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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2006 annual averages

(Numbers in thousands)

 Total, 16 years and over................................................................................................ 144,427 46.3

Management, professional, and related occupations.......................................................................... 50,420 50.6

Management, business, and financial operations occupations........................................................ 21,233 41.9

Management occupations............................................................................................................. 15,249 36.7

Chief executives......................................................................................................................... 1,689 23.4

General and operations managers............................................................................................ 998 29.1

Advertising and promotions managers...................................................................................... 75 52.5

Marketing and sales managers.................................................................................................. 888 40.2

Administrative services managers............................................................................................. 87 24.4

Computer and information systems managers.......................................................................... 401 27.2

Financial managers.................................................................................................................... 1,083 55.0

Human resources managers...................................................................................................... 280 65.8

Industrial production managers.................................................................................................. 298 16.4

Purchasing managers................................................................................................................ 165 40.7

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers.................................................................. 249 14.6

Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers........................................................................... 242 21.8

Farmers and ranchers................................................................................................................ 784 25.0

Construction managers.............................................................................................................. 1,010 7.8

Education administrators........................................................................................................... 796 63.9

Engineering managers............................................................................................................... 103 7.3

Food service managers............................................................................................................. 900 43.2

Lodging managers..................................................................................................................... 174 51.0

Medical and health services managers...................................................................................... 511 68.3

Property, real estate, and community association managers.................................................... 618 51.3

Social and community service managers.................................................................................. 315 66.0

Business and financial operations occupations............................................................................ 5,983 55.0

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products................................................................... 222 55.8

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products............................................... 290 51.1

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators...................................................... 283 58.2

Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation... 149 54.0

Cost estimators.......................................................................................................................... 114 12.7

Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........................................................ 765 71.5

Management analysts................................................................................................................ 572 42.2

Accountants and auditors.......................................................................................................... 1,779 60.2

Appraisers and assessors of real estate.................................................................................... 134 35.7

Budget analysts......................................................................................................................... 52 55.7

Financial analysts...................................................................................................................... 103 38.4

Personal financial advisors........................................................................................................ 389 34.4

Insurance underwriters.............................................................................................................. 92 69.2

Loan counselors and officers..................................................................................................... 468 52.7

Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents........................................................................ 67 56.7

Tax preparers............................................................................................................................. 98 59.6

Professional and related occupations............................................................................................... 29,187 56.9

Computer and mathematical occupations..................................................................................... 3,209 26.7

Computer scientists and systems analysts................................................................................ 715 31.9

Computer programmers............................................................................................................. 562 25.3

Computer software engineers.................................................................................................... 846 21.8

Computer support specialists..................................................................................................... 314 28.9

Database administrators............................................................................................................ 90 37.0

Network and computer systems administrators......................................................................... 180 16.6

 See note at end of table.

Occupation Total

employed

Percent

women

28
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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2006 annual averages—Continued 

(Numbers in thousands)

Network systems and data communications analysts............................................................... 356 25.5

Operations research analysts.................................................................................................... 85 40.3

Architecture and engineering occupations.................................................................................... 2,830 14.5

Architects, except naval............................................................................................................. 221 22.2

Aerospace engineers................................................................................................................. 110 13.1

Chemical engineers................................................................................................................... 70 17.1

Civil engineers........................................................................................................................... 304 11.9

Computer hardware engineers.................................................................................................. 80 16.2

Electrical and electronics engineers.......................................................................................... 382 7.7

Industrial engineers, including health and safety....................................................................... 174 22.6

Mechanical engineers................................................................................................................ 322 5.8

Drafters...................................................................................................................................... 181 21.8

Engineering technicians, except drafters................................................................................... 396 20.6

Surveying and mapping technicians.......................................................................................... 96 9.9

Life, physical, and social science occupations.............................................................................. 1,434 43.3

Biological scientists.................................................................................................................... 116 46.6

Medical scientists....................................................................................................................... 164 45.4

Chemists and materials scientists.............................................................................................. 116 34.1

Environmental scientists and geoscientists............................................................................... 101 22.0

Market and survey researchers................................................................................................. 129 61.3

Psychologists............................................................................................................................. 189 67.7

Chemical technicians................................................................................................................. 76 35.9

Community and social services occupations................................................................................. 2,156 61.6

Counselors................................................................................................................................. 614 66.8

Social workers............................................................................................................................ 698 82.6

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists........................................................... 293 70.5

Clergy......................................................................................................................................... 416 12.8

