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
	May 2024	May 2025	May 2024	May 2025	May 2024	May 2025	May 2024	May 2025	May 2024	May 2025
Total	161,341	163,401	85,076	86,565	82,225	83,836	76,265	76,836	73,338	74,073

Management, professional, and related occupations	70,897	70,912	33,509	33,588	33,305	33,342	37,389	37,324	37,089	37,030
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,910	30,819	16,621	16,782	16,522	16,706	14,289	14,037	14,225	13,975
Management occupations	20,783	20,689	11,926	12,113	11,869	12,052	8,856	8,576	8,796	8,534
Business and financial operations occupations	10,127	10,130	4,695	4,669	4,653	4,654	5,433	5,460	5,429	5,440
Professional and related occupations	39,987	40,093	16,888	16,806	16,783	16,636	23,099	23,288	22,864	23,056
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,365	6,512	4,768	4,756	4,760	4,744	1,597	1,756	1,597	1,756
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,527	3,646	2,968	2,921	2,957	2,902	558	725	557	715
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,864	1,747	873	870	862	861	991	877	984	871
Community and social service occupations	2,903	2,873	908	835	899	831	1,995	2,038	1,988	2,027
Legal occupations	1,759	1,755	758	797	753	796	1,001	958	996	958
Education, training, and library occupations	9,895	9,804	2,542	2,424	2,518	2,389	7,353	7,380	7,253	7,258
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,303	3,439	1,572	1,732	1,552	1,662	1,731	1,707	1,677	1,650
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,371	10,317	2,499	2,470	2,481	2,451	7,872	7,846	7,812	7,820

Service occupations	26,837	27,682	11,340	11,654	10,299	10,648	15,498	16,028	13,990	14,624
Healthcare support occupations	5,373	5,868	788	916	771	882	4,585	4,951	4,446	4,841
Protective service occupations	3,003	3,395	2,241	2,625	2,168	2,557	762	770	710	685
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,374	8,400	3,780	3,663	3,079	2,979	4,594	4,737	3,600	3,862
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	6,185	5,931	3,642	3,456	3,463	3,304	2,543	2,474	2,466	2,407
Personal care and service occupations	3,902	4,089	890	993	817	925	3,013	3,096	2,767	2,830

Sales and office occupations	29,579	30,267	11,880	12,438	11,269	11,812	17,699	17,829	16,789	16,948
Sales and related occupations	14,129	14,152	7,489	7,769	7,022	7,334	6,640	6,383	5,971	5,856
Office and administrative support occupations	15,451	16,115	4,391	4,669	4,247	4,478	11,059	11,446	10,817	11,092

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,235	14,851	13,337	14,012	12,947	13,663	898	839	852	813
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	916	1,010	635	722	580	681	281	287	246	270
Construction and extraction occupations	8,382	8,833	7,973	8,494	7,772	8,266	409	339	398	334
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,937	5,008	4,729	4,795	4,594	4,716	208	213	208	209

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,792	19,689	15,011	14,873	14,405	14,370	4,782	4,815	4,619	4,659
Production occupations	8,080	7,947	5,837	5,595	5,662	5,465	2,244	2,352	2,200	2,292
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,712	11,742	9,174	9,278	8,743	8,906	2,538	2,464	2,419	2,367
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: June 06, 2025