HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

1998

Total

employed

Percent of total:

Women Black Hispanic

origin

 Total, 16 years and over ............................................................................................................................................. 131,463 46.2 11.1 10.1

Managerial and professional specialty ........................................................................................................................... 38,937 49.0 7.6 5.0

 Executive, administrative, and managerial ................................................................................................................... 19,054 44.4 7.2 5.4

 Officials and administrators, public administration ..................................................................................................... 630 48.5 12.1 4.5

 Administrators, protective services ............................................................................................................................. 60 25.2 15.7 3.6

 Financial managers .................................................................................................................................................... 705 53.3 6.8 4.4

 Personnel and labor relations managers .................................................................................................................... 162 65.9 7.7 4.3

 Purchasing managers ................................................................................................................................................. 136 39.4 5.0 5.5

 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations ............................................................................................. 772 38.5 3.8 3.4

 Administrators, education and related fields ............................................................................................................... 752 62.2 10.6 4.2

 Managers, medicine and health ................................................................................................................................. 725 79.2 6.8 5.3

 Managers, food serving and lodging establishments ................................................................................................. 1,453 43.9 8.8 8.7

 Managers, properties and real estate ......................................................................................................................... 517 52.2 7.1 9.4

 Management-related occupations .............................................................................................................................. 4,700 57.1 9.7 5.4

 Accountants and auditors ......................................................................................................................................... 1,616 58.2 9.4 4.9

 Underwriters ............................................................................................................................................................. 117 71.0 13.1 .6

 Other financial officers .............................................................................................................................................. 745 53.9 7.7 5.0

 Management analysts .............................................................................................................................................. 441 41.4 9.1 2.4

 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists .................................................................................................. 482 68.3 14.7 5.8

 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products ........................................................................................ 224 48.4 5.9 8.8

 Construction inspectors ............................................................................................................................................ 70 6.6 2.8 9.1

 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction ......................................................................................... 237 36.0 12.8 9.7

 Professional specialty ................................................................................................................................................... 19,883 53.3 7.9 4.6

 Engineers, architects, and surveyors ......................................................................................................................... 2,224 11.5 4.0 3.9

 Architects .................................................................................................................................................................. 158 17.5 2.0 5.2

 Engineers ................................................................................................................................................................. 2,052 11.1 4.1 3.8

 Aerospace engineers .............................................................................................................................................. 86 8.4 3.3 2.6

 Chemical engineers ................................................................................................................................................ 69 16.5 4.6 1.0

 Civil engineers ........................................................................................................................................................ 296 12.1 2.0 4.6

 Electrical and electronic engineers ......................................................................................................................... 629 9.0 5.3 3.7

 Industrial engineers ................................................................................................................................................ 262 18.3 5.3 5.6

 Mechanical engineers ............................................................................................................................................. 335 7.0 3.3 2.0

 Mathematical and computer scientists ....................................................................................................................... 1,747 28.9 7.2 4.2

 Computer systems analysts and scientists ............................................................................................................... 1,471 26.9 7.2 3.6

 Operations and systems researchers and analysts .................................................................................................. 212 41.9 8.8 8.5

 Natural scientists ........................................................................................................................................................ 519 30.9 3.9 3.0

 Chemists, except biochemists .................................................................................................................................. 133 32.9 6.1 3.1

 Geologists and geodesists ....................................................................................................................................... 63 11.6 .3 2.0

 Biological and life scientists ...................................................................................................................................... 104 38.8 3.3 1.5

 Medical scientists ..................................................................................................................................................... 83 45.2 5.6 5.2

 Health diagnosing occupations ................................................................................................................................... 1,083 26.3 4.2 4.0

 Physicians ................................................................................................................................................................ 740 26.6 4.9 4.8

 Dentists ..................................................................................................................................................................... 155 19.8 2.8 2.0

 Veterinarians ............................................................................................................................................................ 58 32.5 1.9 4.9

 Health assessment and treating occupations ............................................................................................................. 2,898 85.2 8.9 3.4

