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 

2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008

SEX

Total, 16 years and over ..................................................................... 146,047 145,362 119,792 119,126 16,051 15,953 6,839 6,917

 Men ................................................................................................... 78,254 77,486 65,289 64,624 7,500 7,398 3,677 3,692

 Women ............................................................................................. 67,792 67,876 54,503 54,501 8,551 8,554 3,162 3,225

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations ......................... 51,788 52,761 43,235 44,090 4,343 4,374 3,292 3,332

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ........ 21,577 22,059 18,511 18,938 1,626 1,599 1,077 1,140

 Management occupations .............................................................. 15,486 15,852 13,549 13,841 983 1,013 690 734

 Business and financial operations occupations .............................. 6,091 6,207 4,962 5,097 643 586 387 406

 Professional and related occupations ............................................... 30,210 30,702 24,724 25,152 2,717 2,774 2,214 2,193

 Computer and mathematical occupations ...................................... 3,441 3,676 2,523 2,730 247 267 614 613

 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................... 2,932 2,931 2,449 2,446 154 148 284 282

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............................... 1,382 1,307 1,094 1,030 80 93 178 157

 Community and social services occupations .................................. 2,265 2,293 1,720 1,741 416 436 73 57

 Legal occupations ........................................................................... 1,668 1,671 1,481 1,481 111 116 47 47

 Education, training, and library occupations ................................... 8,485 8,605 7,215 7,337 814 792 312 331

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .......... 2,789 2,820 2,453 2,466 159 172 110 116

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ......................... 7,248 7,399 5,788 5,920 736 751 596 590

Service occupations ........................................................................... 24,137 24,451 18,588 18,681 3,734 3,897 1,096 1,130

 Healthcare support occupations ....................................................... 3,138 3,212 2,182 2,156 753 827 122 136

 Protective service occupations ......................................................... 3,071 3,047 2,347 2,330 581 582 66 54

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .......................... 7,699 7,824 6,121 6,199 888 946 427 424

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ......... 5,469 5,445 4,325 4,295 833 818 154 153

 Personal care and service occupations ............................................ 4,760 4,923 3,612 3,701 678 722 329 363

Sales and office occupations .............................................................. 36,212 35,544 29,660 29,160 4,201 4,075 1,499 1,488

 Sales and related occupations ......................................................... 16,698 16,295 13,888 13,597 1,658 1,576 782 770

 Office and administrative support occupations ................................. 19,513 19,249 15,772 15,563 2,543 2,499 717 718

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........ 15,740 14,806 13,880 13,076 1,119 1,027 298 285

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ....................................... 960 988 859 878 47 45 17 17

 Construction and extraction occupations .......................................... 9,535 8,667 8,504 7,747 636 545 118 123

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................... 5,245 5,152 4,517 4,451 436 437 163 145

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ............ 18,171 17,800 14,429 14,119 2,654 2,580 654 682

 Production occupations .................................................................... 9,395 8,973 7,566 7,210 1,184 1,093 448 463

 Transportation and material moving occupations ............................. 8,776 8,827 6,863 6,909 1,471 1,487 206 219

CLASS OF WORKER

 Agriculture and related industries:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 1,220 1,279 1,107 1,159 42 45 23 19

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 856 860 827 836 11 10 6 6

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 19 28 19 27 ----

 Nonagricultural industries:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 134,283 133,882 109,485 109,055 15,382 15,280 6,317 6,438

 Government .................................................................................. 21,003 21,258 16,615 16,771 3,058 3,111 800 831

 Private industries .......................................................................... 113,280 112,624 92,870 92,284 12,324 12,168 5,517 5,608

 Private households ..................................................................... 813 805 665 680 97 78 27 25

 Other industries .......................................................................... 112,467 111,819 92,205 91,604 12,227 12,090 5,490 5,583

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 9,557 9,219 8,268 7,972 614 615 470 442

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 112 93 85 78 2 3 23 11

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS 1

 Full-time workers .............................................................................. 121,091 120,030 98,732 97,724 13,792 13,653 5,847 5,923

 Part-time workers ............................................................................. 24,956 25,332 21,060 21,401 2,259 2,299 991 994

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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