HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
 
9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age
 
(In thousands)
 
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                        Occupation                        |  16 years   |  16 years   |  20 years   |  16 years   |  20 years
                                                          |  and over   |  and over   |  and over   |  and over   |  and over
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                                                          | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996
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      Total...............................................|124900|126708|67,377|68,207|64,085|64,897|57,523|58,501|54,396|55,311
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Managerial and professional specialty.....................|35,318|36,497|18,378|18,744|18,250|18,637|16,940|17,754|16,790|17,610
  Executive, administrative, and managerial...............|17,186|17,746| 9,840| 9,979| 9,792| 9,942| 7,346| 7,767| 7,297| 7,719
    Officials and administrators, public administration...|   710|   716|   371|   384|   371|   383|   339|   332|   338|   332
    Other executive, administrative, and managerial.......|12,151|12,656| 7,471| 7,703| 7,429| 7,673| 4,680| 4,953| 4,637| 4,917
    Management-related occupations........................| 4,325| 4,374| 1,998| 1,892| 1,992| 1,886| 2,327| 2,481| 2,322| 2,471
  Professional specialty..................................|18,132|18,752| 8,539| 8,764| 8,458| 8,695| 9,593| 9,987| 9,493| 9,891
    Engineers.............................................| 1,934| 1,960| 1,771| 1,793| 1,769| 1,791|   163|   167|   163|   166
    Mathematical and computer scientists..................| 1,195| 1,345|   813|   933|   808|   929|   382|   412|   381|   411
    Natural scientists....................................|   519|   536|   377|   379|   377|   378|   142|   157|   141|   157
    Health diagnosing occupations.........................| 1,002|   960|   773|   715|   773|   715|   229|   245|   229|   245
    Health assessment and treating occupations............| 2,762| 2,812|   393|   403|   392|   403| 2,369| 2,409| 2,365| 2,405
    Teachers, college and university......................|   846|   889|   464|   502|   461|   497|   382|   387|   379|   381
    Teachers, except college and university...............| 4,507| 4,724| 1,142| 1,207| 1,124| 1,195| 3,365| 3,517| 3,319| 3,474
    Lawyers and judges....................................|   926|   911|   684|   647|   684|   647|   242|   264|   241|   264
    Other professional specialty occupations..............| 4,440| 4,616| 2,122| 2,186| 2,070| 2,140| 2,318| 2,430| 2,273| 2,387
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Technical, sales, and administrative support..............|37,417|37,683|13,310|13,489|12,627|12,775|24,107|24,194|22,541|22,553
  Technicians and related support.........................| 3,909| 3,926| 1,900| 1,865| 1,875| 1,831| 2,009| 2,061| 1,989| 2,036
    Health technologists and technicians..................| 1,648| 1,605|   334|   312|   331|   308| 1,314| 1,293| 1,303| 1,278
    Engineering and science technicians...................| 1,155| 1,164|   901|   889|   884|   868|   254|   275|   249|   269
    Technicians, except health, engineering, and science..| 1,106| 1,157|   665|   664|   660|   655|   441|   494|   438|   488
  Sales occupations.......................................|15,119|15,404| 7,634| 7,782| 7,162| 7,308| 7,485| 7,622| 6,459| 6,559
    Supervisors and proprietors...........................| 4,480| 4,501| 2,739| 2,812| 2,714| 2,790| 1,741| 1,689| 1,719| 1,669
    Sales representatives, finance and business services..| 2,399| 2,529| 1,388| 1,445| 1,373| 1,431| 1,010| 1,084|   989| 1,059
    Sales representatives, commodities, except retail.....| 1,529| 1,559| 1,206| 1,169| 1,200| 1,159|   324|   391|   318|   382
    Sales workers, retail and personal services...........| 6,613| 6,728| 2,277| 2,336| 1,853| 1,907| 4,336| 4,392| 3,360| 3,387
    Sales-related occupations.............................|    99|    87|    24|    21|    22|    21|    75|    66|    72|    63