 Registered nurses .................................................................................................................................................... 2,032 92.5 9.3 3.2

 Pharmacists .............................................................................................................................................................. 180 44.0 4.1 5.1

 Dietitians ................................................................................................................................................................... 90 86.0 18.2 4.3

 Therapists ................................................................................................................................................................. 528 75.4 7.3 3.8

 Respiratory therapists ............................................................................................................................................. 103 60.8 11.7 2.0

 Occupational therapists .......................................................................................................................................... 71 83.0 6.5 .7

 Physical therapists .................................................................................................................................................. 134 72.9 4.2 5.4

 Speech therapists ................................................................................................................................................... 105 92.6 1.9 6.3

 Physicians’ assistants ............................................................................................................................................... 68 52.6 10.6 2.8

 Teachers, college and university ................................................................................................................................ 919 42.3 5.8 3.6

 Teachers, except college and university .................................................................................................................... 4,962 75.3 10.0 5.4

 Prekindergarten and kindergarten ............................................................................................................................ 586 97.8 14.4 8.0

 Elementary school .................................................................................................................................................... 1,951 84.0 10.5 5.6

 Secondary school ..................................................................................................................................................... 1,225 56.9 8.9 4.2

 Special education ..................................................................................................................................................... 381 82.0 11.0 4.7

 Counselors, educational and vocational ..................................................................................................................... 230 68.8 13.2 5.5

 Librarians, archivists, and curators ............................................................................................................................. 236 80.8 5.9 5.4

 Librarians .................................................................................................................................................................. 208 83.4 5.2 5.9

 Social scientists and urban planners .......................................................................................................................... 430 54.7 6.7 5.2

 Economists ............................................................................................................................................................... 137 46.3 3.6 6.5

 Psychologists ............................................................................................................................................................ 232 62.1 10.2 4.0

 Social, recreation, and religious workers .................................................................................................................... 1,329 55.1 17.5 5.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

1998

Total

employed

Percent of total:

Women Black Hispanic

origin

 Social workers .......................................................................................................................................................... 749 68.4 23.4 6.4

 Recreation workers ................................................................................................................................................... 132 75.1 15.9 4.8

 Clergy ....................................................................................................................................................................... 325 12.0 8.7 6.1

 Lawyers and judges .................................................................................................................................................... 951 28.6 4.3 3.0

 Lawyers .................................................................................................................................................................... 912 28.5 4.0 3.0

 Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes .................................................................................................................. 2,353 51.4 6.2 5.6

 Authors ..................................................................................................................................................................... 130 55.0 2.2 1.3

 Technical writers ....................................................................................................................................................... 73 57.4 3.5 1.2

 Designers ................................................................................................................................................................. 692 58.0 3.0 6.6

 Musicians and composers ........................................................................................................................................ 183 39.7 10.8 7.2

 Actors and directors .................................................................................................................................................. 130 38.7 8.2 4.5

 Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers ............................................................................................ 241 53.9 4.7 5.0

 Photographers .......................................................................................................................................................... 154 38.1 5.5 7.1

 Editors and reporters ................................................................................................................................................ 274 51.0 8.9 3.1

 Public relations specialists ........................................................................................................................................ 170 66.3 8.8 4.0

 Announcers .............................................................................................................................................................. 60 17.1 10.7 5.0

 Athletes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 91 23.7 12.7 3.7

Technical, sales, and administrative support .................................................................................................................. 38,521 64.2 11.1 8.3

 Technicians and related support .................................................................................................................................. 4,261 53.6 10.4 6.6

 Health technologists and technicians ......................................................................................................................... 1,733 81.6 13.9 7.0

 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ..................................................................................................... 359 78.5 15.0 6.4

 Dental hygienists ...................................................................................................................................................... 112 99.1 3.9 3.9

 Radiologic technicians .............................................................................................................................................. 170 69.5 8.2 2.0

 Licensed practical nurses ......................................................................................................................................... 381 96.0 17.4 5.8

 Engineering and related technologists and technicians ............................................................................................. 970 20.8 8.6 7.6

