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
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                                                          | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1995
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      Total...............................................|123060|124900|66,450|67,377|63,294|64,085|56,610|57,523|53,606|54,396
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Managerial and professional specialty.....................|33,847|35,318|17,583|18,378|17,485|18,250|16,264|16,940|16,125|16,790
  Executive, administrative, and managerial...............|16,312|17,186| 9,298| 9,840| 9,260| 9,792| 7,014| 7,346| 6,971| 7,297
    Officials and administrators, public administration...|   673|   710|   375|   371|   375|   371|   298|   339|   297|   338
    Other executive, administrative, and managerial.......|11,364|12,151| 6,941| 7,471| 6,906| 7,429| 4,422| 4,680| 4,387| 4,637
    Management-related occupations........................| 4,269| 4,325| 1,977| 1,998| 1,975| 1,992| 2,291| 2,327| 2,284| 2,322
  Professional specialty..................................|17,536|18,132| 8,285| 8,539| 8,225| 8,458| 9,250| 9,593| 9,154| 9,493
    Engineers.............................................| 1,866| 1,934| 1,711| 1,771| 1,709| 1,769|   155|   163|   155|   163
    Mathematical and computer scientists..................| 1,186| 1,195|   787|   813|   786|   808|   399|   382|   398|   381
    Natural scientists....................................|   535|   519|   369|   377|   369|   377|   166|   142|   165|   141
    Health diagnosing occupations.........................|   932| 1,002|   731|   773|   731|   773|   200|   229|   200|   229
    Health assessment and treating occupations............| 2,708| 2,762|   375|   393|   374|   392| 2,333| 2,369| 2,330| 2,365
    Teachers, college and university......................|   838|   846|   482|   464|   479|   461|   356|   382|   353|   379
    Teachers, except college and university...............| 4,330| 4,507| 1,087| 1,142| 1,075| 1,124| 3,244| 3,365| 3,198| 3,319
    Lawyers and judges....................................|   861|   926|   648|   684|   648|   684|   213|   242|   213|   241
    Other professional specialty occupations..............| 4,279| 4,440| 2,095| 2,122| 2,054| 2,070| 2,184| 2,318| 2,141| 2,273
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Technical, sales, and administrative support..............|37,306|37,417|13,322|13,310|12,691|12,627|23,984|24,107|22,456|22,541
  Technicians and related support.........................| 3,869| 3,909| 1,856| 1,900| 1,833| 1,875| 2,013| 2,009| 1,992| 1,989
    Health technologists and technicians..................| 1,590| 1,648|   292|   334|   289|   331| 1,298| 1,314| 1,287| 1,303
    Engineering and science technicians...................| 1,182| 1,155|   906|   901|   889|   884|   276|   254|   272|   249
    Technicians, except health, engineering, and science..| 1,098| 1,106|   659|   665|   654|   660|   439|   441|   433|   438
  Sales occupations.......................................|14,817|15,119| 7,543| 7,634| 7,122| 7,162| 7,273| 7,485| 6,268| 6,459
    Supervisors and proprietors...........................| 4,443| 4,480| 2,776| 2,739| 2,760| 2,714| 1,667| 1,741| 1,645| 1,719
    Sales representatives, finance and business services..| 2,361| 2,399| 1,417| 1,388| 1,404| 1,373|   944| 1,010|   927|   989
    Sales representatives, commodities, except retail.....| 1,476| 1,529| 1,133| 1,206| 1,126| 1,200|   343|   324|   336|   318
    Sales workers, retail and personal services...........| 6,440| 6,613| 2,186| 2,277| 1,801| 1,853| 4,254| 4,336| 3,299| 3,360
    Sales-related occupations.............................|    96|    99|    31|    24|    31|    22|    65|    75|    61|    72
  Administrative support, including clerical..............|18,620|18,389| 3,923| 3,776| 3,736| 3,589|14,697|14,613|14,196|14,092
