HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


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

(Numbers in thousands)

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                                                         |        |       Worked 1 to 34 hours        |        |   Average hours
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                   Occupation and sex                    |        |        |        | For noneconomic |        |        |
                                                         | Total  |        |        |     reasons     | Worked |        |
                                                         |   at   |        |  For   |                 |35 hours| Total  |Persons who
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                                                         |  work  | Total  |economic|        |        |or more |   at   |  usually
                                                         |        |        |reasons |Usually |Usually |        |  work  |   work
                                                         |        |        |        |  work  |  work  |        |        | full time
                                                         |        |        |        |  full  |  part  |        |        |
                                                         |        |        |        |  time  |  time  |        |        |
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    Total, 16 years and over 1/..........................|120,679 | 29,733 |  3,868 |  8,274 | 17,591 | 90,946 |   39.4 |     43.3
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Managerial and professional specialty....................| 35,861 |  6,770 |    534 |  2,661 |  3,575 | 29,091 |   42.1 |     44.9
  Executive, administrative, and managerial..............| 17,799 |  2,531 |    189 |  1,191 |  1,151 | 15,268 |   44.0 |     45.8
  Professional specialty.................................| 18,062 |  4,239 |    346 |  1,469 |  2,424 | 13,823 |   40.2 |     43.8
Technical, sales, and administrative support.............| 36,793 | 10,579 |  1,027 |  2,534 |  7,018 | 26,214 |   37.7 |     42.4
  Technicians and related support........................|  4,063 |    875 |     66 |    328 |    481 |  3,188 |   39.6 |     42.2
  Sales occupations......................................| 15,135 |  4,566 |    561 |    753 |  3,252 | 10,569 |   38.7 |     44.8
  Administrative support, including clerical.............| 17,595 |  5,138 |    400 |  1,453 |  3,285 | 12,458 |   36.3 |     40.5
Service occupations......................................| 16,772 |  6,813 |  1,094 |    946 |  4,773 |  9,959 |   34.4 |     41.8
  Private household......................................|    765 |    462 |     86 |     42 |    334 |    304 |   28.1 |     41.1
  Protective service.....................................|  2,194 |    381 |     41 |    140 |    201 |  1,813 |   42.3 |     45.0
  Service, except private household and protective.......| 13,813 |  5,970 |    967 |    764 |  4,239 |  7,842 |   33.5 |     41.2
Precision production, craft, and repair..................| 13,578 |  1,994 |    479 |  1,005 |    510 | 11,584 |   42.0 |     43.2
Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................| 17,675 |  3,576 |    733 |  1,129 |  1,714 | 14,099 |   40.3 |     43.0
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........|  7,673 |  1,133 |    245 |    495 |    392 |  6,540 |   40.9 |     42.2
  Transportation and material moving occupations.........|  5,144 |    898 |    167 |    295 |    436 |  4,246 |   43.5 |     46.2
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....|  4,858 |  1,546 |    321 |    339 |    886 |  3,312 |   36.1 |     40.9
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    Men, 16 years and over 1/............................| 64,566 | 11,039 |  1,823 |  3,975 |  5,240 | 53,526 |   42.4 |     44.8
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Managerial and professional specialty....................| 18,564 |  2,354 |    243 |  1,167 |    945 | 16,210 |   45.2 |     46.8
  Executive, administrative, and managerial..............|  9,950 |  1,013 |    106 |    547 |    361 |  8,937 |   46.5 |     47.7
  Professional specialty.................................|  8,614 |  1,341 |    137 |    621 |    584 |  7,273 |   43.6 |     45.7
Technical, sales, and administrative support.............| 13,364 |  2,437 |    270 |    734 |  1,433 | 10,927 |   42.1 |     45.2
  Technicians and related support........................|  1,963 |    290 |     24 |    150 |    117 |  1,673 |   42.0 |     43.6
  Sales occupations......................................|  7,630 |  1,346 |    151 |    320 |    875 |  6,284 |   43.5 |     47.0
  Administrative support, including clerical.............|  3,770 |    801 |     96 |    264 |    442 |  2,969 |   39.4 |     42.5
Service occupations......................................|  6,873 |  2,055 |    361 |    361 |  1,332 |  4,818 |   37.6 |     43.1
  Private household......................................|     36 |     18 |      6 |      2 |     10 |     19 |   31.1 |     41.6
  Protective service.....................................|  1,804 |    269 |     29 |    108 |    132 |  1,535 |   43.4 |     45.6
  Service, except private household and protective.......|  5,033 |  1,769 |    327 |    251 |  1,191 |  3,264 |   35.5 |     42.0
Precision production, craft, and repair..................| 12,392 |  1,742 |    440 |    914 |    388 | 10,649 |   42.3 |     43.3
Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................| 13,373 |  2,451 |    509 |    800 |  1,142 | 10,922 |   41.3 |     43.8
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........|  4,809 |    555 |    113 |    273 |    170 |  4,254 |   42.1 |     43.1
  Transportation and material moving occupations.........|  4,673 |    709 |    143 |    261 |    305 |  3,963 |   44.3 |     46.4
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....|  3,892 |  1,186 |    253 |    266 |    667 |  2,706 |   36.5 |     41.1
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    Women, 16 years and over 1/..........................| 56,113 | 18,694 |  2,044 |  4,299 | 12,351 | 37,420 |   36.0 |     41.2
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Managerial and professional specialty....................| 17,297 |  4,416 |    292 |  1,494 |  2,630 | 12,882 |   38.8 |     42.5
  Executive, administrative, and managerial..............|  7,849 |  1,517 |     83 |    645 |    790 |  6,331 |   40.8 |     43.3
  Professional specialty.................................|  9,448 |  2,898 |    209 |    849 |  1,840 |  6,550 |   37.1 |     41.9
Technical, sales, and administrative support.............| 23,429 |  8,142 |    757 |  1,800 |  5,585 | 15,287 |   35.1 |     40.4
  Technicians and related support........................|  2,100 |    585 |     42 |    179 |    364 |  1,514 |   37.2 |     40.8
  Sales occupations......................................|  7,505 |  3,220 |    410 |    433 |  2,377 |  4,284 |   33.8 |     41.7
  Administrative support, including clerical.............| 13,825 |  4,336 |    304 |  1,188 |  2,844 |  9,489 |   35.5 |     39.9
Service occupations......................................|  9,899 |  4,759 |    733 |    585 |  3,441 |  5,140 |   32.2 |     40.7
  Private household......................................|    729 |    444 |     81 |     39 |    324 |    285 |   28.0 |     41.1
  Protective service.....................................|    390 |    113 |     12 |     32 |     69 |    277 |   37.0 |     41.8
  Service, except private household and protective.......|  8,780 |  4,202 |    641 |    513 |  3,048 |  4,578 |   32.3 |     40.6
Precision production, craft, and repair..................|  1,186 |    252 |     39 |     91 |    122 |    934 |   38.9 |     41.3
Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................|  4,302 |  1,125 |    224 |    329 |    572 |  3,176 |   37.4 |     40.6
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........|  2,864 |    577 |    133 |    222 |    222 |  2,286 |   38.7 |     40.5
  Transportation and material moving occupations.........|    471 |    188 |     23 |     34 |    131 |    283 |   35.5 |     42.6
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....|    966 |    360 |     68 |     73 |    219 |    606 |   34.6 |     40.0
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   1/  Excludes farming, forestry, and fishing occupations.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.