 Electrical and electronic technicians ......................................................................................................................... 431 16.9 9.3 8.8

 Drafting occupations ................................................................................................................................................. 228 19.3 3.5 6.2

 Surveying and mapping technicians ......................................................................................................................... 71 12.8 3.5 8.2

 Science technicians .................................................................................................................................................... 285 43.3 8.8 5.8

 Biological technicians ............................................................................................................................................... 108 68.2 4.0 4.9

 Chemical technicians ................................................................................................................................................ 75 21.2 12.9 5.3

 Technicians, except health, engineering, and science ............................................................................................... 1,273 42.8 7.2 5.6

 Airplane pilots and navigators .................................................................................................................................. 113 3.4 1.9 2.5

 Computer programmers ........................................................................................................................................... 613 28.5 6.4 4.9

 Legal assistants ........................................................................................................................................................ 370 82.0 8.1 7.2

 Sales occupations ........................................................................................................................................................ 15,850 50.3 8.9 7.9

 Supervisors and proprietors ....................................................................................................................................... 4,719 40.1 6.5 6.3

 Sales representatives, finance and business services ............................................................................................... 2,668 43.6 7.6 4.8

 Insurance sales ........................................................................................................................................................ 592 41.5 9.1 4.2

 Real estate sales ...................................................................................................................................................... 749 53.0 3.9 4.1

 Securities and financial services sales ..................................................................................................................... 477 29.1 6.4 3.7

 Advertising and related sales ................................................................................................................................... 186 58.3 8.9 3.1

 Sales occupations, other business services ............................................................................................................. 664 41.3 11.1 7.4

 Sales representatives, commodities, except retail ..................................................................................................... 1,584 26.0 2.9 5.4

 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................................................. 1,544 26.4 2.9 5.6

 Sales workers, retail and personal services ............................................................................................................... 6,784 65.4 12.5 10.7

 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................................................................................................................. 309 11.1 8.8 7.4

 Sales workers, apparel ............................................................................................................................................. 447 80.2 14.5 9.7

 Sales workers, shoes ............................................................................................................................................... 107 65.2 16.7 13.4

 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ........................................................................................................ 152 49.2 4.0 7.7

 Sales workers, radio, television, hi-fi, and appliances .............................................................................................. 280 25.8 10.0 10.4

 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ....................................................................................................... 262 24.1 5.7 5.7

 Sales workers, parts ................................................................................................................................................. 165 10.6 4.5 10.4

 Sales workers, other commodities ............................................................................................................................ 1,416 68.3 8.5 9.3

 Sales counter clerks ................................................................................................................................................. 205 67.7 10.1 14.6

 Cashiers ................................................................................................................................................................... 3,025 78.2 16.8 12.7

 Street and door-to-door sales workers ..................................................................................................................... 315 76.3 8.5 9.0

 News vendors ........................................................................................................................................................... 100 36.8 9.2 2.9

 Sales-related occupations .......................................................................................................................................... 94 72.7 6.6 3.7

 Demonstrators, promoters, and models ................................................................................................................... 71 79.3 6.9 4.2

 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ................................................................................................. 18,410 78.6 13.1 9.0

 Supervisors, administrative support ........................................................................................................................... 698 60.1 15.1 5.9

 Supervisors, general office ....................................................................................................................................... 397 69.1 14.1 6.8

 Supervisors, financial records processing ................................................................................................................ 88 81.8 8.0 3.6

 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ...................................................................................... 192 33.9 20.4 5.3

 Computer equipment operators .................................................................................................................................. 375 54.7 14.1 7.1

 Computer operators .................................................................................................................................................. 371 54.8 14.2 6.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

1998

Total

employed

Percent of total:

Women Black Hispanic

origin

 Secretaries, stenographers, and typists ..................................................................................................................... 3,599 97.6 9.6 7.0

 Secretaries ............................................................................................................................................................... 2,914 98.4 8.5 7.0

 Stenographers .......................................................................................................................................................... 106 94.2 3.2 6.5

 Typists ...................................................................................................................................................................... 580 94.3 16.5 7.1