    Supervisors...........................................|   753|   712|   304|   285|   302|   284|   450|   427|   448|   423
    Computer equipment operators..........................|   550|   491|   216|   194|   205|   185|   334|   297|   326|   289
    Secretaries, stenographers, and typists...............| 4,163| 4,106|    83|    91|    76|    85| 4,081| 4,015| 3,976| 3,915
    Financial records processing..........................| 2,278| 2,255|   195|   172|   190|   168| 2,082| 2,083| 2,058| 2,058
    Mail and message distributing.........................|   982| 1,006|   600|   606|   580|   587|   382|   400|   374|   388
    Other administrative support, including clerical......| 9,893| 9,819| 2,525| 2,429| 2,383| 2,281| 7,368| 7,390| 7,014| 7,019
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Service occupations.......................................|16,912|16,930| 6,840| 6,774| 5,880| 5,800|10,072|10,155| 8,993| 9,022
  Private household.......................................|   817|   821|    30|    37|    23|    29|   787|   784|   691|   687
  Protective service......................................| 2,249| 2,237| 1,873| 1,881| 1,832| 1,842|   376|   356|   345|   325
  Service, except private household and protective........|13,847|13,872| 4,938| 4,857| 4,024| 3,929| 8,909| 9,015| 7,957| 8,010
    Food service..........................................| 5,960| 5,800| 2,508| 2,419| 1,801| 1,730| 3,452| 3,381| 2,790| 2,680
    Health service........................................| 2,157| 2,315|   262|   272|   248|   253| 1,895| 2,043| 1,819| 1,963
    Cleaning and building service.........................| 2,948| 2,946| 1,616| 1,623| 1,496| 1,489| 1,332| 1,324| 1,275| 1,248
    Personal service......................................| 2,782| 2,810|   552|   542|   480|   456| 2,230| 2,268| 2,073| 2,118
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Precision production, craft, and repair...................|13,489|13,524|12,241|12,323|11,995|12,060| 1,248| 1,201| 1,217| 1,171
  Mechanics and repairers.................................| 4,419| 4,423| 4,219| 4,248| 4,137| 4,167|   201|   175|   198|   172
  Construction trades.....................................| 5,008| 5,098| 4,900| 4,978| 4,783| 4,845|   108|   120|   102|   111
  Other precision production, craft, and repair...........| 4,062| 4,004| 3,123| 3,097| 3,075| 3,048|   939|   907|   917|   888
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Operators, fabricators, and laborers......................|17,876|18,068|13,535|13,675|12,565|12,710| 4,341| 4,393| 4,159| 4,190
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...........| 7,754| 7,907| 4,800| 4,958| 4,636| 4,782| 2,954| 2,949| 2,879| 2,861
  Transportation and material moving occupations..........| 5,136| 5,171| 4,654| 4,682| 4,557| 4,570|   483|   490|   475|   477
    Motor vehicle operators...............................| 3,882| 3,904| 3,454| 3,474| 3,374| 3,386|   428|   429|   421|   418
    Other transportation and material moving occupations..| 1,254| 1,268| 1,200| 1,207| 1,184| 1,184|    54|    60|    54|    59
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.....| 4,986| 4,990| 4,081| 4,035| 3,371| 3,358|   904|   955|   805|   852
    Construction laborers.................................|   740|   780|   714|   754|   647|   687|    27|    26|    25|    25
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laborers..................................................| 4,245| 4,210| 3,368| 3,281| 2,724| 2,672|   878|   929|   780|   827
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Farming, forestry, and fishing............................| 3,629| 3,642| 2,928| 2,916| 2,678| 2,638|   701|   726|   656|   682
  Farm operators and managers.............................| 1,453| 1,446| 1,084| 1,079| 1,050| 1,040|   368|   366|   359|   360
  Other farming, forestry, and fishing occupations........| 2,176| 2,196| 1,844| 1,837| 1,628| 1,598|   332|   360|   298|   322
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