HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,337 155,761 120,176 121,461 18,587 19,091 9,448 9,832

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,402 82,698 65,000 65,702 8,742 9,018 4,989 5,188

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,936 73,063 55,176 55,759 9,845 10,073 4,458 4,644

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . 60,901 62,436 48,748 49,555 5,719 5,982 4,915 5,283

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,379 25,850 21,065 21,309 2,075 2,127 1,623 1,770

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,804 18,263 14,953 15,329 1,361 1,382 1,058 1,082

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . 7,574 7,587 6,112 5,980 714 745 565 688

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,522 36,586 27,683 28,246 3,644 3,854 3,292 3,513

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,804 5,126 3,258 3,436 416 431 998 1,129

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,224 3,263 2,556 2,588 182 211 409 389

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . 1,431 1,529 1,093 1,194 81 108 226 195

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 2,635 2,680 1,925 1,925 524 546 101 105

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,827 1,891 1,582 1,620 126 139 78 88

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 9,215 9,313 7,553 7,588 987 987 449 487

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,246 3,362 2,722 2,812 237 247 173 186

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . 9,141 9,420 6,994 7,083 1,091 1,183 857 934

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,751 26,854 19,428 19,344 4,502 4,652 1,585 1,627

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,506 3,629 2,301 2,333 879 952 183 208

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,113 3,203 2,261 2,353 638 645 90 77

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . 8,305 8,220 6,179 6,014 1,155 1,214 511 535

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,888 5,854 4,560 4,526 875 869 193 181

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,939 5,947 4,127 4,118 955 972 607 626

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,566 33,461 26,357 26,291 4,348 4,281 1,688 1,652

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,815 15,806 12,640 12,677 1,756 1,738 883 843

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 17,751 17,655 13,717 13,614 2,593 2,543 805 809

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,193 14,471 12,340 12,481 1,042 1,106 313 322

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,184 1,121 1,058 1,007 58 42 20 25

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,031 8,338 7,050 7,294 554 590 130 134

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . 4,977 5,012 4,232 4,180 430 473 162 163

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,927 18,539 13,304 13,790 2,976 3,070 947 949

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,482 8,621 6,514 6,604 1,132 1,167 523 501

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . 9,445 9,918 6,790 7,186 1,844 1,903 424 447

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture

Wage and salary workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,640 1,632 1,487 1,487 67 56 26 29

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790 766 758 738 7 5 9 9

Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 27 22 26 1 0 0 0

Nonagricultural industries

Wage and salary workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,096 144,326 110,580 111,764 17,784 18,287 8,942 9,273

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,835 20,942 15,946 15,957 3,200 3,251 968 985

Private industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,260 123,384 94,635 95,807 14,583 15,037 7,974 8,288

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 777 545 647 67 73 23 23

Other industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,603 122,607 94,090 95,160 14,516 14,964 7,951 8,264

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,736 8,941 7,282 7,392 727 742 468 508

Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 69 47 54 2 0 2 12

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS2

Full-time workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,967 128,572 98,441 99,840 15,434 16,053 8,034 8,394

Part-time workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,370 27,189 21,735 21,621 3,153 3,039 1,414 1,438

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Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

2 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. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours.

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.

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