Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings 393

U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012

Table 616. Employed Civilians by Occupation, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 

2010

[139,064 represents 139,064,000. Civilian noninstitutionalized population 16 years old and over. Annual average of monthly figures. 

Based on Current Population Survey; see text, Section 1 and Appendix III. Occupational classifications are those used in

the 2000 census]

Occupation

Total 

employed 

(1,000)

Percent of total

Female Black 1 Asian 1 Hispanic 2

 Total, 16 years and over.......................

Management, professional and related occupations . . . . . . . . . . . .  51,743 51.5 8.4 6.

Management, business, and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . .  20,938 

 Management occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Chief executives. . . . . . . . . . . .

 General and operations managers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Marketing and sales managers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Administrative services managers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Computer and information systems managers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Financial managers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Human resources managers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Industrial production managers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Purchasing managers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Farmers and ranchers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Construction managers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Education administrators. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Engineering managers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Food service managers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Lodging managers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Medical and health services managers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Property, real estate, and community association managers. . . . . . . .  604 4

 Social and community service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 70.2 13.1 1.6 7.0

 Business and financial operations occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products. . . . . . . . . . .

 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products. . . . .  235 54.9 8

 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators. . . . . . . .  282 5

 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction,

 health and safety, and transportation. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Cost estimators. . . . . . . . . . .

 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists. . . . . . . . .  824 

 Management analysts. . . . . . . . . . .

 Accountants and auditors. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Appraisers and assessors of real estate. . . . . . . . . . 

 Financial analysts. . . . . . . . . . .

 Personal financial advisors. . . . . . . . . . .

 Insurance underwriters. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Loan counselors and officers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Tax preparers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Computer and mathematical occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Computer scientists and systems analysts. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Computer programmers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Computer software engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Computer support specialists. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Database administrators. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Network and computer systems administrators. . . . . . . . . . .

 Network systems and data communications analysts. . . . . . . . . . .

 Operations research analysts. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Architecture and engineering occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Architects, except naval. . . . . . . . . . .

 Aerospace engineers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Civil engineers. . . . . . . . . . 

 Computer hardware engineers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Electrical and electronics engineers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Industrial engineers, including health and safety. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Mechanical engineers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Drafters  . . . . . . . . . . 

 Engineering technicians, except drafters. . . . . . . . . . .

 Life, physical, and social science occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Biological scientists. . . . . . . . . . .

 Medical scientists. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Chemists and materials scientists. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Environmental scientists and geoscientists. . . . . . . . . . .

 Market and survey researchers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Psychologists. . . . . . . . . . .

 Community and social services occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Counselors. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Social workers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists. . . . . . . . . .  29

 Clergy. . . . . . . . . . . 

See footnotes at end of table.
394 Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings

U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012

Table 616. Employed Civilians by Occupation, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 

2010—Con.

[139,064 represents 139,064,000. Civilian noninstitutional population 16 years old and over. Annual average of monthly figures. 

Based on Current Population Survey; see text, Section 1, and Appendix III. Occupational classifications are those used in the

2000 census]

Occupation Total 

employed 

(1,000)

Percent of total

Female Black 1 Asian 1 Hispanic 2

 Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Lawyers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Paralegals and legal assistants. . . . . . . . . . .

 Miscellaneous legal support workers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Education, training, and library occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Postsecondary teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Preschool and kindergarten teachers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Elementary and middle school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Secondary school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Special education teachers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Other teachers and instructors. . . . . . . . . . .

 Librarians. . . . . . . . . . .

 Teacher assistants. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 3. . . . .  2,759 46.2 5

 Artists and related workers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Designers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Producers and directors. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Musicians, singers, and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 News analysts, reporters and correspondents. . . . . . . . . . 

 Public relations specialists. . . . . . . . . . .

 Editors. . . . . . . . . . .

 Writers and authors. . . . . . . . . . .

 Miscellaneous media and communication workers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio

 operators. . . . . . . . . . .

 Photographers and editors. . . . . . . . . . .

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Dentists. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Dietitians and nutritionists. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Pharmacists. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Physicians and surgeons. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Physician assistants. . . . . . . . . . 

 Registered nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Occupational therapists. . . . . . . . . . .

 Physical therapists. . . . . . . . . . .

 Speech-language pathologists. . . . . . . . . . .

 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Dental hygienists. . . . . . . . . . .

 Diagnostic-related technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . .

 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics . . . . . . . . . . . .  179 34.1 4.4 0.9 3.

 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians. .  505 75.9 13.6 6.8 

 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . . 573 91.7 24.4 3.8 6.2

 Medical records and health information technicians. . . . . . . . . . .  

Service occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24,634 56.8 15.3 4.9

Healthcare support occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Massage therapists. . . . . . . . . . .

 Dental assistants. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Medical assistants and other healthcare support occupations. . . . .  850 89.7 17.

Protective service occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives. . . . . . . . .  10

 Fire-fighters. . . . . . . . . . 

 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Detectives and criminal investigators. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Police and sheriff's patrol officers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Private detectives and investigators. . . . . . . . . . .

 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Lifeguards and other protective service workers. . . . . . . . . . .

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Chefs and head cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and 

 serving workers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Food-preparation workers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Bartenders. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including

 fast food. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop. . .  269 65.7 11.3 5.

 Waiters and waitresses. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Food servers, nonrestaurant. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers. . . . . .  371 47.9 1

 Dishwashers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop. . . . . . . .  284 8

See footnotes at end of table.
Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings 395

U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012

Table 616. Employed Civilians by Occupation, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 

2010—Con.

[139,064 represents 139,064,000. Civilian noninstitutional population 16 years old and over. Annual average of monthly figures. 

