HOUSEHOLD DATA
   ANNUAL AVERAGES
   
   23.  Persons at work in nonfarm occupations by sex and usual full- or part-time status

   (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                 2002                                     
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                               Worked 1 to 34 hours                       Average hours   
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                     Occupation and sex                                                    For noneconomic                                
                                                             Total                             reasons         Worked             Persons 
                                                               at                 For                         35 hours   Total      who   
                                                              work     Total    economic                      or more      at     usually 
                                                                                reasons   Usually   Usually               work      work  
                                                                                            work      work                       full time
                                                                                            full      part                                
                                                                                            time      time                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                          
       Total, 16 years and over1..........................  127,766    30,250     4,018     7,900    18,332    97,516     39.1      42.8  
                                                                                                                                          
     Managerial and professional specialty................   40,492     7,393       587     2,733     4,074    33,099     41.5      44.2  
       Executive, administrative, and managerial..........   19,884     2,835       230     1,269     1,337    17,049     43.2      45.0  
       Professional specialty.............................   20,608     4,558       357     1,464     2,737    16,049     39.9      43.3  
     Technical, sales, and administrative support.........   37,536    10,287       992     2,354     6,941    27,249     37.5      42.0  
       Technicians and related support....................    4,340       941        64       316       560     3,400     38.9      41.7  
       Sales occupations..................................   15,702     4,486       545       750     3,192    11,216     38.5      44.1  
       Administrative support, including clerical.........   17,493     4,860       383     1,288     3,188    12,633     36.3      40.2  
     Service occupations..................................   18,466     7,146     1,105       935     5,106    11,319     34.6      41.6  
       Private household..................................      713       406        68        33       305       308     28.8      41.1  
       Protective service.................................    2,478       395        50       146       199     2,083     42.4      44.7  
       Service, except private household and protective...   15,274     6,345       987       756     4,602     8,929     33.7      41.0  
     Precision production, craft, and repair..............   14,179     2,004       540       918       545    12,175     41.4      42.5  
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers.................   17,094     3,420       794       960     1,666    13,674     39.9      42.5  
       Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors......    6,285       908       236       362       310     5,377     40.4      41.7  
       Transportation and material moving occupations.....    5,582     1,000       205       293       502     4,582     42.4      45.1  
       Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers    5,226     1,511       353       304       854     3,715     36.5      40.8  
                                                                                                                                          
       Men, 16 years and over1............................   67,923    11,313     2,032     3,776     5,504    56,610     41.8      44.2  
                                                                                                                                          
     Managerial and professional specialty................   20,317     2,530       291     1,172     1,066    17,787     44.4      46.0  
       Executive, administrative, and managerial..........   10,799     1,100       129       575       395     9,700     45.7      46.8  
       Professional specialty.............................    9,517     1,431       162       597       672     8,087     42.9      45.1  
     Technical, sales, and administrative support.........   13,865     2,493       291       705     1,498    11,372     41.4      44.4  
       Technicians and related support....................    1,998       294        27       148       118     1,704     41.2      42.7  
       Sales occupations..................................    8,072     1,442       176       325       940     6,630     42.6      46.0  
       Administrative support, including clerical.........    3,795       758        87       231       440     3,037     39.0      41.9  
     Service occupations..................................    7,456     2,165       387       348     1,430     5,291     37.6      43.0  
       Private household..................................       39        16         3         2        12        22     32.9     ( 2 )  
       Protective service.................................    1,990       265        34       108       123     1,725     43.6      45.5  
       Service, except private household and protective...    5,427     1,884       350       238     1,296     3,543     35.4      41.8  
     Precision production, craft, and repair..............   13,032     1,749       497       840       413    11,283     41.7      42.6  
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers.................   13,252     2,375       566       712     1,097    10,877     40.8      43.1  
       Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors......    4,087       473       124       218       132     3,614     41.4      42.4  
       Transportation and material moving occupations.....    5,018       778       172       258       349     4,240     43.3      45.3  
       Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers    4,147     1,124       271       236       617     3,023     37.1      41.0  
                                                                                                                                          
       Women, 16 years and over1..........................   59,843    18,937     1,986     4,124    12,828    40,906     36.1      41.0  
                                                                                                                                          
     Managerial and professional specialty................   20,175     4,863       295     1,561     3,007    15,312     38.6      42.1  
       Executive, administrative, and managerial..........    9,085     1,736       100       693       942     7,349     40.3      42.7  
       Professional specialty.............................   11,090     3,128       195       867     2,065     7,962     37.2      41.6  
     Technical, sales, and administrative support.........   23,670     7,793       701     1,649     5,443    15,877     35.3      40.3  
       Technicians and related support....................    2,343       647        37       168       443     1,696     37.0      40.7  
       Sales occupations..................................    7,630     3,045       368       425     2,252     4,585     34.3      41.4  
       Administrative support, including clerical.........   13,698     4,102       296     1,057     2,749     9,596     35.5      39.7  
     Service occupations..................................   11,010     4,981       718       587     3,676     6,029     32.6      40.5  
       Private household..................................      675       389        65        31       294       285     28.6      41.0  
       Protective service.................................      488       130        16        38        76       357     37.2      41.2  
       Service, except private household and protective...    9,847     4,461       637       518     3,306     5,386     32.7      40.4  
     Precision production, craft, and repair..............    1,147       255        43        79       133       892     38.4      41.0  
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers.................    3,842     1,044       228       248       569     2,797     36.8      40.2  
       Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors......    2,198       435       112       145       178     1,763     38.4      40.3  
       Transportation and material moving occupations.....      564       222        34        35       153       342     35.1      41.6  
       Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers    1,079       387        82        68       237       692     34.4      39.5  

     1 Excludes farming, forestry, and fishing occupations.
     2 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000.













































































































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