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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
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
	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026
Total	163,401	162,897	86,565	85,245	83,836	82,646	76,836	77,652	74,073	74,979

Management, professional, and related occupations	70,912	71,111	33,588	33,741	33,342	33,552	37,324	37,370	37,030	37,043
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,819	30,386	16,782	16,378	16,706	16,322	14,037	14,008	13,975	13,911
Management occupations	20,689	20,353	12,113	11,743	12,052	11,696	8,576	8,611	8,534	8,538
Business and financial operations occupations	10,130	10,033	4,669	4,636	4,654	4,626	5,460	5,397	5,440	5,373
Professional and related occupations	40,093	40,725	16,806	17,363	16,636	17,230	23,288	23,362	23,056	23,132
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,512	6,903	4,756	5,072	4,744	5,064	1,756	1,831	1,756	1,824
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,646	3,772	2,921	2,982	2,902	2,981	725	790	715	790
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,747	1,898	870	930	861	930	877	968	871	968
Community and social service occupations	2,873	2,923	835	874	831	851	2,038	2,049	2,027	2,044
Legal occupations	1,755	1,895	797	878	796	875	958	1,017	958	1,017
Education, training, and library occupations	9,804	9,575	2,424	2,519	2,389	2,495	7,380	7,056	7,258	6,972
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,439	3,481	1,732	1,615	1,662	1,559	1,707	1,867	1,650	1,796
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,317	10,277	2,470	2,493	2,451	2,475	7,846	7,784	7,820	7,720

Service occupations	27,682	27,243	11,654	11,402	10,648	10,360	16,028	15,841	14,624	14,569
Healthcare support occupations	5,868	5,786	916	1,034	882	1,008	4,951	4,752	4,841	4,610
Protective service occupations	3,395	3,300	2,625	2,498	2,557	2,425	770	803	685	742
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,400	8,274	3,663	3,664	2,979	2,956	4,737	4,610	3,862	3,827
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,931	5,873	3,456	3,289	3,304	3,186	2,474	2,585	2,407	2,510
Personal care and service occupations	4,089	4,009	993	918	925	785	3,096	3,091	2,830	2,880

Sales and office occupations	30,267	30,640	12,438	12,278	11,812	11,763	17,829	18,362	16,948	17,524
Sales and related occupations	14,152	14,306	7,769	7,571	7,334	7,218	6,383	6,734	5,856	6,132
Office and administrative support occupations	16,115	16,335	4,669	4,707	4,478	4,545	11,446	11,628	11,092	11,392

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,851	13,871	14,012	12,932	13,663	12,642	839	939	813	910
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,010	1,058	722	756	681	719	287	301	270	287
Construction and extraction occupations	8,833	7,939	8,494	7,571	8,266	7,367	339	368	334	359
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,008	4,874	4,795	4,605	4,716	4,556	213	269	209	265

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,689	20,032	14,873	14,891	14,370	14,329	4,815	5,141	4,659	4,933
Production occupations	7,947	7,912	5,595	5,436	5,465	5,326	2,352	2,476	2,292	2,441
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,742	12,120	9,278	9,455	8,906	9,003	2,464	2,666	2,367	2,492
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: June 05, 2026