Based on Current Population Survey; see text, Section 1, and Appendix III. Occupational classifications are those used in

the 2000 census]

Occupation

Total 

employed 

(1,000)

Percent of total

Female Black 1 Asian 1 Hispanic 2

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations. . . .  5,328 40.6 13.6 

 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping

 and janitorial workers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service,

 and groundskeeping workers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Janitors and building cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Maids and housekeeping cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Pest control workers. . . . . . . . . . 

 Grounds maintenance workers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Personal care and service occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers. . . . . . . . . . .

 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers. . . .  185 71.6 7.7 

 Nonfarm animal caretakers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Gaming services workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 38.1 5.0 29.6 10.5

 Barbers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Miscellaneous personal appearance workers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 17.9 29.8 6.9 25.8

 Transportation attendants. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Child care workers. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Personal and home care aides. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Recreation and fitness workers  . . . . . . . . . . 

Sales and office occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33,433 62.9 11.3 4.2

Sales and related occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers. . . . . . . . .  3,132

 First-line supervisors/managers of non retail sales workers. . . . .  1,131 28.0 5

 Cashiers. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Counter and rental clerks. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Parts salespersons. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Retail salespersons. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Advertising sales agents. . . . . . . . . . .

 Insurance sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents. . . .  308 30.8 6.4

 Travel agents. . . . . . . . . . 

 Sales representatives, services, all other. . . . . . . . . . .

 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing. . . . . . . . . .  1,

 Real estate brokers and sales agents. . . . . . . . . . .

 Telemarketers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors,

 and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . .

Office and administrative support occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . 

 First-line supervisors/managers of office and

 administrative support workers.. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Bill and account collectors. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Payroll and timekeeping clerks. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Tellers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Court, municipal, and license clerks. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Customer service representatives. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 File clerks. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Library assistants, clerical. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Loan interviewers and clerks. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Order clerks. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Receptionists and information clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks. . .  100 58.2 24.0 3.

 Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Dispatchers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Postal service clerks. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Postal service mail carriers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Postal service mail sorters, processors, and

 processing machine operators.. . . . . . . . . . .

 Production, planning, and expediting clerks. . . . . . . . . . .

 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Stock clerks and order fillers. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping. . .  70 38.3 10.8 3.

 Secretaries and administrative assistants. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Computer operators. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Data entry keyers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Word processors and typists. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service. . .  94 51.3 21.4 3.

 Office clerks, general. . . . . . . . . . . .

See footnotes at end of table.
396 Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings

U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012

Table 616. Employed Civilians by Occupation, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 

2010—Con.

[139,064 represents 139,064,000. Civilian noninstitutional population 16 years old and over. Annual average of monthly figures. 

Based on Current Population Survey; see text, Section 1, and Appendix III. Occupational classifications are those used in

the 2000 census]

Occupation

Total 

employed 

(1,000)

Percent of total

Female Black 1 Asian 1 Hispanic 2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations . .  13,073 4.6 6.7 2.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . 

Construction and extraction occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . .

 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and

 extraction workers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons. . . . . . . . . . .

 Carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers. . . . . . . . .  

 Construction laborers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators. . .  363 1.5 4.7 1.

 Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Electricians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 1.5 7.0 1.6 14.0

 Painters, construction and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . .

 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 1.5 7.2 1.3 20.8

 Roofers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Sheet metal workers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Construction and building inspectors. . . . . . . . . . 

 Highway maintenance workers. . . . . . . . . . . 

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . .

 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

 and repairers. . . . . . . . . . 

 Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers. . . . . . . . .  305 

 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers. . .  166 9.1 9.3 6.

 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians. . . . . . . . . . .

 Automotive body and related repairers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Automotive service technicians and mechanics. . . . . . . . . . .

 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists. . . . . . . . . . .

 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians

 and mechanics. . . . . . . . . . .

 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics

 and installers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics. . . . . . . . . . .

 Maintenance and repair workers, general. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Electrical power-line installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Telecommunications line installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . .

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations . . .  16,180 21.2 13.9 4.2

Production occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 First-line supervisors/managers of production and

 operating workers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers. . . . . . . . .  151 5

 Bakers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers. . . . . . 331 21.2 14.0 10.4 36.2

 Food batchmakers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators,

 and tenders, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Machinists. . . . . . . . . . .

 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers. . . . . . . . . . .

 Printing machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Sewing machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Stationary engineers and boiler operators. . . . . . . . . . 

 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators. . . . . .  77 5.9 

 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers. . . . . . . .  90 15

 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians. . . . . . . . . . .

 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Painting workers. . . . . . . . . . .

Transportation and material-moving occupations 3. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Supervisors, transportation and material-moving workers. . . . . . . . . .  26

 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers. . . . . . . . . . 

 Bus drivers. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs. . . . . . . . . . . . 

 Parking lot attendants. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Service station attendants. . . . . . . . . . .

 Industrial truck and tractor operators. . . . . . . . . . . 

 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand. . . . . . . . . . .  1,

 Packers and packagers, hand. . . . . . . . . . . .

 Refuse and recyclable material collectors. . . . . . . . . . .

– Represents or rounds to zero. 1 The Current Population Survey (CPS) allows respondents to choose more than one race. 

Data represent persons who selected this race group only and exclude persons reporting more than one race. The CPS in prior 

years only allowed respondents to report one race group. See also comments on race in the text for Section 1. 2 Persons of 

Hispanic origin may be any race. 3 Includes other occupations, not shown separately.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employment and Earnings Online,” January 2011 issue, March 2011, 

<http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm> and <http://www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm>.