HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

(In thousands)

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                                                          |    Total    |            Men            |           Women
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                        Occupation                        |  16 years   |  16 years   |  20 years   |  16 years   |  20 years
                                                          |  and over   |  and over   |  and over   |  and over   |  and over
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                                                          | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997
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      Total...............................................|126708|129558|68,207|69,685|64,897|66,284|58,501|59,873|55,311|56,613
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Managerial and professional specialty.....................|36,497|37,686|18,744|19,249|18,637|19,131|17,754|18,437|17,610|18,299
  Executive, administrative, and managerial...............|17,746|18,440| 9,979|10,271| 9,942|10,223| 7,767| 8,170| 7,719| 8,124
    Officials and administrators, public administration...|   716|   694|   384|   372|   383|   372|   332|   322|   332|   322
    Other executive, administrative, and managerial.......|12,656|13,143| 7,703| 7,951| 7,673| 7,911| 4,953| 5,191| 4,917| 5,154
    Management-related occupations........................| 4,374| 4,604| 1,892| 1,948| 1,886| 1,940| 2,481| 2,656| 2,471| 2,648
  Professional specialty..................................|18,752|19,245| 8,764| 8,978| 8,695| 8,907| 9,987|10,267| 9,891|10,176
    Engineers.............................................| 1,960| 2,036| 1,793| 1,841| 1,791| 1,840|   167|   195|   166|   194
    Mathematical and computer scientists..................| 1,345| 1,494|   933| 1,040|   929| 1,034|   412|   454|   411|   453
    Natural scientists....................................|   536|   529|   379|   365|   378|   365|   157|   164|   157|   164
    Health diagnosing occupations.........................|   960| 1,027|   715|   769|   715|   769|   245|   259|   245|   258
    Health assessment and treating occupations............| 2,812| 2,886|   403|   391|   403|   390| 2,409| 2,495| 2,405| 2,492
    Teachers, college and university......................|   889|   869|   502|   498|   497|   492|   387|   371|   381|   364
    Teachers, except college and university...............| 4,724| 4,798| 1,207| 1,166| 1,195| 1,149| 3,517| 3,632| 3,474| 3,594
    Lawyers and judges....................................|   911|   925|   647|   678|   647|   677|   264|   247|   264|   246
    Other professional specialty occupations..............| 4,616| 4,681| 2,186| 2,231| 2,140| 2,192| 2,430| 2,450| 2,387| 2,409
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Technical, sales, and administrative support..............|37,683|38,309|13,489|13,760|12,775|12,981|24,194|24,549|22,553|22,859
  Technicians and related support.........................| 3,926| 4,214| 1,865| 2,028| 1,831| 1,989| 2,061| 2,186| 2,036| 2,153
    Health technologists and technicians..................| 1,605| 1,693|   312|   336|   308|   333| 1,293| 1,357| 1,278| 1,339
    Engineering and science technicians...................| 1,164| 1,246|   889|   955|   868|   932|   275|   291|   269|   281
    Technicians, except health, engineering, and science..| 1,157| 1,275|   664|   737|   655|   725|   494|   538|   488|   532
  Sales occupations.......................................|15,404|15,734| 7,782| 7,840| 7,308| 7,320| 7,622| 7,894| 6,559| 6,804
    Supervisors and proprietors...........................| 4,501| 4,635| 2,812| 2,855| 2,790| 2,833| 1,689| 1,780| 1,669| 1,754
    Sales representatives, finance and business services..| 2,529| 2,613| 1,445| 1,464| 1,431| 1,445| 1,084| 1,149| 1,059| 1,124
    Sales representatives, commodities, except retail.....| 1,559| 1,507| 1,169| 1,132| 1,159| 1,126|   391|   375|   382|   369
    Sales workers, retail and personal services...........| 6,728| 6,887| 2,336| 2,364| 1,907| 1,892| 4,392| 4,523| 3,387| 3,493
    Sales-related occupations.............................|    87|    91|    21|    24|    21|    23|    66|    67|    63|    64
