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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-28. People at work by occupation, sex, and usual full- or part-time status
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and sex September 2026
Total
at
work
Worked 1 to 34 hours Worked
35 hours
or more
Average hours
Total For
economic
reasons
For noneconomic reasons Total
at
work
People who
usually work
full time
Usually
work
full
time
Usually
work
part
time

Total, 16 years and over

158,451 55,487 4,159 28,363 22,965 102,964 36.9 40.3

Management, professional, and related occupations

71,022 24,674 897 16,479 7,299 46,348 37.6 39.9

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

30,967 9,675 255 7,052 2,368 21,292 39.1 40.9

Professional and related occupations

40,055 14,999 642 9,426 4,931 25,055 36.5 39.1

Service occupations

25,284 10,682 1,361 2,220 7,102 14,601 34.0 40.8

Sales and office occupations

29,165 11,124 794 5,030 5,300 18,041 35.6 39.7

Sales and related occupations

13,655 4,881 428 1,601 2,851 8,774 35.9 40.9

Office and administrative support occupations

15,510 6,243 366 3,429 2,449 9,267 35.3 38.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)

13,507 3,398 409 2,155 835 10,109 39.5 41.1

Construction and extraction occupations

7,658 1,963 228 1,324 410 5,696 39.5 40.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

4,688 1,126 79 759 288 3,562 39.6 41.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

19,474 5,608 699 2,480 2,430 13,866 38.2 41.4

Production occupations

7,535 1,938 138 1,240 560 5,597 39.0 40.7

Transportation and material moving occupations

11,940 3,670 561 1,240 1,869 8,269 37.7 41.8

Men, 16 years and over

83,479 24,645 2,157 14,408 8,080 58,834 38.7 41.2

Management, professional, and related occupations

33,580 10,133 374 7,619 2,140 23,448 39.3 40.9

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

16,753 4,598 140 3,519 938 12,155 40.5 41.9

Professional and related occupations

16,827 5,535 234 4,099 1,202 11,292 38.1 39.8

Service occupations

10,822 3,763 542 944 2,277 7,059 36.4 41.9

Sales and office occupations

11,852 3,700 364 1,887 1,449 8,152 37.6 40.7

Sales and related occupations

7,141 2,100 185 961 954 5,041 37.9 41.4

Office and administrative support occupations

4,711 1,600 179 926 495 3,111 37.1 39.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)

12,655 3,107 395 2,044 668 9,548 39.7 41.1

Construction and extraction occupations

7,295 1,842 223 1,253 367 5,452 39.6 40.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

4,415 1,049 76 734 239 3,367 39.8 41.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

14,570 3,942 482 1,914 1,546 10,628 39.0 41.8

Production occupations

5,184 1,224 59 932 233 3,960 40.0 41.0

Transportation and material moving occupations

9,386 2,718 423 982 1,313 6,668 38.4 42.3

Women, 16 years and over

74,972 30,842 2,002 13,954 14,885 44,131 34.9 39.2

Management, professional, and related occupations

37,441 14,541 522 8,860 5,159 22,900 36.1 38.9

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

14,214 5,077 114 3,533 1,430 9,137 37.5 39.6

Professional and related occupations

23,227 9,464 408 5,327 3,729 13,763 35.3 38.5

Service occupations

14,461 6,919 819 1,276 4,825 7,542 32.1 39.8

Sales and office occupations

17,313 7,424 430 3,143 3,851 9,889 34.2 38.8

Sales and related occupations

6,514 2,781 244 640 1,897 3,733 33.7 40.2

Office and administrative support occupations

10,800 4,643 187 2,503 1,953 6,157 34.5 38.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)

852 292 14 111 167 561 36.5 41.8

Construction and extraction occupations

363 120 6 71 43 243 37.6 40.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

273 78 3 25 49 195 36.3 40.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

4,904 1,666 217 565 883 3,238 35.8 39.9

Production occupations

2,351 714 79 308 327 1,637 36.7 39.7

Transportation and material moving occupations

2,553 952 138 258 556 1,602 35.0 40.2

Footnotes
(1) Includes farming, fishing, and forestry occupations, not shown separately.

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: October 02, 2026