Legal occupations......................................................................................................................... 1,637 51.7

Lawyers...................................................................................................................................... 965 32.6

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers........................................................................ 66 35.5

Paralegals and legal assistants................................................................................................. 345 89.1

Miscellaneous legal support workers......................................................................................... 261 76.8

Education, training, and library occupations.................................................................................. 8,126 74.2

Postsecondary teachers............................................................................................................ 1,194 46.3

Preschool and kindergarten teachers........................................................................................ 690 97.7

Elementary and middle school teachers.................................................................................... 2,701 82.2

Secondary school teachers........................................................................................................ 1,098 56.0

Special education teachers........................................................................................................ 401 83.5

Other teachers and instructors................................................................................................... 705 64.9

Librarians................................................................................................................................... 229 84.2

Teacher assistants..................................................................................................................... 942 92.3

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations........................................................ 2,735 48.8

Artists and related workers........................................................................................................ 223 52.4

Designers................................................................................................................................... 821 55.5

Producers and directors............................................................................................................. 134 40.0

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers...................................................................... 270 36.9

Musicians, singers, and related workers.................................................................................... 203 33.5

Announcers................................................................................................................................ 62 30.8

News analysts, reporters and correspondents........................................................................... 78 53.4

Public relations specialists......................................................................................................... 141 64.6

Editors........................................................................................................................................ 157 53.7

 See note at end of table.

Occupation Total

employed

Percent

women

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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2006 annual averages—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Technical writers........................................................................................................................ 60 49.5

Writers and authors.................................................................................................................... 174 58.5

Miscellaneous media and communication workers.................................................................... 67 69.3

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators.......................................... 89 15.6

Photographers........................................................................................................................... 127 43.3

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations........................................................................ 7,060 73.4

Chiropractors............................................................................................................................. 69 23.1

Dentists...................................................................................................................................... 196 22.6

Dietitians and nutritionists.......................................................................................................... 96 91.0

Pharmacists............................................................................................................................... 245 48.9

Physicians and surgeons........................................................................................................... 863 32.2

Physician assistants................................................................................................................... 85 71.7

Registered nurses...................................................................................................................... 2,529 91.3

Occupational therapists............................................................................................................. 78 90.3

Physical therapists..................................................................................................................... 198 62.7

Respiratory therapists................................................................................................................ 85 66.0

Speech-language pathologists................................................................................................... 114 95.3

Veterinarians.............................................................................................................................. 67 50.4

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians...................................................................... 321 78.1

Dental hygienists........................................................................................................................ 144 98.6

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians...................................................................... 281 72.9

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................................................................... 156 31.9

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians............................................... 425 80.1

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.................................................................... 556 94.2

Medical records and health information technicians.................................................................. 98 92.0

Service occupations............................................................................................................................. 23,811 57.3

Healthcare support occupations....................................................................................................... 3,132 89.4

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides............................................................................. 1,906 88.9

Physical therapist assistants and aides..................................................................................... 61 78.4

Massage therapists.................................................................................................................... 124 84.1

Dental assistants........................................................................................................................ 274 95.4

Protective service occupations......................................................................................................... 2,939 22.3

First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives.......................................................... 103 15.5

Fire fighters................................................................................................................................ 253 3.5

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers..................................................................................... 451 28.2

Detectives and criminal investigators......................................................................................... 144 26.0

Police and sheriff's patrol officers.............................................................................................. 655 12.8

Private detectives and investigators.......................................................................................... 85 38.2

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers...................................................................... 835 23.0

Food preparation and serving related occupations.......................................................................... 7,606 56.6

Chefs and head cooks............................................................................................................... 313 23.9

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers................................ 652 58.7

Cooks......................................................................................................................................... 1,868 43.4

Food preparation workers.......................................................................................................... 698 59.2

Bartenders................................................................................................................................. 389 55.0

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food....................................... 344 67.6

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop............................................. 308 66.2

Waiters and waitresses.............................................................................................................. 1,960 71.5

Food servers, nonrestaurant...................................................................................................... 155 65.3

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers.................................................... 380 48.5

 See note at end of table.

