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
	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2022	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2022	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2022	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2022	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2022
Total	151,160	157,991	79,965	83,922	77,447	81,324	71,195	74,069	68,605	71,348

Management, professional, and related occupations	64,264	67,319	31,014	32,555	30,851	32,359	33,251	34,764	32,948	34,485
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	27,626	29,018	15,207	16,061	15,179	15,993	12,419	12,957	12,348	12,887
Management occupations	18,962	20,088	11,353	11,998	11,330	11,949	7,609	8,090	7,556	8,040
Business and financial operations occupations	8,664	8,930	3,854	4,063	3,849	4,044	4,810	4,866	4,792	4,847
Professional and related occupations	36,638	38,301	15,807	16,493	15,672	16,367	20,831	21,807	20,600	21,598
Computer and mathematical occupations	5,686	5,865	4,210	4,350	4,181	4,330	1,477	1,516	1,463	1,513
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,955	3,282	2,478	2,779	2,462	2,754	477	502	472	502
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,554	1,803	806	954	802	948	748	849	748	845
Community and social service occupations	2,882	2,909	962	949	961	941	1,920	1,960	1,907	1,955
Legal occupations	1,767	1,803	831	835	830	835	936	968	931	968
Education, training, and library occupations	9,151	9,433	2,516	2,550	2,486	2,525	6,635	6,883	6,526	6,780
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,150	3,391	1,594	1,754	1,557	1,717	1,556	1,636	1,507	1,591
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,491	9,816	2,408	2,322	2,393	2,317	7,083	7,494	7,045	7,443

Service occupations	24,203	25,440	10,134	11,014	9,233	9,974	14,069	14,425	12,898	13,276
Healthcare support occupations	5,036	5,025	660	806	647	799	4,376	4,219	4,278	4,102
Protective service occupations	3,032	2,976	2,314	2,299	2,269	2,251	719	677	696	634
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,252	8,086	3,334	3,954	2,610	3,127	3,918	4,133	3,117	3,333
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,323	5,500	3,060	3,120	2,975	3,036	2,264	2,380	2,187	2,342
Personal care and service occupations	3,560	3,852	767	836	732	761	2,792	3,016	2,620	2,865

Sales and office occupations	29,993	30,664	11,439	11,620	10,930	11,111	18,554	19,043	17,632	17,955
Sales and related occupations	14,056	14,306	6,980	7,106	6,665	6,800	7,077	7,200	6,463	6,501
Office and administrative support occupations	15,936	16,358	4,459	4,514	4,265	4,312	11,477	11,843	11,169	11,454

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,969	14,230	13,198	13,429	12,822	13,152	771	801	751	766
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,090	894	805	665	762	620	285	229	271	207
Construction and extraction occupations	7,933	8,395	7,663	8,025	7,432	7,874	270	371	270	366
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,946	4,941	4,730	4,739	4,628	4,658	216	202	211	193

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18,731	20,339	14,181	15,304	13,611	14,727	4,550	5,035	4,376	4,866
Production occupations	7,691	8,418	5,548	5,856	5,416	5,702	2,142	2,562	2,072	2,476
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,040	11,921	8,633	9,448	8,195	9,025	2,407	2,473	2,304	2,390
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: May 06, 2022