HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

23. Persons at work in nonfarm occupations by sex and usual full- or part-time status

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                             1998                                   
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                           Worked 1 to 34 hours                     Average hours   
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                   Occupation and sex                                                 For noneconomic                               
                                                            Total                         reasons       Worked                      
                                                             at                For                     35 hours   Total  Persons who
                                                            work     Total  economic                    or more    at      usually  
                                                                             reasons  Usually  Usually            work       work   
                                                                                       work     work                      full time 
                                                                                       full     part                                
                                                                                       time     time                                
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
    Total, 16 years and over(1).......................... 122,536   32,110    3,484   10,671   17,955   90,427     39.2       43.1  
                                                                                                                                    
Managerial and professional specialty....................  36,978    7,751      497    3,535    3,719   29,227     41.8       44.5  
  Executive, administrative, and managerial..............  18,373    3,013      172    1,626    1,215   15,360     43.6       45.5  
  Professional specialty.................................  18,605    4,737      324    1,908    2,505   13,867     39.9       43.4  
Technical, sales, and administrative support.............  37,029   11,290      920    3,284    7,086   25,739     37.4       42.1  
  Technicians and related support........................   4,095      981       66      403      512    3,114     39.2       41.9  
  Sales occupations......................................  15,272    4,816      510      926    3,379   10,456     38.5       44.6  
  Administrative support, including clerical.............  17,662    5,493      343    1,955    3,194   12,169     36.1       40.1  
Service occupations......................................  17,059    6,881      945    1,105    4,831   10,178     34.7       42.0  
  Private household......................................     815      478       75       40      363      337     29.0       42.6  
  Protective service.....................................   2,313      399       33      166      200    1,914     42.5       45.0  
  Service, except private household and protective.......  13,932    6,005      838      899    4,268    7,926     33.8       41.3  
Precision production, craft, and repair..................  13,897    2,284      433    1,279      571   11,613     41.8       43.0  
Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................  17,574    3,904      690    1,467    1,748   13,670     40.1       42.8  
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........   7,537    1,298      228      681      389    6,240     40.6       41.9  
  Transportation and material moving occupations.........   5,123      985      166      372      447    4,138     43.2       45.8  
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....   4,913    1,622      296      414      912    3,292     36.2       40.9  
                                                                                                                                    
    Men, 16 years and over(1)............................  65,575   12,200    1,648    5,128    5,424   53,376     42.2       44.6  
                                                                                                                                    
Managerial and professional specialty....................  19,158    2,800      215    1,552    1,033   16,359     44.8       46.5  
  Executive, administrative, and managerial..............  10,266    1,224       93      743      389    9,041     46.2       47.4  
  Professional specialty.................................   8,893    1,575      122      809      644    7,317     43.2       45.4  
Technical, sales, and administrative support.............  13,383    2,648      252      941    1,454   10,736     41.9       44.9  
  Technicians and related support........................   1,913      322       27      168      127    1,591     41.7       43.4  
  Sales occupations......................................   7,655    1,477      144      421      913    6,177     43.2       46.7  
  Administrative support, including clerical.............   3,816      848       82      353      414    2,968     39.3       42.1  
Service occupations......................................   6,972    2,065      301      424    1,340    4,907     38.0       43.4  
  Private household......................................      45       23        6        1       15       22     30.4       41.6  
  Protective service.....................................   1,903      278       22      135      120    1,625     43.8       45.6  
  Service, except private household and protective.......   5,023    1,764      272      287    1,205    3,259     35.9       42.3  
Precision production, craft, and repair..................  12,758    2,016      403    1,162      451   10,742     42.1       43.2  
Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................  13,304    2,672      477    1,049    1,146   10,632     41.1       43.5  
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........   4,750      665      110      396      158    4,086     41.8       42.7  
  Transportation and material moving occupations.........   4,622      786      141      328      317    3,836     44.0       46.1  
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....   3,932    1,221      226      325      671    2,711     36.8       41.2  
                                                                                                                                    
    Women, 16 years and over(1)..........................  56,961   19,910    1,837    5,543   12,531   37,051     35.8       41.0  
                                                                                                                                    
Managerial and professional specialty....................  17,820    4,951      282    1,983    2,687   12,869     38.4       42.1  
  Executive, administrative, and managerial..............   8,108    1,789       79      884      826    6,319     40.4       42.8  
  Professional specialty.................................   9,712    3,162      203    1,099    1,860    6,550     36.8       41.3  
Technical, sales, and administrative support.............  23,645    8,642      667    2,343    5,632   15,003     34.9       40.2  
  Technicians and related support........................   2,183      659       40      235      385    1,524     37.0       40.4  
  Sales occupations......................................   7,617    3,338      366      506    2,466    4,279     33.8       41.7  
  Administrative support, including clerical.............  13,845    4,644      261    1,603    2,781    9,201     35.3       39.5  
Service occupations......................................  10,087    4,817      644      681    3,491    5,271     32.4       40.8  
  Private household......................................     770      455       68       38      348      315     29.0       42.7  
  Protective service.....................................     409      121       11       31       79      289     36.6       41.6  
  Service, except private household and protective.......   8,908    4,241      566      612    3,064    4,667     32.5       40.6  
Precision production, craft, and repair..................   1,139      268       31      117      120      871     38.6       41.1  
Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................   4,270    1,232      213      418      602    3,037     37.2       40.5  
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........   2,787      633      118      285      230    2,154     38.5       40.4  
  Transportation and material moving occupations.........     502      199       25       43      131      302     36.0       42.6  
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....     981      400       70       90      241      581     34.0       39.6  

  1 Excludes farming, forestry, and fishing occupations.  
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the
household survey.