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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race [In thousands]
Category	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian
Category	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
Total, 16 years and over	158,291	161,037	121,908	123,165	19,937	20,674	10,615	11,096
Men	84,203	85,500	65,924	66,524	9,617	9,943	5,610	5,852
Women	74,089	75,537	55,984	56,642	10,319	10,731	5,006	5,243

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	68,099	70,275	52,943	54,058	6,969	7,460	6,154	6,566
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	29,350	30,544	23,606	24,343	2,753	2,987	2,147	2,301
Management occupations	20,199	20,906	16,479	16,914	1,821	1,925	1,334	1,469
Business and financial operations occupations	9,152	9,638	7,127	7,429	932	1,062	813	833
Professional and related occupations	38,749	39,731	29,337	29,715	4,216	4,473	4,007	4,264
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,171	6,502	4,019	4,128	562	598	1,375	1,560
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,464	3,602	2,677	2,811	229	218	481	470
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,840	1,870	1,349	1,342	113	154	314	309
Community and social service occupations	2,945	2,879	2,168	2,100	568	563	107	113
Legal occupations	1,861	1,897	1,565	1,569	158	190	91	84
Education, training, and library occupations	9,220	9,403	7,410	7,526	1,033	1,056	501	535
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,441	3,478	2,850	2,768	287	333	190	233
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,808	10,099	7,299	7,470	1,267	1,360	949	961
Service occupations	25,438	26,171	18,381	18,758	4,274	4,446	1,553	1,644
Healthcare support occupations	4,930	5,123	3,085	3,214	1,270	1,283	366	390
Protective service occupations	3,057	3,105	2,192	2,179	638	694	90	99
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,907	8,189	5,786	6,010	1,101	1,109	533	563
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,576	5,534	4,388	4,322	782	792	170	151
Personal care and service occupations	3,968	4,220	2,930	3,034	482	569	393	441
Sales and office occupations	30,412	30,279	23,616	23,394	3,993	4,088	1,636	1,665
Sales and related occupations	14,316	14,325	11,389	11,283	1,572	1,675	819	871
Office and administrative support occupations	16,096	15,954	12,227	12,111	2,422	2,413	817	794
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,260	14,326	12,367	12,332	1,055	1,114	271	260
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	980	987	874	886	45	50	17	9
Construction and extraction occupations	8,427	8,457	7,337	7,344	598	606	137	110
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,853	4,881	4,157	4,101	412	458	117	141
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	20,082	19,986	14,601	14,624	3,646	3,567	1,002	961
Production occupations	8,256	8,280	6,215	6,302	1,240	1,216	484	448
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,826	11,706	8,386	8,322	2,406	2,351	518	513

CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,514	1,531	1,360	1,399	69	61	21	14
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	745	698	710	664	8	13	3	4
Unpaid family workers	32	35	31	34	0	0	0	0
Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers(1)	146,814	149,692	112,280	113,728	19,017	19,733	10,096	10,531
Government	21,150	21,538	15,863	16,057	3,397	3,501	1,078	1,136
Private industries	125,664	128,154	96,417	97,671	15,620	16,232	9,018	9,396
Private households	655	673	526	551	64	80	30	26
Other industries	125,010	127,481	95,892	97,120	15,556	16,151	8,988	9,369
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	9,129	9,030	7,477	7,299	841	865	490	544
Unpaid family workers	58	50	49	42	1	3	5	3

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)
Full-time workers	132,245	134,056	101,397	102,006	17,060	17,683	9,109	9,435
Part-time workers	26,046	26,981	20,511	21,160	2,877	2,991	1,507	1,660
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated. (2) Employed persons are classified as full- or part-time workers based on their usual weekly hours at all jobs regardless of the number of hours they are at work during the reference week. Persons absent from work also are classified according to their usual status. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 26, 2024