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
	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026
Total	163,412	162,764	86,216	84,852	83,485	82,429	77,195	77,912	74,398	75,125

Management, professional, and related occupations	72,019	71,995	34,345	34,285	34,133	34,128	37,674	37,710	37,341	37,418
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	31,088	31,088	16,972	16,750	16,893	16,712	14,116	14,338	14,018	14,270
Management occupations	20,915	20,893	12,320	12,177	12,262	12,150	8,595	8,716	8,546	8,664
Business and financial operations occupations	10,173	10,195	4,653	4,573	4,631	4,562	5,521	5,622	5,473	5,606
Professional and related occupations	40,930	40,906	17,372	17,535	17,240	17,416	23,558	23,371	23,323	23,148
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,866	6,574	4,997	4,990	4,990	4,969	1,869	1,584	1,862	1,584
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,661	3,903	2,900	3,219	2,897	3,208	761	685	756	685
Life, physical, and social science occupations	2,052	1,981	1,002	1,000	993	993	1,051	980	1,050	951
Community and social service occupations	2,797	2,857	800	835	789	826	1,997	2,022	1,979	2,022
Legal occupations	1,888	1,817	848	804	847	801	1,040	1,014	1,040	1,014
Education, training, and library occupations	9,504	9,521	2,390	2,340	2,353	2,308	7,114	7,181	7,033	7,076
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,485	3,468	1,660	1,672	1,603	1,641	1,825	1,796	1,744	1,745
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,677	10,786	2,776	2,674	2,768	2,670	7,901	8,112	7,859	8,072

Service occupations	26,675	26,627	11,146	10,836	10,160	9,869	15,529	15,792	14,216	14,521
Healthcare support occupations	5,796	5,935	1,013	974	986	956	4,783	4,961	4,655	4,799
Protective service occupations	3,222	3,116	2,487	2,356	2,393	2,292	735	760	654	692
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,135	8,196	3,503	3,558	2,843	2,869	4,631	4,638	3,832	3,864
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,492	5,484	3,149	2,992	2,996	2,884	2,343	2,492	2,283	2,403
Personal care and service occupations	4,030	3,896	994	956	942	868	3,036	2,940	2,792	2,762

Sales and office occupations	30,389	30,530	12,064	11,940	11,457	11,443	18,324	18,590	17,392	17,632
Sales and related occupations	13,861	13,967	7,242	7,222	6,798	6,875	6,619	6,746	6,017	6,071
Office and administrative support occupations	16,527	16,563	4,822	4,719	4,659	4,567	11,705	11,844	11,375	11,561

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,449	13,713	13,604	12,884	13,268	12,558	845	829	812	790
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	959	885	678	611	650	567	282	274	263	258
Construction and extraction occupations	8,475	8,014	8,108	7,651	7,900	7,476	367	363	361	345
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,014	4,814	4,818	4,622	4,719	4,515	196	191	188	187

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,881	19,899	15,057	14,907	14,468	14,431	4,824	4,992	4,637	4,764
Production occupations	7,923	7,685	5,702	5,394	5,565	5,291	2,221	2,291	2,176	2,246
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,958	12,214	9,355	9,513	8,903	9,140	2,603	2,701	2,461	2,518
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: April 03, 2026