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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2004 annual averages

(Numbers in thousands)

 Total, 16 years and over......................................................................................................... 139,252 46.5

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................................................... 48,532 50.3

Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................................................. 20,235 42.1

Management occupations .................................................................................................................... 14,555 36.7

Chief executives ............................................................................................................................... 1,680 23.3

General and operations managers .................................................................................................... 795 26.7

Advertising and promotions managers .............................................................................................. 70 60.3

Marketing and sales managers ......................................................................................................... 806 40.4

Administrative services managers .................................................................................................... 87 34.6

Computer and information systems managers ................................................................................. 337 31.0

Financial managers .......................................................................................................................... 1,045 56.6

Human resources managers ............................................................................................................ 262 64.4

Industrial production managers ......................................................................................................... 280 18.0

Purchasing managers ....................................................................................................................... 170 39.1

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers .......................................................................... 241 14.9

Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers .................................................................................. 199 20.1

Farmers and ranchers ...................................................................................................................... 817 25.2

Construction managers .................................................................................................................... 851 6.4

Education administrators .................................................................................................................. 757 62.6

Engineering managers ...................................................................................................................... 106 5.9

Food service managers .................................................................................................................... 916 41.2

Lodging managers ............................................................................................................................ 152 51.3

Medical and health services managers ............................................................................................. 508 71.7

Property, real estate, and community association managers ............................................................ 604 48.5

Social and community service managers.......................................................................................... 280 67.0

Business and financial operations occupations .................................................................................... 5,680 55.8

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products .......................................................................... 212 51.0

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products ....................................................... 285 54.2

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators .............................................................. 281 65.9

Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health, safety, and transportation .................. 126 51.5

Cost estimators ................................................................................................................................ 98 17.7

Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ............................................................... 694 67.9

Management analysts ...................................................................................................................... 554 41.8

Accountants and auditors ................................................................................................................. 1,723 60.5

Appraisers and assessors of real estate ........................................................................................... 138 31.2

Personal financial advisors ............................................................................................................... 331 26.6

Insurance underwriters ..................................................................................................................... 98 71.2

Loan counselors and officers ............................................................................................................ 425 56.7

Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents ................................................................................ 81 63.6

Tax preparers ................................................................................................................................... 88 63.1

Professional and related occupations ...................................................................................................... 28,297 56.1

Computer and mathematical occupations ............................................................................................ 3,140 27.0

Computer scientists and systems analysts ....................................................................................... 700 29.4

Computer programmers ................................................................................................................... 564 26.7

Computer software engineers ........................................................................................................... 813 25.0

Computer support specialists ........................................................................................................... 325 29.7

Database administrators ................................................................................................................... 94 33.6

Network and computer systems administrators ................................................................................ 190 20.3

Network systems and data communications analysts ....................................................................... 312 21.9

Operations research analysts ........................................................................................................... 90 43.0

 See note at end of table.

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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2004 annual averages—Continued 

(Numbers in thousands)

Architecture and engineering occupations ............................................................................................ 2,760 13.8

Architects, except naval .................................................................................................................... 207 24.0

Aerospace engineers ........................................................................................................................ 113 11.3

Chemical engineers .......................................................................................................................... 63 15.8

Civil engineers .................................................................................................................................. 293 11.7

Computer hardware engineers .......................................................................................................... 96 12.7

Electrical and electronics engineers ................................................................................................. 343 7.9

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .............................................................................. 177 18.8

Mechanical engineers ....................................................................................................................... 311 5.8

Drafters ............................................................................................................................................ 206 23.7

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................................................................................... 416 19.7

Surveying and mapping technicians ................................................................................................. 80 12.2

Life, physical, and social science occupations ..................................................................................... 1,365 43.0

Biological scientists .......................................................................................................................... 123 45.2

Medical scientists ............................................................................................................................. 93 53.2

Chemists and materials scientists .................................................................................................... 141 32.5

Environmental scientists and geoscientists ...................................................................................... 86 27.3

