HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

[In thousands]

Occupation

Total Men Women

16 years

and over

16 years

and over

20 years

and over

16 years

and over

20 years

and over

2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,291 161,037 84,203 85,500 81,409 82,698 74,089 75,537 71,283 72,692

Management, professional, and related

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,099 70,275 33,016 33,856 32,814 33,663 35,083 36,419 34,787 36,123

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,350 30,544 16,188 16,574 16,128 16,518 13,162 13,971 13,094 13,914

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,199 20,906 12,026 12,139 11,986 12,104 8,172 8,767 8,127 8,729

Business and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,152 9,638 4,162 4,435 4,142 4,414 4,990 5,204 4,966 5,185

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . 38,749 39,731 16,828 17,282 16,687 17,145 21,921 22,449 21,693 22,209

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . 6,171 6,502 4,521 4,754 4,500 4,729 1,650 1,748 1,640 1,738

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . 3,464 3,602 2,905 3,001 2,891 2,987 559 602 555 597

Life, physical, and social science

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,840 1,870 953 939 945 934 887 932 882 927

Community and social service occupations. . . . 2,945 2,879 967 874 957 863 1,978 2,004 1,968 1,990

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,861 1,897 882 910 881 909 979 988 978 986

Education, training, and library occupations. . . 9,220 9,403 2,461 2,560 2,437 2,528 6,758 6,842 6,655 6,732

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,441 3,478 1,761 1,808 1,710 1,769 1,680 1,670 1,627 1,615

Healthcare practitioners and technical

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,808 10,099 2,379 2,437 2,366 2,426 7,429 7,663 7,389 7,625

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,438 26,171 10,935 11,206 9,899 10,134 14,503 14,965 13,227 13,640

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,930 5,123 757 806 740 783 4,173 4,317 4,080 4,204

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,057 3,105 2,346 2,357 2,283 2,306 711 748 659 697

Food preparation and serving related

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,907 8,189 3,690 3,775 2,953 3,021 4,218 4,414 3,343 3,515

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,576 5,534 3,235 3,206 3,110 3,063 2,341 2,328 2,281 2,269

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . 3,968 4,220 907 1,062 812 961 3,061 3,158 2,865 2,955

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,412 30,279 11,764 11,942 11,176 11,355 18,649 18,337 17,654 17,386

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,316 14,325 7,237 7,352 6,847 6,955 7,079 6,972 6,392 6,334

Office and administrative support occupations. . . 16,096 15,954 4,527 4,590 4,329 4,400 11,570 11,364 11,263 11,051

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,260 14,326 13,442 13,492 13,090 13,111 818 834 783 785

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . 980 987 723 720 666 658 257 267 238 242

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . 8,427 8,457 8,070 8,093 7,875 7,881 357 364 350 350

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,853 4,881 4,649 4,679 4,548 4,571 204 203 195 193

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,082 19,986 15,046 15,004 14,430 14,435 5,036 4,982 4,832 4,758

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,256 8,280 5,797 5,800 5,635 5,675 2,459 2,479 2,387 2,405

Transportation and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,826 11,706 9,249 9,203 8,796 8,760 2,578 2,503 2,444 2,353

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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