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 

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

SEX

Total (all civilian workers) ................................................................... 137,736 139,252 114,235 115,239 14,739 14,909 5,756 5,994

 Men ................................................................................................... 73,332 74,524 61,866 62,712 6,820 6,912 3,073 3,243

 Women ............................................................................................. 64,404 64,728 52,369 52,527 7,919 7,997 2,683 2,751

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations ......................... 47,929 48,532 40,558 41,027 3,923 3,949 2,601 2,707

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ........ 19,934 20,235 17,377 17,590 1,368 1,408 845 906

 Management occupations .............................................................. 14,468 14,555 12,827 12,873 859 864 538 584

 Business and financial operations occupations .............................. 5,465 5,680 4,550 4,717 509 544 308 322

 Professional and related occupations ............................................... 27,995 28,297 23,181 23,438 2,555 2,541 1,756 1,801

 Computer and mathematical occupations ...................................... 3,122 3,140 2,418 2,410 252 236 402 439

 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................... 2,727 2,760 2,321 2,343 119 135 236 231

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............................... 1,375 1,365 1,113 1,143 86 76 142 126

 Community and social services occupations .................................. 2,184 2,170 1,663 1,650 408 415 70 62

 Legal occupations ........................................................................... 1,508 1,554 1,360 1,380 90 100 37 47

 Education, training, and library occupations ................................... 7,768 7,900 6,599 6,741 758 742 255 271

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .......... 2,663 2,687 2,322 2,336 171 164 124 128

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ......................... 6,648 6,721 5,385 5,435 671 673 490 497

Service occupations ........................................................................... 22,086 22,720 17,132 17,544 3,408 3,543 923 972

 Healthcare support occupations ....................................................... 2,926 2,921 1,996 1,991 738 758 114 102

 Protective service occupations ......................................................... 2,727 2,847 2,098 2,197 511 510 42 54

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .......................... 7,254 7,279 5,797 5,854 842 835 404 377

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ......... 4,947 5,185 3,920 4,094 740 773 136 159

 Personal care and service occupations ............................................ 4,232 4,488 3,321 3,407 578 667 228 281

Sales and office occupations .............................................................. 35,496 35,464 29,555 29,399 3,881 3,918 1,297 1,380

 Sales and related occupations ......................................................... 15,960 15,983 13,587 13,557 1,416 1,430 652 676

 Office and administrative support occupations ................................. 19,536 19,481 15,968 15,842 2,465 2,487 645 705

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........ 14,205 14,582 12,600 12,928 1,022 1,012 228 261

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ....................................... 1,050 991 954 885 49 53 19 21

 Construction and extraction occupations .......................................... 8,114 8,522 7,242 7,642 578 572 84 87

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................... 5,041 5,069 4,404 4,401 395 387 126 153

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ............ 18,020 17,954 14,391 14,340 2,504 2,488 706 674

 Production occupations .................................................................... 9,700 9,462 7,766 7,594 1,204 1,124 510 501

 Transportation and material moving occupations ............................. 8,320 8,491 6,625 6,746 1,301 1,364 196 173

CLASS OF WORKER

 Agriculture:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 1,299 1,242 1,201 1,141 57 47 15 17

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 951 964 922 934 6676

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 25 27 25 26 ––––

 Nonagricultural industries:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 126,015 127,463 103,849 104,812 14,075 14,253 5,330 5,550

 Government .................................................................................. 19,634 19,983 15,532 15,793 2,912 2,965 699 722

 Private industries .......................................................................... 106,381 107,480 88,317 89,019 11,162 11,287 4,632 4,828

 Private households ..................................................................... 764 779 639 628 84 103 22 23

 Other industries .......................................................................... 105,616 106,701 87,678 88,391 11,078 11,184 4,610 4,805

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 9,344 9,467 8,160 8,252 593 600 390 411

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 101 90 78 74 9 4 13 10

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS 1

 Full-time workers .............................................................................. 113,324 114,518 93,465 94,166 12,607 12,774 4,850 5,085

 Part-time workers ............................................................................. 24,412 24,734 20,770 21,073 2,132 2,135 906 910

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 2004, 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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