 Information clerks ....................................................................................................................................................... 1,965 89.0 11.5 10.7

 Interviewers .............................................................................................................................................................. 166 81.3 16.2 7.4

 Hotel clerks ............................................................................................................................................................... 126 79.2 13.9 6.2

 Transportation ticket and reservation agents ........................................................................................................... 273 77.1 9.5 9.3

 Receptionists ............................................................................................................................................................ 1,006 95.5 10.5 12.5

 Records processing, except financial ......................................................................................................................... 1,063 79.2 14.5 10.6

 Order clerks .............................................................................................................................................................. 246 75.2 20.2 11.4

 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ................................................................................................... 74 87.1 14.0 15.9

 Library clerks ............................................................................................................................................................ 173 75.5 10.3 6.1

 File clerks ................................................................................................................................................................. 348 80.3 14.5 10.8

 Records clerks .......................................................................................................................................................... 205 82.5 10.7 11.9

 Financial records processing ...................................................................................................................................... 2,214 92.1 7.7 6.5

 Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks ......................................................................................................... 1,726 93.0 6.8 6.0

 Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................................................................................................................. 146 89.7 10.6 8.8

 Billing clerks .............................................................................................................................................................. 185 87.2 9.3 7.9

 Cost and rate clerks .................................................................................................................................................. 52 83.7 8.9 9.2

 Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators .................................................................................................. 105 94.1 15.7 6.1

 Duplicating, mail and other office machine operators ................................................................................................. 81 55.7 18.9 16.6

 Communications equipment operators ....................................................................................................................... 175 81.7 25.9 14.3

 Telephone operators ................................................................................................................................................ 159 85.8 26.8 13.1

 Mail and message distributing .................................................................................................................................... 984 38.0 21.1 10.3

 Postal clerks, except mail carriers ............................................................................................................................ 319 47.2 28.2 8.5

 Mail carriers, postal service ...................................................................................................................................... 333 29.7 17.1 9.9

 Mail clerks, except postal service ............................................................................................................................. 178 49.7 24.5 12.4

 Messengers .............................................................................................................................................................. 155 23.1 11.4 12.3

 Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks ............................................................................................... 1,945 45.1 14.1 12.7

 Dispatchers ............................................................................................................................................................... 235 49.4 11.0 8.7

 Production coordinators ............................................................................................................................................ 255 56.7 5.3 7.0

 Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks ...................................................................................................................... 628 31.6 17.3 17.0

 Stock and inventory clerks ........................................................................................................................................ 452 42.9 15.5 14.8

 Weighers, measurers, and checkers and samplers ................................................................................................. 51 52.4 22.8 9.4

 Expediters ................................................................................................................................................................. 272 67.9 12.7 10.4

 Adjusters and investigators ........................................................................................................................................ 1,813 74.7 16.3 8.0

 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators .................................................................................................. 476 72.1 12.2 6.6

 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ......................................................................................................... 1,049 75.6 17.1 7.7

 Eligibility clerks, social welfare ................................................................................................................................. 94 85.8 17.5 14.7

 Bill and account collectors ........................................................................................................................................ 195 70.5 21.5 9.3

 Miscellaneous administrative support ......................................................................................................................... 3,496 83.1 14.7 9.7

 General office clerks ................................................................................................................................................. 735 81.1 15.3 10.8

 Bank tellers ............................................................................................................................................................... 416 89.5 11.0 9.0

 Data-entry keyers ..................................................................................................................................................... 711 81.8 17.4 8.4

 Statistical clerks ........................................................................................................................................................ 100 80.5 19.4 7.1

 Teachers’ aides ........................................................................................................................................................ 633 93.0 15.1 13.5

Service occupations ....................................................................................................................................................... 17,836 59.5 17.6 15.0

 Private household ......................................................................................................................................................... 847 94.6 13.7 30.9

 Child care workers ...................................................................................................................................................... 278 96.5 9.4 19.5

 Cleaners and servants ................................................................................................................................................ 549 94.3 15.4 37.0

