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 

2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010

SEX

Total, 16 years and over ..................................................................... 139,877 139,064 114,996 114,168 15,025 15,010 6,635 6,705

 Men ................................................................................................... 73,670 73,359 61,630 61,252 6,817 6,865 3,551 3,588

 Women ............................................................................................. 66,208 65,705 53,366 52,916 8,208 8,145 3,084 3,117

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations ......................... 52,219 51,743 43,649 43,268 4,388 4,363 3,240 3,149

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ........ 21,529 20,938 18,582 18,043 1,516 1,537 1,052 999

 Management occupations .............................................................. 15,447 15,001 13,565 13,137 950 954 678 662

 Business and financial operations occupations .............................. 6,082 5,937 5,018 4,906 565 583 374 336

 Professional and related occupations ............................................... 30,690 30,805 25,067 25,225 2,873 2,826 2,188 2,150

 Computer and mathematical occupations ...................................... 3,481 3,531 2,633 2,663 233 237 546 568

 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................... 2,740 2,619 2,276 2,205 151 135 271 236

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............................... 1,328 1,409 1,052 1,139 80 88 169 152

 Community and social services occupations .................................. 2,341 2,337 1,764 1,750 463 451 64 77

 Legal occupations ........................................................................... 1,710 1,716 1,510 1,510 110 111 61 58

 Education, training, and library occupations ................................... 8,627 8,628 7,343 7,325 797 810 337 330

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .......... 2,724 2,759 2,387 2,430 183 152 99 117

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ......................... 7,738 7,805 6,101 6,204 855 842 640 612

Service occupations ........................................................................... 24,598 24,634 18,961 18,938 3,784 3,763 1,127 1,205

 Healthcare support occupations ....................................................... 3,309 3,332 2,258 2,252 836 849 130 137

 Protective service occupations ......................................................... 3,164 3,289 2,411 2,530 594 585 57 79

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .......................... 7,733 7,660 6,184 6,110 884 866 414 431

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ......... 5,349 5,328 4,304 4,290 737 722 153 166

 Personal care and service occupations ............................................ 5,043 5,024 3,804 3,756 733 741 372 392

Sales and office occupations .............................................................. 33,787 33,433 27,777 27,470 3,793 3,762 1,409 1,416

 Sales and related occupations ......................................................... 15,641 15,386 13,062 12,785 1,495 1,503 753 766

 Office and administrative support occupations ................................. 18,146 18,047 14,715 14,685 2,298 2,259 656 649

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........ 13,323 13,073 11,802 11,619 911 876 265 261

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ....................................... 926 987 834 889 46 51 13 19

 Construction and extraction occupations .......................................... 7,439 7,175 6,682 6,449 447 441 101 102

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................... 4,957 4,911 4,286 4,281 418 384 151 140

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ............ 15,951 16,180 12,808 12,873 2,149 2,247 593 674

 Production occupations .................................................................... 7,654 7,998 6,221 6,468 880 908 374 441

 Transportation and material moving occupations ............................. 8,297 8,182 6,587 6,405 1,270 1,339 219 232

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture:

Wage and salary workers ................................................................. 1,242 1,353 1,136 1,246 53 53 18 19

Self-employed workers ..................................................................... 836 821 809 792 13 7 6 6

Unpaid family workers ...................................................................... 25 33 24 32 ––––

Nonagricultural industries:

Wage and salary workers ................................................................. 128,713 127,914 105,248 104,352 14,296 14,377 6,174 6,244

 Government ..................................................................................... 21,178 21,003 16,819 16,679 2,998 2,972 803 766

 Private industries ............................................................................. 107,535 106,911 88,429 87,673 11,297 11,405 5,371 5,479

 Private households ........................................................................ 783 667 678 570 55 58 27 22

 Other industries ............................................................................. 106,752 106,244 87,751 87,103 11,242 11,347 5,344 5,457

Self-employed workers ..................................................................... 8,995 8,860 7,730 7,686 658 568 429 418

Unpaid family workers ...................................................................... 66 84 51 59 6 6 7 17

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS 1

 Full-time workers .............................................................................. 112,634 111,714 91,962 91,243 12,538 12,380 5,606 5,617

 Part-time workers ............................................................................. 27,244 27,350 23,034 22,925 2,488 2,630 1,029 1,088

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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