Occupation Total

employed

Percent

women

30
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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2006 annual averages—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Dishwashers.............................................................................................................................. 279 23.9

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop....................................................... 257 86.4

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations......................................................... 5,381 40.0

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers.............................. 305 32.6

First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers... 235 8.0

Janitors and building cleaners................................................................................................... 2,082 32.2

Maids and housekeeping cleaners............................................................................................ 1,423 90.3

Pest control workers.................................................................................................................. 78 2.2

Grounds maintenance workers.................................................................................................. 1,259 6.2

Personal care and service occupations............................................................................................ 4,754 78.7

First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers.................................................................. 124 43.7

First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers.................................................... 176 66.7

Nonfarm animal caretakers........................................................................................................ 137 72.1

Gaming services workers........................................................................................................... 106 48.1

Barbers...................................................................................................................................... 100 17.7

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists........................................................................... 767 93.4

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers............................................................................ 230 83.0

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges............................................................................... 78 20.6

Transportation attendants.......................................................................................................... 134 74.2

Child care workers..................................................................................................................... 1,401 94.2

Personal and home care aides.................................................................................................. 703 87.3

Recreation and fitness workers.................................................................................................. 322 68.7

Residential advisors................................................................................................................... 62 69.0

Sales and office occupations............................................................................................................... 36,141 63.3

Sales and related occupations......................................................................................................... 16,641 49.1

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers............................................................. 3,435 41.8

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers...................................................... 1,433 27.2

Cashiers..................................................................................................................................... 3,063 74.8

Counter and rental clerks........................................................................................................... 146 51.7

Parts salespersons.................................................................................................................... 149 16.3

Retail salespersons.................................................................................................................... 3,386 51.4

Advertising sales agents............................................................................................................ 220 53.9

Insurance sales agents.............................................................................................................. 548 45.3

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents................................................... 398 29.3

Travel agents............................................................................................................................. 82 77.3

Sales representatives, services, all other.................................................................................. 563 32.8

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................................................................ 1,422 27.2

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters........................................................................ 75 84.2

Real estate brokers and sales agents........................................................................................ 1,046 59.9

Telemarketers............................................................................................................................ 142 65.3

Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers............................. 261 62.4

Office and administrative support occupations................................................................................. 19,500 75.4

First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative supportworkers........................... 1,543 72.2

Bill and account collectors......................................................................................................... 213 62.2

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators...................................................................... 422 88.1

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks........................................................................... 1,511 90.3

Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................................................................................. 158 92.4

Tellers........................................................................................................................................ 432 84.8

Court, municipal, and license clerks.......................................................................................... 114 80.7

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.................................................................................... 56 77.3

 See note at end of table.

Occupation Total

employed

Percent

women

3

First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
32

Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2006 annual averages—Continued 

(Numbers in thousands)

Customer service representatives............................................................................................. 1,916 70.4

Eligibility interviewers, government programs............................................................................ 61 86.3

File clerks................................................................................................................................... 363 79.2

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks........................................................................................... 117 63.7

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan...................................................................................... 141 82.1

Library assistants, clerical.......................................................................................................... 119 87.9

Loan interviewers and clerks..................................................................................................... 190 76.7

Order clerks............................................................................................................................... 128 69.4

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping.................................................. 56 91.9

Receptionists and information clerks......................................................................................... 1,403 92.7

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks................................................. 156 64.8

Couriers and messengers.......................................................................................................... 273 17.9

Dispatchers................................................................................................................................ 303 53.4

Postal service clerks.................................................................................................................. 153 49.5

Postal service mail carriers........................................................................................................ 329 35.7

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators............................ 98 47.5

Production, planning, and expediting clerks.............................................................................. 296 56.8

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................................................................................ 543 30.1

Stock clerks and order fillers...................................................................................................... 1,462 39.1

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping................................................ 81 50.4

Secretaries and administrative assistants.................................................................................. 3,455 96.9

Computer operators................................................................................................................... 185 49.6

Data entry keyers....................................................................................................................... 475 81.6

Word processors and typists...................................................................................................... 256 91.2

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks.......................................................................... 274 87.6

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service................................................. 123 54.2

Office clerks, general................................................................................................................. 1,035 81.9

Office machine operators, except computer.............................................................................. 52 57.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations......................................................... 15,830 4.7

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations....................................................................................... 961 22.0

Graders and sorters, agricultural products................................................................................. 68 64.9

Logging workers......................................................................................................................... 78 .2

Construction and extraction occupations.......................................................................................... 9,507 3.1

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers........................ 976 2.6

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons......................................................................... 244 1.6

Carpenters................................................................................................................................. 1,843 2.4

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers............................................................................. 279 2.4

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers....................................................... 107 .7

Construction laborers................................................................................................................. 1,693 3.7

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators............................................ 451 1.7

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers.................................................................... 295 2.9

Electricians................................................................................................................................. 882 1.9

Painters, construction and maintenance.................................................................................... 713 7.7

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters.................................................................... 662 1.8

Roofers...................................................................................................................................... 242 1.1

Sheet metal workers.................................................................................................................. 125 3.1

Structural iron and steel workers............................................................................................... 59 2.2

Helpers, construction trades...................................................................................................... 132 6.2

Construction and building inspectors......................................................................................... 102 8.8

Highway maintenance workers.................................................................................................. 103 3.8

 See note at end of table.

