HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total White Black or African

American Asian 

2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005

SEX

Total, 16 years and over ..................................................................... 139,252 141,730 115,239 116,949 14,909 15,313 5,994 6,244

 Men ................................................................................................... 74,524 75,973 62,712 63,763 6,912 7,155 3,243 3,359

 Women ............................................................................................. 64,728 65,757 52,527 53,186 7,997 8,158 2,751 2,885

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations ......................... 48,532 49,245 41,027 41,475 3,949 3,985 2,707 2,898

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ........ 20,235 20,450 17,590 17,668 1,408 1,451 906 983

 Management occupations .............................................................. 14,555 14,685 12,873 12,945 864 888 584 611

 Business and financial operations occupations .............................. 5,680 5,765 4,717 4,723 544 564 322 372

 Professional and related occupations ............................................... 28,297 28,795 23,438 23,807 2,541 2,533 1,801 1,915

 Computer and mathematical occupations ...................................... 3,140 3,246 2,410 2,481 236 224 439 479

 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................... 2,760 2,793 2,343 2,327 135 143 231 277

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............................... 1,365 1,406 1,143 1,171 76 71 126 142

 Community and social services occupations .................................. 2,170 2,138 1,650 1,654 415 365 62 60

 Legal occupations ........................................................................... 1,554 1,614 1,380 1,451 100 96 47 41

 Education, training, and library occupations ................................... 7,900 8,114 6,741 6,866 742 804 271 302

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .......... 2,687 2,736 2,336 2,402 164 160 128 117

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ......................... 6,721 6,748 5,435 5,455 673 670 497 496

Service occupations ........................................................................... 22,720 23,133 17,544 17,817 3,543 3,656 972 983

 Healthcare support occupations ....................................................... 2,921 3,092 1,991 2,121 758 766 102 127

 Protective service occupations ......................................................... 2,847 2,894 2,197 2,195 510 560 54 46

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .......................... 7,279 7,374 5,854 5,888 835 857 377 397

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ......... 5,185 5,241 4,094 4,130 773 828 159 142

 Personal care and service occupations ............................................ 4,488 4,531 3,407 3,484 667 645 281 271

Sales and office occupations .............................................................. 35,464 35,962 29,399 29,658 3,918 4,033 1,380 1,455

 Sales and related occupations ......................................................... 15,983 16,433 13,557 13,881 1,430 1,507 676 721

 Office and administrative support occupations ................................. 19,481 19,529 15,842 15,777 2,487 2,526 705 733

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........ 14,582 15,348 12,928 13,582 1,012 1,086 261 277

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ....................................... 991 976 885 882 53 50 21 15

 Construction and extraction occupations .......................................... 8,522 9,145 7,642 8,158 572 643 87 106

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................... 5,069 5,226 4,401 4,542 387 394 153 155

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ............ 17,954 18,041 14,340 14,418 2,488 2,552 674 632

 Production occupations .................................................................... 9,462 9,378 7,594 7,526 1,124 1,160 501 457

 Transportation and material moving occupations ............................. 8,491 8,664 6,746 6,892 1,364 1,393 173 175

CLASS OF WORKER

 Agriculture:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 1,242 1,212 1,141 1,126 47 45 17 11

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 964 955 934 922 6769

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 27 30 26 29 ––––

 Nonagricultural industries:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 127,463 129,931 104,812 106,549 14,253 14,611 5,550 5,789

 Government .................................................................................. 19,983 20,357 15,793 16,109 2,965 2,994 722 711

 Private industries .......................................................................... 107,480 109,573 89,019 90,440 11,287 11,616 4,828 5,079

 Private households ..................................................................... 779 812 628 674 103 92 23 23

 Other industries .......................................................................... 106,701 108,761 88,391 89,766 11,184 11,525 4,805 5,056

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 9,467 9,509 8,252 8,247 600 648 411 421

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 90 93 74 76 4 2 10 13

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS 1

 Full-time workers .............................................................................. 114,518 117,016 94,166 95,928 12,774 13,132 5,085 5,328

 Part-time workers ............................................................................. 24,734 24,714 21,073 21,021 2,135 2,181 910 916

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 (white, black or African

American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented

for all races. Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population

controls used in the household survey. Dash indicates no data or data that

do not meet publication criteria.

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