 Protective service ......................................................................................................................................................... 2,417 17.8 19.1 8.5

 Supervisors ................................................................................................................................................................. 214 9.3 14.2 7.5

 Police and detectives ................................................................................................................................................ 118 11.3 10.5 6.0

 Guards ...................................................................................................................................................................... 55 11.8 24.9 5.3

 Firefighting and fire prevention ................................................................................................................................... 250 2.5 10.9 5.3

 Firefighting ................................................................................................................................................................ 228 2.3 11.8 3.9

 Police and detectives .................................................................................................................................................. 1,062 16.3 19.4 8.8

 Police and detectives, public service ........................................................................................................................ 602 11.5 15.2 10.0

 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ................................................................................................ 161 17.0 16.8 8.0

 Correctional institution officers ................................................................................................................................. 299 25.4 29.2 6.8

 Guards ........................................................................................................................................................................ 891 26.0 22.4 9.2

 Guards and police, except public services ............................................................................................................... 753 19.0 25.1 9.9

 Service occupations, except private household and protective service ....................................................................... 14,572 64.4 17.6 15.1

 Food preparation and service occupations ................................................................................................................. 6,071 56.5 11.8 17.0

 Supervisors, food preparation and service ............................................................................................................... 417 67.4 13.8 12.4

 Bartenders ................................................................................................................................................................ 324 54.6 4.3 6.7

 Waiters and waitresses ............................................................................................................................................ 1,379 78.3 5.4 11.3

See footnotes at end of table.

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11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

1998

Total

employed

Percent of total:

Women Black Hispanic

origin

 Cooks ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2,135 40.9 16.6 21.9

 Food counter, fountain and related occupations ...................................................................................................... 339 69.1 10.3 10.8

 Kitchen workers, food preparation ............................................................................................................................ 269 69.0 12.1 11.1

 Waiters’ and waitresses’ assistants .......................................................................................................................... 559 53.4 10.7 18.8

 Miscellaneous food preparation ................................................................................................................................ 650 46.8 14.0 25.6

 Health service occupations ......................................................................................................................................... 2,480 88.5 30.1 10.0

 Dental assistants ...................................................................................................................................................... 230 98.1 6.1 12.1

 Health aides, except nursing .................................................................................................................................... 337 78.9 24.4 9.3

 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants .................................................................................................................. 1,913 89.0 34.0 9.8

 Cleaning and building service occupations ................................................................................................................ 3,112 44.5 22.8 20.5

 Supervisors ............................................................................................................................................................... 165 39.1 21.6 17.7

 Maids and housemen ............................................................................................................................................... 653 82.8 26.7 25.0

 Janitors and cleaners ............................................................................................................................................... 2,233 34.8 21.7 19.6

 Pest control occupations .......................................................................................................................................... 57 4.1 22.1 12.0

 Personal service occupations ..................................................................................................................................... 2,909 81.5 13.5 9.8

 Supervisors ............................................................................................................................................................... 142 66.8 9.2 6.0

 Barbers ..................................................................................................................................................................... 66 18.5 39.4 11.8

 Hairdressers and cosmetologists ............................................................................................................................. 763 90.8 11.3 8.2

 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ...................................................................................................... 215 43.2 9.3 5.6

 Public transportation attendants ............................................................................................................................... 124 86.3 12.9 4.1

 Welfare service aides ............................................................................................................................................... 92 86.8 25.1 15.9

 Family child care providers ....................................................................................................................................... 486 97.1 11.2 10.7

 Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................................................................................................................ 453 95.9 16.0 11.8

Precision production, craft, and repair ............................................................................................................................ 14,411 8.3 8.0 12.4

 Mechanics and repairers .............................................................................................................................................. 4,786 4.0 7.9 10.4

 Supervisors ................................................................................................................................................................. 259 5.8 5.8 8.1

 Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors ............................................................................................................ 4,527 4.0 8.0 10.5

 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics and repairers ......................................................................................... 1,845 1.0 7.6 12.6

 Automobile mechanics ........................................................................................................................................... 877 .8 8.3 13.7