Market and survey researchers ........................................................................................................ 124 48.2

Psychologists ................................................................................................................................... 185 66.7

Chemical technicians ........................................................................................................................ 84 33.3

Community and social services occupations ........................................................................................ 2,170 61.1

Counselors ....................................................................................................................................... 643 69.1

Social workers .................................................................................................................................. 687 77.7

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists .................................................................. 283 65.6

Clergy ............................................................................................................................................... 403 15.0

Directors, religious activities and education ...................................................................................... 55 64.8

Religious workers, all other ............................................................................................................... 99 65.9

Legal occupations ................................................................................................................................ 1,554 48.9

Lawyers ............................................................................................................................................ 954 29.4

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ............................................................................... 64 56.7

Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................................................................................ 322 86.4

Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................................................................................ 215 76.6

Education, training, and library occupations ......................................................................................... 7,900 73.4

Postsecondary teachers ................................................................................................................... 1,176 46.0

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ............................................................................................... 656 98.1

Elementary and middle school teachers ........................................................................................... 2,580 81.3

Secondary school teachers .............................................................................................................. 1,151 55.3

Special education teachers ............................................................................................................... 384 83.3

Other teachers and instructors ......................................................................................................... 667 64.7

Librarians .......................................................................................................................................... 217 83.2

Teacher assistants ........................................................................................................................... 920 91.6

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations ................................................................ 2,687 47.0

Artists and related workers ............................................................................................................... 222 50.7

Designers ......................................................................................................................................... 792 54.0

Producers and directors .................................................................................................................... 137 32.3

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .............................................................................. 239 31.6

Musicians, singers, and related workers ........................................................................................... 179 36.4

Announcers ...................................................................................................................................... 54 21.6

News analysts, reporters and correspondents .................................................................................. 81 53.7

Public relations specialists ................................................................................................................ 133 61.1

Editors .............................................................................................................................................. 164 53.9

Writers and authors .......................................................................................................................... 194 55.1

Miscellaneous media and communication workers ........................................................................... 74 70.3

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators .................................................. 92 12.1

 See note at end of table.

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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2004 annual averages—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Photographers .................................................................................................................................. 158 37.6

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ................................................................................ 6,721 73.2

Chiropractors .................................................................................................................................... 73 22.7

Dentists ............................................................................................................................................ 167 22.0

Dietitians and nutritionists ................................................................................................................. 84 89.2

Pharmacists ..................................................................................................................................... 233 47.0

Physicians and surgeons .................................................................................................................. 830 29.4

Physician assistants ......................................................................................................................... 70 67.3

Registered nurses ............................................................................................................................ 2,464 92.2

Occupational therapists .................................................................................................................... 84 92.7

Physical therapists ........................................................................................................................... 173 65.4

Respiratory therapists ....................................................................................................................... 103 54.7

Speech-language pathologists .......................................................................................................... 93 95.1

Veterinarians .................................................................................................................................... 58 39.1

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............................................................................. 333 72.0

Dental hygienists .............................................................................................................................. 130 98.8

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............................................................................. 284 71.8

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ............................................................................. 139 32.7

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians ....................................................... 397 84.1

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........................................................................... 517 94.3

Medical records and health information technicians .......................................................................... 91 88.6

Service occupations .................................................................................................................................... 22,720 56.8

Healthcare support occupations ............................................................................................................... 2,921 89.3

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................................................................................... 1,806 89.3

Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................................................................................ 61 67.3

Massage therapists .......................................................................................................................... 106 84.6

Dental assistants .............................................................................................................................. 242 96.5

Protective service occupations ................................................................................................................. 2,847 21.7

First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives .................................................................. 133 21.2

Fire fighters ...................................................................................................................................... 268 5.1

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ............................................................................................ 373 28.4

Detectives and criminal investigators ................................................................................................ 121 20.2

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ..................................................................................................... 664 13.3

Private detectives and investigators ................................................................................................. 81 33.1

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............................................................................. 798 22.6

Food preparation and serving related occupations ................................................................................... 7,279 56.1

