HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Total Men Women

 16 years 

and over

16 years

and over

20 years

and over

16 years

and over

20 years

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.

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