 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ......................................................................................................... 334 .6 9.2 9.5

 Aircraft engine mechanics ...................................................................................................................................... 153 3.7 8.6 11.7

 Small engine repairers ............................................................................................................................................ 64 1.3 3.1 10.5

 Automobile body and related repairers ................................................................................................................... 188 .8 6.1 17.1

 Heavy equipment mechanics ................................................................................................................................. 170 .2 4.7 10.5

 Industrial machinery repairers .................................................................................................................................. 562 2.1 8.0 8.8

 Electrical and electronic equipment repairers ........................................................................................................... 866 11.1 10.8 9.0

 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ............................................................................ 187 6.7 13.2 8.4

 Data processing equipment repairers ..................................................................................................................... 274 16.9 7.5 8.0

 Telephone installers and repairers ......................................................................................................................... 232 12.0 11.9 9.2

 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment repairers ................................................................................. 83 7.2 10.6 10.3

 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ............................................................................................. 323 1.5 5.8 9.0

 Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers .................................................................................................................. 916 5.0 7.2 9.2

 Office machine repairers ........................................................................................................................................ 62 2.1 7.6 7.0

 Millwrights ............................................................................................................................................................... 83 1.5 7.1 5.2

 Construction trades ...................................................................................................................................................... 5,594 2.0 7.1 14.0

 Supervisors ................................................................................................................................................................. 755 1.3 4.7 8.2

 Construction trades, except supervisors .................................................................................................................... 4,839 2.0 7.5 14.9

 Brickmasons and stonemasons ................................................................................................................................ 195 1.2 17.8 13.3

 Tile setters, hard and soft ......................................................................................................................................... 63 1.0 9.1 23.0

 Carpet installers ........................................................................................................................................................ 135 1.6 4.7 18.0

 Carpenters ................................................................................................................................................................ 1,346 1.2 5.3 13.7

 Drywall installers ....................................................................................................................................................... 180 2.2 4.7 22.2

 Electricians ............................................................................................................................................................... 806 1.9 6.9 7.9

 Electrical power installers and repairers ................................................................................................................... 141 .7 12.3 11.2

 Painters, construction and maintenance .................................................................................................................. 590 4.7 7.0 24.4

 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ..................................................................................................................... 531 .9 7.0 10.8

 Concrete and terrazzo finishers ................................................................................................................................ 83 .4 25.2 20.4

 Glaziers .................................................................................................................................................................... 54 4.4 4.2 11.0

 Insulation workers ..................................................................................................................................................... 55 6.4 8.7 27.5

 Roofers ..................................................................................................................................................................... 241 .8 9.7 22.1

 Structural metalworkers ............................................................................................................................................ 63 1.5 5.4 6.8

 Extractive occupations .................................................................................................................................................. 125 1.4 7.0 11.8

 Precision production occupations ................................................................................................................................. 3,907 23.0 9.5 12.7

 Supervisors ................................................................................................................................................................. 1,221 18.2 10.9 9.8

 Precision metalworking ............................................................................................................................................... 948 6.6 5.6 8.9

 Tool and die makers ................................................................................................................................................. 138 .2 1.9 4.5

 Machinists ................................................................................................................................................................. 535 5.7 6.2 8.6

 Sheet-metal workers ................................................................................................................................................. 127 4.1 5.9 8.0

 Precision woodworking occupations ........................................................................................................................... 130 9.9 6.8 15.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

1998

Total

employed

Percent of total:

Women Black Hispanic

origin

 Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..................................................................................................................... 89 5.5 3.8 13.6

 Precision textile, apparel, and furnishings machine workers ...................................................................................... 218 46.7 12.4 20.5

 Dressmakers ............................................................................................................................................................ 67 88.5 10.4 14.4

 Tailors ....................................................................................................................................................................... 50 33.1 15.6 18.8

 Upholsterers ............................................................................................................................................................. 71 21.8 10.7 24.9

 Precision workers, assorted materials ........................................................................................................................ 552 55.7 10.5 15.8