Chefs and head cooks ...................................................................................................................... 299 18.9

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers ......................................... 644 59.0

Cooks ............................................................................................................................................... 1,791 40.6

Food preparation workers ................................................................................................................. 621 57.5

Bartenders ........................................................................................................................................ 360 58.2

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ............................................... 296 68.6

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop ..................................................... 327 64.9

Waiters and waitresses .................................................................................................................... 1,892 73.1

Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................................................................................. 165 64.9

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers ............................................................ 379 45.0

Dishwashers .................................................................................................................................... 267 23.8

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop ............................................................... 237 90.1

 See note at end of table.

Occupation Total employed Percent women
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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2004 annual averages—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ................................................................. 5,185 40.5

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers ........................................... 191 40.6

First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers ............ 227 8.1

Janitors and building cleaners .......................................................................................................... 2,047 33.2

Maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................................................................................... 1,365 90.0

Pest control workers ......................................................................................................................... 75 7.1

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................................................................................... 1,280 7.1

 Personal care and service occupations ................................................................................................... 4,488 77.6

First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers .......................................................................... 140 42.3

First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers ............................................................ 174 67.3

Nonfarm animal caretakers ............................................................................................................... 128 62.0

Gaming services workers ................................................................................................................. 95 52.8

Barbers ............................................................................................................................................. 101 18.4

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .................................................................................. 722 91.5

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers ................................................................................... 200 85.4

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ...................................................................................... 70 17.5

Transportation attendants ................................................................................................................. 116 71.4

Child care workers ............................................................................................................................ 1,332 94.5

Personal and home care aides ......................................................................................................... 630 87.6

Recreation and fitness workers ......................................................................................................... 314 64.9

Sales and office occupations ....................................................................................................................... 35,464 63.9

Sales and related occupations ................................................................................................................. 15,983 49.3

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ..................................................................... 3,299 43.0

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers .............................................................. 1,390 28.1

Cashiers ........................................................................................................................................... 2,971 76.1

Counter and rental clerks .................................................................................................................. 186 55.2

Parts salespersons ........................................................................................................................... 147 12.4

Retail salespersons .......................................................................................................................... 3,130 50.8

Advertising sales agents ................................................................................................................... 211 49.2

Insurance sales agents ..................................................................................................................... 508 44.7

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents ........................................................... 382 28.5

Travel agents .................................................................................................................................... 95 82.0

Sales representatives, services, all other .......................................................................................... 476 39.4

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ....................................................................... 1,416 25.5

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ................................................................................ 68 86.4

Real estate brokers and sales agents ............................................................................................... 912 54.5

Telemarketers .................................................................................................................................. 180 63.8

Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers ..................................... 312 63.6

Sales and related workers, all other .................................................................................................. 260 60.3

Office and administrative support occupations ......................................................................................... 19,481 75.9

First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... 1,631 71.4

Switchboard operators, including answering service ......................................................................... 66 86.5

Telephone operators ......................................................................................................................... 56 81.6

Bill and account collectors ................................................................................................................ 229 70.2

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ............................................................................. 441 91.6

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .................................................................................. 1,567 91.8

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ......................................................................................................... 153 91.9

Tellers .............................................................................................................................................. 424 88.1

Court, municipal, and license clerks ................................................................................................. 102 88.2

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks ........................................................................... ............... 65 75.0

Customer service representatives .................................................................................................... 1,749 71.1

 See note at end of table.

