
Community and social service occupations	2,827	2,957	960	927	947	923	1,867	2,029	1,859	2,004
Legal occupations	1,958	1,735	862	668	860	666	1,096	1,067	1,091	1,062
Education, training, and library occupations	8,941	8,819	2,204	2,341	2,186	2,319	6,737	6,478	6,652	6,336
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,576	3,426	1,774	1,671	1,724	1,596	1,801	1,755	1,724	1,690
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,306	10,799	2,503	2,491	2,484	2,468	7,803	8,308	7,753	8,234

Service occupations	27,672	26,733	11,901	11,335	10,760	10,163	15,771	15,398	14,438	14,143
Healthcare support occupations	5,923	5,709	997	1,045	980	1,016	4,926	4,664	4,804	4,535
Protective service occupations	3,548	3,271	2,629	2,505	2,541	2,394	919	766	788	696
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,397	8,081	3,825	3,549	3,052	2,800	4,572	4,532	3,792	3,752
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,752	5,660	3,511	3,256	3,349	3,091	2,241	2,404	2,181	2,346
Personal care and service occupations	4,051	4,011	939	980	839	863	3,112	3,032	2,873	2,814

Sales and office occupations	30,562	30,393	12,485	12,405	11,898	11,829	18,077	17,988	17,168	17,154
Sales and related occupations	14,146	14,239	7,617	7,535	7,207	7,072	6,529	6,705	5,988	6,088
Office and administrative support occupations	16,415	16,154	4,868	4,870	4,691	4,756	11,547	11,283	11,180	11,067

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	15,059	14,046	14,133	13,069	13,757	12,655	926	976	843	914
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,161	1,124	840	847	779	790	321	277	269	255
Construction and extraction occupations	8,714	8,075	8,393	7,634	8,191	7,392	321	441	311	420
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,185	4,847	4,900	4,589	4,787	4,473	284	258	263	239

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,129	19,727	14,705	14,899	14,139	14,333	4,424	4,828	4,251	4,641
Production occupations	7,482	7,716	5,383	5,429	5,277	5,281	2,099	2,287	2,051	2,220
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,647	12,011	9,322	9,470	8,862	9,052	2,325	2,541	2,200	2,421
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). Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: September 04, 2026