 Optical goods workers .............................................................................................................................................. 79 55.4 7.8 5.2

 Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .............................................................................................. 54 23.0 6.8 12.6

 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ...................................................................................................... 342 67.8 13.5 17.7

 Precision food production occupations ....................................................................................................................... 435 34.7 11.2 25.8

 Butchers and meat cutters ........................................................................................................................................ 234 20.5 12.2 32.0

 Bakers ...................................................................................................................................................................... 152 44.9 12.7 17.6

 Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers ..................................................................................................... 143 23.1 10.4 7.5

 Inspectors, testers, and graders ............................................................................................................................... 137 23.5 10.8 7.6

 Plant and system operators ........................................................................................................................................ 259 2.6 11.3 7.0

 Water and sewage treatment plant operators .......................................................................................................... 55 4.7 9.4 5.8

 Stationary engineers ................................................................................................................................................. 130 1.1 14.6 6.8

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ............................................................................................................................... 18,256 24.6 15.7 16.0

 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .......................................................................................................... 7,791 37.3 15.4 17.2

 Machine operators and tenders, except precision ...................................................................................................... 4,931 37.5 16.0 18.5

 Metalworking and plastic working machine operators .............................................................................................. 409 17.4 10.3 11.7

 Lathe and turning machine operators ..................................................................................................................... 51 17.0 5.1 11.7

 Punching and stamping press machine operators ................................................................................................. 107 31.1 10.2 9.8

 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators ............................................................................... 128 10.1 8.6 17.9

 Metal and plastic processing machine operators ..................................................................................................... 164 21.5 11.4 10.7

 Molding and casting machine operators ................................................................................................................. 106 26.4 10.4 7.6

 Woodworking machine operators ............................................................................................................................. 149 16.1 14.6 13.2

 Sawing machine operators ..................................................................................................................................... 90 12.6 15.8 11.3

 Printing machine operators ....................................................................................................................................... 395 26.8 9.5 12.8

 Printing press operators ......................................................................................................................................... 298 19.4 10.9 14.1

 Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine operators ................................................................................................ 954 72.1 19.4 25.1

 Winding and twisting machine operators ................................................................................................................ 53 71.0 30.7 3.7

 Textile sewing machine operators .......................................................................................................................... 511 82.1 16.4 30.2

 Pressing machine operators ................................................................................................................................... 91 81.0 27.8 35.2

 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ................................................................................................... 199 52.8 19.1 21.9

 Machine operators, assorted materials .................................................................................................................... 2,840 32.2 16.9 18.9

 Packaging and filling machine operators ................................................................................................................ 401 60.3 19.9 30.8

 Mixing and blending machine operators ................................................................................................................. 124 9.5 23.1 19.1

 Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators ........................................................................................... 55 10.4 20.5 10.8

 Painting and paint spraying machine operators ..................................................................................................... 212 13.6 12.5 20.4

 Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ..................................................................................................... 83 3.5 9.6 12.1

 Slicing and cutting machine operators .................................................................................................................... 184 24.4 11.9 24.2

 Photographic process machine operators .............................................................................................................. 102 59.2 12.0 10.0

 Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations ......................................................................................... 2,090 33.1 14.3 14.5

 Welders and cutters ................................................................................................................................................ 588 5.1 7.6 14.0

 Assemblers ............................................................................................................................................................. 1,319 43.1 17.9 15.1

 Miscellaneous hand working occupations .............................................................................................................. 85 64.1 5.1 5.5

 Production inspectors, testers, samplers, and weighers .......................................................................................... 770 48.0 14.8 16.3

 Production inspectors, checkers, and examiners ................................................................................................... 522 49.5 12.9 13.6

 Production testers ................................................................................................................................................... 56 22.0 10.0 8.6

 Graders and sorters, except agricultural ................................................................................................................ 185 51.9 21.6 25.9

 Transportation and material moving occupations ......................................................................................................... 5,363 10.2 16.3 11.9

 Motor vehicle operators .............................................................................................................................................. 4,069 11.5 16.2 12.0

 Supervisors ............................................................................................................................................................... 88 24.4 15.9 5.2

