HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race 

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total White Black or African

American Asian 

2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006

SEX

Total, 16 years and over ..................................................................... 141,730 144,427 116,949 118,833 15,313 15,765 6,244 6,522

 Men ................................................................................................... 75,973 77,502 63,763 64,883 7,155 7,354 3,359 3,511

 Women ............................................................................................. 65,757 66,925 53,186 53,950 8,158 8,410 2,885 3,011

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations ......................... 49,245 50,420 41,475 42,177 3,985 4,252 2,898 3,088

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ........ 20,450 21,233 17,668 18,298 1,451 1,547 983 1,029

 Management occupations .............................................................. 14,685 15,249 12,945 13,387 888 950 611 657

 Business and financial operations occupations .............................. 5,765 5,983 4,723 4,912 564 597 372 372

 Professional and related occupations ............................................... 28,795 29,187 23,807 23,879 2,533 2,704 1,915 2,058

 Computer and mathematical occupations ...................................... 3,246 3,209 2,481 2,392 224 233 479 519

 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................... 2,793 2,830 2,327 2,368 143 158 277 273

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............................... 1,406 1,434 1,171 1,146 71 81 142 174

 Community and social services occupations .................................. 2,138 2,156 1,654 1,631 365 402 60 71

 Legal occupations ........................................................................... 1,614 1,637 1,451 1,455 96 107 41 45

 Education, training, and library occupations ................................... 8,114 8,126 6,866 6,900 804 795 302 284

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .......... 2,736 2,735 2,402 2,370 160 183 117 115

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ......................... 6,748 7,060 5,455 5,617 670 746 496 578

Service occupations ........................................................................... 23,133 23,811 17,817 18,310 3,656 3,797 983 1,028

 Healthcare support occupations ....................................................... 3,092 3,132 2,121 2,137 766 774 127 128

 Protective service occupations ......................................................... 2,894 2,939 2,195 2,239 560 578 46 51

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .......................... 7,374 7,606 5,888 6,071 857 892 397 406

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ......... 5,241 5,381 4,130 4,264 828 840 142 139

 Personal care and service occupations ............................................ 4,531 4,754 3,484 3,600 645 714 271 303

Sales and office occupations .............................................................. 35,962 36,141 29,658 29,798 4,033 4,051 1,455 1,463

 Sales and related occupations ......................................................... 16,433 16,641 13,881 14,026 1,507 1,503 721 767

 Office and administrative support occupations ................................. 19,529 19,500 15,777 15,772 2,526 2,548 733 696

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........ 15,348 15,830 13,582 14,025 1,086 1,079 277 288

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ....................................... 976 961 882 870 50 47 15 15

 Construction and extraction occupations .......................................... 9,145 9,507 8,158 8,481 643 624 106 114

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................... 5,226 5,362 4,542 4,674 394 408 155 159

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ............ 18,041 18,224 14,418 14,522 2,552 2,586 632 656

 Production occupations .................................................................... 9,378 9,378 7,526 7,548 1,160 1,148 457 453

 Transportation and material moving occupations ............................. 8,664 8,846 6,892 6,974 1,393 1,438 175 203

CLASS OF WORKER

 Agriculture:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 1,212 1,287 1,126 1,178 45 54 11 15

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 955 901 922 869 7 6 9 10

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 30 18 29 16 ––––

 Nonagricultural industries:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 129,931 132,449 106,549 108,359 14,611 15,067 5,789 6,003

 Government .................................................................................. 20,357 20,337 16,109 16,061 2,994 3,025 711 740

 Private industries .......................................................................... 109,573 112,111 90,440 92,298 11,616 12,042 5,079 5,263

 Private households ..................................................................... 812 803 674 672 92 89 23 20

 Other industries .......................................................................... 108,761 111,309 89,766 91,626 11,525 11,954 5,056 5,242

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 9,509 9,685 8,247 8,342 648 635 421 478

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 93 87 76 69 2 2 13 15

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS 1

 Full-time workers .............................................................................. 117,016 119,688 95,928 97,875 13,132 13,530 5,328 5,588

 Part-time workers ............................................................................. 24,714 24,739 21,021 20,957 2,181 2,235 916 934

1 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.

 NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African

American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented

for all races. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population

controls used in the household survey. Dash indicates no data or data that

do not meet publication criteria.

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