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
	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026
Total	162,544	162,153	85,519	84,460	82,838	82,038	77,025	77,693	74,320	75,121

Management, professional, and related occupations	71,477	71,884	34,146	34,389	33,919	34,180	37,331	37,495	36,999	37,241
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,672	31,263	16,664	16,829	16,578	16,755	14,008	14,435	13,906	14,358
Management occupations	20,964	21,072	12,246	12,225	12,186	12,172	8,717	8,846	8,665	8,811
Business and financial operations occupations	9,709	10,192	4,418	4,604	4,391	4,583	5,291	5,588	5,241	5,547
Professional and related occupations	40,805	40,620	17,482	17,560	17,341	17,425	23,323	23,060	23,093	22,883
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,895	6,692	4,944	4,948	4,938	4,930	1,951	1,744	1,943	1,734
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,829	3,678	3,108	3,065	3,093	3,036	721	612	721	612
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,953	1,873	999	1,000	995	998	954	873	953	860
Community and social service occupations	2,731	2,858	845	948	841	939	1,885	1,909	1,869	1,903
Legal occupations	1,794	1,948	783	826	782	826	1,011	1,122	1,011	1,122
Education, training, and library occupations	9,917	9,516	2,512	2,413	2,474	2,385	7,405	7,104	7,326	7,041
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,356	3,511	1,642	1,775	1,585	1,729	1,714	1,736	1,669	1,698
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,331	10,544	2,648	2,584	2,633	2,582	7,682	7,960	7,602	7,913

Service occupations	26,316	26,435	10,799	10,870	9,839	9,999	15,517	15,566	14,341	14,299
Healthcare support occupations	6,052	5,796	1,038	1,006	1,009	980	5,014	4,791	4,863	4,679
Protective service occupations	3,091	3,069	2,315	2,363	2,233	2,321	776	706	696	659
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,051	8,448	3,539	3,727	2,866	3,103	4,512	4,720	3,819	3,892
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,300	5,160	3,022	2,925	2,895	2,816	2,278	2,235	2,215	2,169
Personal care and service occupations	3,822	3,962	885	849	836	779	2,937	3,113	2,748	2,899

Sales and office occupations	30,631	30,643	12,180	12,001	11,529	11,421	18,451	18,642	17,527	17,866
Sales and related occupations	14,138	14,263	7,336	7,394	6,859	6,978	6,802	6,869	6,203	6,300
Office and administrative support occupations	16,493	16,380	4,844	4,607	4,670	4,442	11,649	11,773	11,324	11,565

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,883	13,711	13,159	12,826	12,859	12,544	724	885	670	820
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	904	864	712	590	657	560	193	275	165	244
Construction and extraction occupations	7,978	7,906	7,637	7,505	7,466	7,349	341	400	326	379
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,000	4,941	4,810	4,731	4,736	4,636	190	210	179	197

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	20,236	19,480	15,235	14,374	14,693	13,895	5,001	5,106	4,783	4,894
Production occupations	8,299	7,742	6,055	5,434	5,949	5,305	2,244	2,309	2,185	2,253
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,937	11,737	9,181	8,940	8,744	8,590	2,757	2,798	2,598	2,641
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: March 06, 2026