  Administrative support, including clerical..............|18,389|18,353| 3,776| 3,842| 3,589| 3,636|14,613|14,511|14,092|13,958
    Supervisors...........................................|   712|   670|   285|   267|   284|   266|   427|   404|   423|   401
    Computer equipment operators..........................|   491|   402|   194|   159|   185|   156|   297|   243|   289|   234
    Secretaries, stenographers, and typists...............| 4,106| 3,868|    91|    85|    85|    79| 4,015| 3,783| 3,915| 3,682
    Financial records processing..........................| 2,255| 2,272|   172|   202|   168|   197| 2,083| 2,071| 2,058| 2,051
    Mail and message distributing.........................| 1,006|   998|   606|   626|   587|   606|   400|   371|   388|   358
    Other administrative support, including clerical......| 9,819|10,143| 2,429| 2,503| 2,281| 2,333| 7,390| 7,639| 7,019| 7,232
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Service occupations.......................................|16,930|17,177| 6,774| 6,967| 5,800| 5,989|10,155|10,210| 9,022| 9,079
  Private household.......................................|   821|   804|    37|    41|    29|    32|   784|   764|   687|   663
  Protective service......................................| 2,237| 2,187| 1,881| 1,811| 1,842| 1,775|   356|   375|   325|   341
  Service, except private household and protective........|13,872|14,186| 4,857| 5,115| 3,929| 4,182| 9,015| 9,071| 8,010| 8,074
    Food service..........................................| 5,800| 5,906| 2,419| 2,563| 1,730| 1,845| 3,381| 3,343| 2,680| 2,649
    Health service........................................| 2,315| 2,398|   272|   284|   253|   278| 2,043| 2,115| 1,963| 2,025
    Cleaning and building service.........................| 2,946| 3,125| 1,623| 1,737| 1,489| 1,612| 1,324| 1,388| 1,248| 1,323
    Personal service......................................| 2,810| 2,756|   542|   531|   456|   447| 2,268| 2,225| 2,118| 2,078
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Precision production, craft, and repair...................|13,524|13,587|12,323|12,368|12,060|12,100| 1,201| 1,219| 1,171| 1,189
  Mechanics and repairers.................................| 4,423| 4,521| 4,248| 4,335| 4,167| 4,235|   175|   185|   172|   182
  Construction trades.....................................| 5,098| 5,108| 4,978| 4,981| 4,845| 4,860|   120|   127|   111|   122
  Other precision production, craft, and repair...........| 4,004| 3,959| 3,097| 3,052| 3,048| 3,004|   907|   906|   888|   885
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Operators, fabricators, and laborers......................|18,068|18,197|13,675|13,750|12,710|12,773| 4,393| 4,447| 4,190| 4,250
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...........| 7,907| 7,874| 4,958| 4,902| 4,782| 4,743| 2,949| 2,972| 2,861| 2,897
  Transportation and material moving occupations..........| 5,171| 5,302| 4,682| 4,799| 4,570| 4,686|   490|   504|   477|   487
    Motor vehicle operators...............................| 3,904| 4,025| 3,474| 3,575| 3,386| 3,480|   429|   450|   418|   434
    Other transportation and material moving occupations..| 1,268| 1,277| 1,207| 1,223| 1,184| 1,206|    60|    54|    59|    53
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.....| 4,990| 5,021| 4,035| 4,049| 3,358| 3,344|   955|   971|   852|   866
    Construction laborers.................................|   780|   809|   754|   778|   687|   702|    26|    31|    25|    29
    Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
laborers..................................................| 4,210| 4,212| 3,281| 3,272| 2,672| 2,641|   929|   940|   827|   838
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Farming, forestry, and fishing............................| 3,642| 3,566| 2,916| 2,889| 2,638| 2,624|   726|   677|   682|   630
  Farm operators and managers.............................| 1,446| 1,314| 1,079| 1,010| 1,040| 1,001|   366|   303|   360|   303
  Other farming, forestry, and fishing occupations........| 2,196| 2,252| 1,837| 1,879| 1,598| 1,623|   360|   374|   322|   328
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