 Truck drivers ............................................................................................................................................................. 3,012 5.3 14.9 12.0

 Drivers-sales workers ............................................................................................................................................... 159 9.4 10.8 9.7

 Bus drivers ................................................................................................................................................................ 471 50.4 20.3 11.2

 Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................................................................................................................ 273 10.5 26.5 15.0

 Parking lot attendants ............................................................................................................................................... 62 10.8 22.2 23.8

 Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles ................................................................................................... 167 4.1 17.3 3.8

 Rail transportation .................................................................................................................................................... 104 5.1 21.3 3.0

 Railroad conductors and yardmasters .................................................................................................................... 50 2.7 15.6 4.2

 Water transportation ................................................................................................................................................. 63 2.6 10.6 5.0

 Material moving equipment operators ........................................................................................................................ 1,127 6.2 16.2 12.8

 Operating engineers ................................................................................................................................................. 245 2.2 7.4 6.8

 Crane and tower operators ....................................................................................................................................... 67 6.3 19.3 4.6

 Excavating and loading machine operators .............................................................................................................. 104 .4 4.8 7.9

 Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ...................................................................................................................... 75 2.7 10.6 4.2

See footnotes at end of table.

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

1998

Total

employed

Percent of total:

Women Black Hispanic

origin

 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...................................................................................................... 534 8.9 22.7 18.3

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .................................................................................................. 5,102 20.3 15.6 18.4

 Helpers, construction and extractive occupations ...................................................................................................... 126 3.5 6.9 32.4

 Helpers, construction trades ..................................................................................................................................... 122 3.6 6.3 33.3

 Construction laborers ................................................................................................................................................. 821 4.5 11.8 23.5

 Production helpers ...................................................................................................................................................... 54 25.0 12.7 29.3

 Freight, stock, and material handlers ......................................................................................................................... 1,988 23.7 17.4 14.3

 Stock handlers and baggers ..................................................................................................................................... 1,183 29.7 13.1 14.4

 Machine feeders and offbearers ............................................................................................................................... 77 39.2 23.3 10.7

 Garage and service station related occupations ........................................................................................................ 180 4.1 10.8 10.7

 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .................................................................................................................. 297 9.8 19.5 27.2

 Hand packers and packagers ..................................................................................................................................... 290 63.6 13.1 25.6

 Laborers, except construction .................................................................................................................................... 1,298 21.8 16.6 16.6

Farming, forestry, and fishing ......................................................................................................................................... 3,502 19.1 4.9 22.6

 Farm operators and managers ..................................................................................................................................... 1,187 23.1 1.3 2.4

 Farmers, except horticultural ...................................................................................................................................... 935 25.1 .7 .8

 Horticultural specialty farmers .................................................................................................................................... 69 7.8 8.5 17.9

 Managers, farms, except horticultural ........................................................................................................................ 170 18.9 2.2 5.1

 Other agricultural and related occupations ................................................................................................................... 2,171 17.7 6.8 34.8

 Farm occupations, except managerial ........................................................................................................................ 903 17.9 4.2 44.3

 Farm workers ............................................................................................................................................................ 835 17.2 4.2 44.9

 Related agricultural occupations ................................................................................................................................ 1,268 17.6 8.6 28.0

 Supervisors ............................................................................................................................................................... 142 9.6 1.6 22.9

 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .......................................................................................................... 924 7.2 10.7 29.2

 Animal caretakers, except farm ................................................................................................................................ 130 69.4 3.1 6.6

 Graders and sorters, agricultural products ............................................................................................................... 69 74.9 5.6 64.2

 Forestry and logging occupations ................................................................................................................................. 91 6.7 8.1 6.9

 Timber cutting and logging occupations ................................................................................................................... 60 3.0 11.3 2.5

 Fishers, hunters, and trappers ...................................................................................................................................... 53 4.6 3.6 3.9

NOTE: Generally, data for occupations with fewer than 50,000 employed are

not published separately but are included in the totals for the appropriate

categories shown. Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite

estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household

survey.

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