Occupation Total

employed

Percent

women

32
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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2006 annual averages—Continued 

(Numbers in thousands)

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........................................................................... 5,362 4.6

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers................................... 357 8.5

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers........................................................ 371 9.7

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers........................................... 205 15.2

Security and fire alarm systems installers.................................................................................. 69 2.4

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians............................................................................... 141 5.3

Automotive body and related repairers...................................................................................... 162 .6

Automotive service technicians and mechanics........................................................................ 875 1.6

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............................................................ 367 .9

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics................................ 237 1.4

Small engine mechanics............................................................................................................ 61 3.4

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers........................................ 405 2.7

Home appliance repairers.......................................................................................................... 56 1.5

Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics......................................................................... 436 3.8

Maintenance and repair workers, general.................................................................................. 435 4.0

Millwrights.................................................................................................................................. 67 2.9

Electrical power-line installers and repairers............................................................................. 109 .9

Telecommunications line installers and repairers...................................................................... 210 8.6

Precision instrument and equipment repairers.......................................................................... 73 13.9

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers............................................. 62 14.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations............................................................. 18,224 22.8

Production occupations.................................................................................................................... 9,378 30.4

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers...................................... 868 19.4

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers........................................................ 213 51.7

Bakers........................................................................................................................................ 186 57.9

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers................................................ 292 29.9

Food batchmakers..................................................................................................................... 81 58.6

Computer control programmers and operators.......................................................................... 54 8.2

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........ 119 17.9

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal 

 and plastic................................................................................................................................ 62 5.6

Machinists.................................................................................................................................. 415 6.7

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 70 17.1

Tool and die makers.................................................................................................................. 105 .9

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers................................................................................... 546 5.9

Printing machine operators........................................................................................................ 208 22.2

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers............................................................................................. 190 62.4

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials....................................................................... 63 70.8

Sewing machine operators........................................................................................................ 292 77.9

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers............................................................................................. 111 74.7

Upholsterers............................................................................................................................... 54 14.0

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters....................................................................................... 113 4.4

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............................................................ 58 10.5

Stationary engineers and boiler operators................................................................................. 94 2.3

Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators.................................................. 95 4.0

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders................................................. 57 13.0

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers..................................................... 105 11.2

Cutting workers.......................................................................................................................... 78 24.8

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers................................................................. 702 38.8

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians............................................................ 95 50.8

 See note at end of table.

Occupation Total

employed

Percent

women

33
34

Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2006 annual averages—Continued 

(Numbers in thousands)

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............................................................... 275 55.5

Painting workers........................................................................................................................ 173 16.6

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators.......................................... 62 51.8

Helpers--production workers...................................................................................................... 53 25.2

Transportation and material moving occupations............................................................................. 8,846 14.8

Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers......................................................... 228 16.7

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................................................................................. 115 2.2

Bus drivers................................................................................................................................. 565 49.6

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers....................................................................................... 3,475 5.2

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs........................................................................................................ 282 16.0

Railroad conductors and yardmasters....................................................................................... 50 6.5

Parking lot attendants................................................................................................................ 65 19.5

Service station attendants.......................................................................................................... 96 9.8

Crane and tower operators........................................................................................................ 54 1.5

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................................................................. 63 1.5

Industrial truck and tractor operators......................................................................................... 574 7.2

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.......................................................................................... 401 15.0

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand............................................................ 1,899 16.9

Packers and packagers, hand................................................................................................... 432 57.5

Refuse and recyclable material collectors................................................................................. 91 6.1

Occupation Total

employed

Percent

women

NOTE: Generally, data for occupations with fewer than

50,000 employed as well as certain other occupations are not

published separately but are included in the totals

for the appropriate categories shown. Therefore, detailed 

occupations may not always sum to the broader categories.

SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department

of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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