  Administrative support, including clerical..............|18,353|18,361| 3,842| 3,892| 3,636| 3,673|14,511|14,469|13,958|13,902
    Supervisors...........................................|   670|   685|   267|   275|   266|   274|   404|   410|   401|   406
    Computer equipment operators..........................|   402|   392|   159|   162|   156|   158|   243|   229|   234|   223
    Secretaries, stenographers, and typists...............| 3,868| 3,692|    85|    79|    79|    73| 3,783| 3,613| 3,682| 3,519
    Financial records processing..........................| 2,272| 2,196|   202|   172|   197|   165| 2,071| 2,024| 2,051| 1,998
    Mail and message distributing.........................|   998|   977|   626|   606|   606|   588|   371|   371|   358|   360
    Other administrative support, including clerical......|10,143|10,420| 2,503| 2,597| 2,333| 2,413| 7,639| 7,823| 7,232| 7,395
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Service occupations.......................................|17,177|17,537| 6,967| 7,122| 5,989| 6,134|10,210|10,416| 9,079| 9,284
  Private household.......................................|   804|   795|    41|    37|    32|    30|   764|   758|   663|   670
  Protective service......................................| 2,187| 2,300| 1,811| 1,890| 1,775| 1,837|   375|   411|   341|   373
  Service, except private household and protective........|14,186|14,442| 5,115| 5,195| 4,182| 4,267| 9,071| 9,247| 8,074| 8,241
    Food service..........................................| 5,906| 5,999| 2,563| 2,590| 1,845| 1,876| 3,343| 3,409| 2,649| 2,705
    Health service........................................| 2,398| 2,447|   284|   289|   278|   278| 2,115| 2,158| 2,025| 2,075
    Cleaning and building service.........................| 3,125| 3,108| 1,737| 1,764| 1,612| 1,641| 1,388| 1,344| 1,323| 1,286
    Personal service......................................| 2,756| 2,888|   531|   552|   447|   473| 2,225| 2,335| 2,078| 2,174
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Precision production, craft, and repair...................|13,587|14,124|12,368|12,868|12,100|12,575| 1,219| 1,256| 1,189| 1,229
  Mechanics and repairers.................................| 4,521| 4,675| 4,335| 4,494| 4,235| 4,400|   185|   181|   182|   178
  Construction trades.....................................| 5,108| 5,378| 4,981| 5,251| 4,860| 5,113|   127|   127|   122|   122
  Other precision production, craft, and repair...........| 3,959| 4,071| 3,052| 3,123| 3,004| 3,063|   906|   948|   885|   928
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Operators, fabricators, and laborers......................|18,197|18,399|13,750|13,858|12,773|12,876| 4,447| 4,540| 4,250| 4,318
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...........| 7,874| 7,962| 4,902| 4,962| 4,743| 4,794| 2,972| 3,000| 2,897| 2,916
  Transportation and material moving occupations..........| 5,302| 5,389| 4,799| 4,872| 4,686| 4,774|   504|   518|   487|   500
    Motor vehicle operators...............................| 4,025| 4,089| 3,575| 3,629| 3,480| 3,548|   450|   461|   434|   445
    Other transportation and material moving occupations..| 1,277| 1,300| 1,223| 1,243| 1,206| 1,226|    54|    57|    53|    55
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.....| 5,021| 5,048| 4,049| 4,025| 3,344| 3,309|   971| 1,023|   866|   901
    Construction laborers.................................|   809|   811|   778|   773|   702|   703|    31|    37|    29|    36
    Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
laborers..................................................| 4,212| 4,237| 3,272| 3,252| 2,641| 2,605|   940|   985|   838|   865
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Farming, forestry, and fishing............................| 3,566| 3,503| 2,889| 2,828| 2,624| 2,587|   677|   675|   630|   625
  Farm operators and managers.............................| 1,314| 1,317| 1,010| 1,012| 1,001| 1,000|   303|   305|   303|   302
  Other farming, forestry, and fishing occupations........| 2,252| 2,186| 1,879| 1,816| 1,623| 1,587|   374|   371|   328|   323
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   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey,