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

2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151,436 153,337 119,313 120,176 17,982 18,587 9,213 9,448

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,568 81,402 64,612 65,000 8,471 8,742 4,915 4,989

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,868 71,936 54,701 55,176 9,511 9,845 4,298 4,458

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . 59,438 60,901 47,729 48,748 5,421 5,719 4,820 4,915

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,941 25,379 20,664 21,065 2,036 2,075 1,650 1,623

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,418 17,804 14,645 14,953 1,303 1,361 1,067 1,058

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . 7,523 7,574 6,019 6,112 733 714 583 565

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,498 35,522 27,066 27,683 3,385 3,644 3,169 3,292

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,601 4,804 3,122 3,258 362 416 978 998

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,106 3,224 2,499 2,556 175 182 359 409

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . 1,367 1,431 1,032 1,093 88 81 219 226

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 2,612 2,635 1,944 1,925 486 524 90 101

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,808 1,827 1,590 1,582 114 126 73 78

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 8,948 9,215 7,405 7,553 896 987 425 449

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,097 3,246 2,632 2,722 204 237 170 173

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . 8,960 9,141 6,842 6,994 1,060 1,091 856 857

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,811 26,751 19,643 19,428 4,510 4,502 1,485 1,585

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,554 3,506 2,252 2,301 971 879 196 183

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,117 3,113 2,296 2,261 594 638 88 90

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . 8,542 8,305 6,470 6,179 1,175 1,155 495 511

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,804 5,888 4,542 4,560 847 875 167 193

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,795 5,939 4,084 4,127 923 955 539 607

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,539 33,566 26,411 26,357 4,230 4,348 1,740 1,688

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,848 15,815 12,675 12,640 1,742 1,756 901 883

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 17,691 17,751 13,736 13,717 2,488 2,593 839 805

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,904 14,193 12,097 12,340 1,018 1,042 310 313

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,096 1,184 990 1,058 53 58 19 20

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,929 8,031 6,989 7,050 535 554 134 130

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . 4,879 4,977 4,118 4,232 429 430 156 162

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,743 17,927 13,433 13,304 2,803 2,976 858 947

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,459 8,482 6,577 6,514 1,092 1,132 501 523

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . 9,284 9,445 6,855 6,790 1,711 1,844 357 424

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture

Wage and salary workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,583 1,640 1,463 1,487 59 67 19 26

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853 790 824 758 6 7 9 9

Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 24 23 22 1 1 0 0

Nonagricultural industries

Wage and salary workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,161 142,096 109,572 110,580 17,268 17,784 8,697 8,942

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,630 20,835 15,851 15,946 3,089 3,200 947 968

Private industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,530 121,260 93,720 94,635 14,179 14,583 7,751 7,974

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724 657 609 545 55 67 30 23

Other industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,807 120,603 93,111 94,090 14,124 14,516 7,721 7,951

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,751 8,736 7,375 7,282 646 727 483 468

Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 52 57 47 2 2 4 2

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS2

Full-time workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,761 125,967 97,211 98,441 14,870 15,434 7,787 8,034

Part-time workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,675 27,370 22,102 21,735 3,112 3,153 1,426 1,414

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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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