HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

23. Persons at work by occupation, sex, and usual full- or part-time status

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and sex

2012

Total

at

work

Worked 1 to 34 hours

Worked

35 hours

or more

Average hours

Total

For

economic

reasons

For noneconomic

reasons

Total

at

work

Persons

who

usually

work

full time

Usually

work

full

time

Usually

work

part

time

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137,337 34,425 8,122 7,497 18,806 102,912 38.5 42.5

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . 51,664 9,990 1,466 3,115 5,410 41,674 40.4 43.4

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,966 3,203 450 1,240 1,514 18,763 42.7 44.7

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,698 6,787 1,016 1,875 3,896 22,910 38.8 42.3

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,619 9,632 2,698 1,160 5,774 14,987 34.4 41.2

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,177 9,366 1,993 1,718 5,655 22,812 36.8 41.6

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,996 4,727 1,182 628 2,916 10,269 37.3 43.2

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 17,182 4,639 811 1,090 2,738 12,543 36.4 40.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,420 2,264 969 734 561 10,155 40.4 42.3

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,757 1,426 705 451 271 5,331 39.6 41.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . 4,697 607 184 239 184 4,090 41.4 42.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,457 3,173 995 770 1,407 13,284 40.1 42.8

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,230 1,219 376 400 443 7,011 40.6 42.3

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . 8,227 1,954 620 371 964 6,273 39.5 43.4

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,338 13,950 4,065 3,657 6,228 59,388 40.8 43.7

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . 25,366 3,560 624 1,347 1,588 21,806 43.0 45.0

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,409 1,469 255 609 605 10,940 44.6 46.2

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,957 2,090 369 738 983 10,867 41.4 43.8

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,823 3,332 1,087 491 1,754 7,490 37.0 42.3

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,353 2,733 709 549 1,474 9,621 39.8 43.6

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,736 1,616 425 294 897 6,120 40.9 44.8

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 4,617 1,117 285 255 577 3,501 37.9 41.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,889 2,109 926 693 490 9,780 40.5 42.3

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,594 1,376 692 434 249 5,219 39.7 41.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . 4,548 577 179 228 171 3,971 41.5 42.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,908 2,216 717 577 922 10,691 40.9 43.3

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,959 718 221 276 221 5,242 41.6 42.8

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . 6,948 1,498 496 301 701 5,450 40.4 43.9

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,999 20,475 4,057 3,840 12,578 43,524 35.8 40.9

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . 26,298 6,431 841 1,767 3,822 19,867 38.0 41.6

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,557 1,734 195 630 908 7,824 40.2 42.7

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,741 4,697 646 1,137 2,914 12,043 36.7 40.9

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,797 6,300 1,611 669 4,020 7,497 32.4 40.1

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,824 6,633 1,284 1,169 4,180 13,191 35.0 40.2

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,260 3,111 757 334 2,019 4,149 33.4 41.0

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 12,564 3,522 526 835 2,161 9,042 35.9 39.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 155 43 41 71 376 36.9 40.8

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 51 12 17 21 112 37.3 41.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . 149 30 5 11 14 119 38.2 40.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,549 956 278 194 485 2,593 37.0 40.8

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,270 501 155 124 223 1,769 38.1 40.9

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,279 455 123 70 262 823 35.0 40.5

1 Includes farming, fishing, and forestry occupations, not shown separately.

NOTE: Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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