HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                         Total                    Men                            Women             
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                    Occupation                          16 years        16 years        20 years        16 years        20 years   
                                                        and over        and over        and over        and over        and over   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                      1998    1999    1998    1999    1998    1999    1998    1999    1998    1999 
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
      Total........................................ 131,463 133,488  70,693  71,446  67,135  67,761  60,771  62,042  57,278  58,555
                                                                                                                                   
Managerial and professional specialty..............  38,937  40,467  19,867  20,446  19,738  20,285  19,070  20,021  18,890  19,846
  Executive, administrative, and managerial........  19,054  19,584  10,585  10,744  10,534  10,682   8,469   8,840   8,407   8,784
    Officials and administrators, public                                                                                           
   administration..................................     719     745     389     381     388     381     330     364     329     363
    Other executive, administrative, and managerial  13,635  13,960   8,181   8,303   8,137   8,245   5,454   5,657   5,406   5,616
    Management-related occupations.................   4,700   4,879   2,015   2,060   2,008   2,056   2,685   2,819   2,672   2,805
  Professional specialty...........................  19,883  20,883   9,282   9,702   9,204   9,603  10,602  11,181  10,483  11,062
    Engineers......................................   2,052   2,081   1,824   1,860   1,822   1,857     228     221     228     221
    Mathematical and computer scientists...........   1,747   1,847   1,243   1,272   1,235   1,267     505     575     501     575
    Natural scientists.............................     519     578     359     404     359     404     161     174     160     173
    Health diagnosing occupations..................   1,083   1,071     798     813     797     813     285     258     284     257
    Health assessment and treating occupations.....   2,898   3,019     428     431     427     430   2,470   2,588   2,467   2,582
    Teachers, college and university...............     919     978     530     563     524     558     389     414     384     407
    Teachers, except college and university........   4,962   5,277   1,225   1,325   1,208   1,301   3,737   3,952   3,683   3,898
    Lawyers and judges.............................     951     964     679     685     678     685     272     279     272     278
    Other professional specialty occupations.......   4,750   5,068   2,196   2,348   2,154   2,289   2,555   2,721   2,502   2,670
                                                                                                                                   
Technical, sales, and administrative support.......  38,521  38,921  13,792  14,079  12,973  13,155  24,728  24,842  22,893  23,049
  Technicians and related support..................   4,261   4,355   1,976   2,094   1,938   2,047   2,285   2,261   2,251   2,216
    Health technologists and technicians...........   1,733   1,701     319     320     312     313   1,414   1,380   1,400   1,352
    Engineering and science technicians............   1,255   1,266     930     961     908     935     325     305     314     295
    Technicians, except health, engineering, and                                                                                   
   science.........................................   1,273   1,388     728     813     718     798     545     576     537     570
  Sales occupations................................  15,850  16,118   7,875   8,049   7,324   7,439   7,975   8,069   6,778   6,946
    Supervisors and proprietors....................   4,719   4,896   2,829   2,891   2,809   2,868   1,890   2,005   1,855   1,975
    Sales representatives, finance and business                                                                                    
   services........................................   2,668   2,735   1,504   1,534   1,470   1,511   1,165   1,201   1,126   1,169
    Sales representatives, commodities, except                                                                                     
   retail..........................................   1,584   1,526   1,173   1,118   1,166   1,112     411     408     402     397
    Sales workers, retail and personal services....   6,784   6,866   2,344   2,476   1,855   1,918   4,440   4,391   3,330   3,344
    Sales-related occupations......................      94      95      26      31      24      30      68      64      66      61
  Administrative support, including clerical.......  18,410  18,448   3,941   3,936   3,711   3,669  14,469  14,512  13,863  13,887
    Supervisors....................................     698     675     279     287     277     285     419     388     417     386
    Computer equipment operators...................     375     356     170     153     166     143     205     203     202     200
    Secretaries, stenographers, and typists........   3,599   3,457      85      73      80      68   3,515   3,383   3,415   3,294
    Financial records processing...................   2,214   2,181     175     200     166     190   2,039   1,982   2,008   1,952
    Mail and message distributing..................     984     990     611     572     595     551     374     417     362     405
    Other administrative support, including                                                                                        
   clerical........................................  10,539  10,789   2,622   2,650   2,428   2,432   7,917   8,138   7,459   7,650
                                                                                                                                   
Service occupations................................  17,836  17,915   7,222   7,093   6,237   6,093  10,614  10,822   9,436   9,599
  Private household................................     847     831      46      40      40      33     801     791     708     701
  Protective service...............................   2,417   2,440   1,986   1,980   1,948   1,921     431     460     385     415
  Service, except private household and protective.  14,572  14,644   5,190   5,074   4,249   4,138   9,382   9,570   8,343   8,482
    Food service...................................   6,071   6,091   2,639   2,576   1,919   1,860   3,432   3,516   2,726   2,772
    Health service.................................   2,480   2,521     285     273     266     259   2,194   2,249   2,097   2,149
    Cleaning and building service..................   3,112   3,021   1,728   1,647   1,597   1,530   1,384   1,373   1,317   1,308
    Personal service...............................   2,909   3,011     537     578     467     489   2,371   2,433   2,203   2,254
                                                                                                                                   
Precision production, craft, and repair............  14,411  14,593  13,208  13,286  12,878  12,974   1,203   1,307   1,181   1,270
  Mechanics and repairers..........................   4,786   4,868   4,592   4,633   4,475   4,532     194     235     191     227
  Construction trades..............................   5,594   5,801   5,485   5,654   5,319   5,486     109     148     104     140
  Other precision production, craft, and repair....   4,031   3,923   3,131   2,999   3,084   2,956     900     924     886     903
                                                                                                                                   
Operators, fabricators, and laborers...............  18,256  18,167  13,769  13,793  12,736  12,748   4,487   4,374   4,264   4,161
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....   7,791   7,386   4,882   4,637   4,695   4,459   2,909   2,749   2,826   2,672
  Transportation and material moving occupations...   5,363   5,516   4,818   4,968   4,703   4,845     545     548     531     535
    Motor vehicle operators........................   4,069   4,202   3,601   3,718   3,517   3,619     468     484     455     472
    Other transportation and material moving                                                                                       
   occupations.....................................   1,294   1,314   1,217   1,250   1,187   1,226      77      64      76      63
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                                                       
   laborers........................................   5,102   5,265   4,069   4,188   3,338   3,444   1,033   1,077     908     954
    Construction laborers..........................     821     920     784     882     706     797      37      38      35      35
    Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,                                                                                   
   and laborers....................................   4,282   4,346   3,285   3,306   2,632   2,647     996   1,039     873     918
                                                                                                                                   
Farming, forestry, and fishing.....................   3,502   3,426   2,835   2,749   2,572   2,506     668     676     614     631
  Farm operators and managers......................   1,187   1,134     913     855     905     848     274     280     270     278
  Other farming, forestry, and fishing occupations.   2,315   2,292   1,921   1,895   1,666   1,658     394     397     343     352

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.