HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race 

(In thousands)

Category

Total White Black or African

American Asian 

2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007

SEX

Total, 16 years and over ..................................................................... 144,427 146,047 118,833 119,792 15,765 16,051 6,522 6,839

 Men ................................................................................................... 77,502 78,254 64,883 65,289 7,354 7,500 3,511 3,677

 Women ............................................................................................. 66,925 67,792 53,950 54,503 8,410 8,551 3,011 3,162

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations ......................... 50,420 51,788 42,177 43,235 4,252 4,343 3,088 3,292

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ........ 21,233 21,577 18,298 18,511 1,547 1,626 1,029 1,077

 Management occupations .............................................................. 15,249 15,486 13,387 13,549 950 983 657 690

 Business and financial operations occupations .............................. 5,983 6,091 4,912 4,962 597 643 372 387

 Professional and related occupations ............................................... 29,187 30,210 23,879 24,724 2,704 2,717 2,058 2,214

 Computer and mathematical occupations ...................................... 3,209 3,441 2,392 2,523 233 247 519 614

 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................... 2,830 2,932 2,368 2,449 158 154 273 284

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............................... 1,434 1,382 1,146 1,094 81 80 174 178

 Community and social services occupations .................................. 2,156 2,265 1,631 1,720 402 416 71 73

 Legal occupations ........................................................................... 1,637 1,668 1,455 1,481 107 111 45 47

 Education, training, and library occupations ................................... 8,126 8,485 6,900 7,215 795 814 284 312

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .......... 2,735 2,789 2,370 2,453 183 159 115 110

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ......................... 7,060 7,248 5,617 5,788 746 736 578 596

Service occupations ........................................................................... 23,811 24,137 18,310 18,588 3,797 3,734 1,028 1,096

 Healthcare support occupations ....................................................... 3,132 3,138 2,137 2,182 774 753 128 122

 Protective service occupations ......................................................... 2,939 3,071 2,239 2,347 578 581 51 66

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .......................... 7,606 7,699 6,071 6,121 892 888 406 427

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ......... 5,381 5,469 4,264 4,325 840 833 139 154

 Personal care and service occupations ............................................ 4,754 4,760 3,600 3,612 714 678 303 329

Sales and office occupations .............................................................. 36,141 36,212 29,798 29,660 4,051 4,201 1,463 1,499

 Sales and related occupations ......................................................... 16,641 16,698 14,026 13,888 1,503 1,658 767 782

 Office and administrative support occupations ................................. 19,500 19,513 15,772 15,772 2,548 2,543 696 717

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........ 15,830 15,740 14,025 13,880 1,079 1,119 288 298

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ....................................... 961 960 870 859 47 47 15 17

 Construction and extraction occupations .......................................... 9,507 9,535 8,481 8,504 624 636 114 118

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................... 5,362 5,245 4,674 4,517 408 436 159 163

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ............ 18,224 18,171 14,522 14,429 2,586 2,654 656 654

 Production occupations .................................................................... 9,378 9,395 7,548 7,566 1,148 1,184 453 448

 Transportation and material moving occupations ............................. 8,846 8,776 6,974 6,863 1,438 1,471 203 206

CLASS OF WORKER

 Agriculture:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 1,287 1,220 1,178 1,107 54 42 15 23

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 901 856 869 827 6 11 10 6

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 18 19 16 19 ––––

 Nonagricultural industries:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 132,449 134,283 108,359 109,485 15,067 15,382 6,003 6,317

 Government .................................................................................. 20,337 21,003 16,061 16,615 3,025 3,058 740 800

 Private industries .......................................................................... 112,111 113,280 92,298 92,870 12,042 12,324 5,263 5,517

 Private households ..................................................................... 803 813 672 665 89 97 20 27

 Other industries .......................................................................... 111,309 112,467 91,626 92,205 11,954 12,227 5,242 5,490

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 9,685 9,557 8,342 8,268 635 614 478 470

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 87 112 69 85 2 2 15 23

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS 1

 Full-time workers .............................................................................. 119,688 121,091 97,875 98,732 13,530 13,792 5,588 5,847

 Part-time workers ............................................................................. 24,739 24,956 20,957 21,060 2,235 2,259 934 991

1 Employed persons are classified as full- or part-time workers based on

their usual weekly hours at all jobs regardless of the number of hours they

are at work during the reference week. Persons absent from work also are

classified according to their usual status.

 NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals

because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls

are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no

data or data that do not meet publication criteria.

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