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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2004 annual averages —Continued 

(Numbers in thousands)

Eligibility interviewers, government programs ................................................................................... 66 76.5

File clerks ......................................................................................................................................... 387 79.8

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ................................................................................................. 106 75.3

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................................................................................. 143 84.7

Library assistants, clerical ................................................................................................................ 117 83.2

Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................................................................................ 186 82.9

Order clerks ...................................................................................................................................... 114 71.9

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping .......................................................... 64 80.6

Receptionists and information clerks ................................................................................................ 1,373 92.4

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks ......................................................... 161 65.7

Couriers and messengers ................................................................................................................. 293 14.8

Dispatchers ...................................................................................................................................... 257 55.6

Postal service clerks ......................................................................................................................... 167 48.0

Postal service mail carriers ............................................................................................................... 336 37.1

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators .................................... 116 43.2

Production, planning, and expediting clerks ...................................................................................... 288 53.1

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................................................................................... 584 28.1

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................................................................................. 1,350 37.4

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ........................................................ 64 46.5

Secretaries and administrative assistants ......................................................................................... 3,522 96.9

Computer operators .......................................................................................................................... 191 55.1

Data entry keyers ............................................................................................................................. 504 80.3

Word processors and typists ............................................................................................................ 319 93.5

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ................................................................................. 277 87.2

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service ......................................................... 154 52.2

Office clerks, general ........................................................................................................................ 982 83.5

Office machine operators, except computer ..................................................................................... 61 56.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................................................. 14,582 4.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................................................................... 991 20.6

First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers ......................................... 59 11.3

Graders and sorters, agricultural products ........................................................................................ 68 76.4

Logging workers ............................................................................................................................... 92 2.9

Construction and extraction occupations .................................................................................................. 8,522 2.5

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers ................................. 887 2.2

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons ................................................................................ 239 .9

Carpenters ........................................................................................................................................ 1,764 1.8

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers .................................................................................... 268 1.9

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers ............................................................ .. 115 .2

Construction laborers ....................................................................................................................... 1,234 3.2

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators .................................................... 367 1.0

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ........................................................................... 213 1.1

Electricians ....................................................................................................................................... 781 2.1

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................................................................................... 719 5.8

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........................................................................... 635 .9

Roofers ............................................................................................................................................. 269 1.3

Sheet metal workers ......................................................................................................................... 152 4.0

Structural iron and steel workers ...................................................................................................... 66 .8

Helpers, construction trades ............................................................................................................. 121 5.3

Construction and building inspectors ................................................................................................ 104 12.4

Highway maintenance workers ......................................................................................................... 96 2.7

 See note at end of table.

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3 3

Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2004 annual averages—Continued 

(Numbers in thousands)

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................................................................................... 5,069 4.6

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers ........................................... 327 7.1

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers ................................................................ 369 12.0

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers ................................................... 235 13.6

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers ............................................................................... 56 3.2

Security and fire alarm systems installers ......................................................................................... 65 3.9

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................................................................................... 135 3.4

Automotive body and related repairers ............................................................................................. 169 2.4

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ................................................................................ 936 1.3

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ................................................................... 325 .6

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics ........................................ 205 .3

Small engine mechanics ................................................................................................................... 58 .7

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers ................................................ 351 1.5

Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics ................................................................................. 434 3.7

Maintenance and repair workers, general ......................................................................................... 300 4.1

Millwrights ......................................................................................................................................... 59 3.1

Electrical power-line installers and repairers ..................................................................................... 120 1.1

Telecommunications line installers and repairers ............................................................................. 142 4.8

Precision instrument and equipment repairers .................................................................................. 53 20.0

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers ..................................................... 54 16.5

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................................................... 17,954 23.0

Production occupations ............................................................................................................................ 9,462 30.4

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ............................................... 921 20.1

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ............................................................... 226 54.9

Bakers .............................................................................................................................................. 188 45.6

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers ........................................................ 304 19.6

Food batchmakers ............................................................................................................................ 85 52.5

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ................ 139 28.4

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

 metal and plastic ............................................................................................................................ 74 11.0

Machinists ........................................................................................................................................ 445 4.4

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ............................ 70 24.9

Tool and die makers ......................................................................................................................... 86 3.0

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ............................................................................ ............. 572 5.0

Job printers ....................................................................................................................................... 65 21.2

Prepress technicians and workers .................................................................................................... 55 51.2

Printing machine operators ............................................................................................................... 195 19.3

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers .................................................................................................... 195 60.0

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials .............................................................................. 76 66.0

Sewing machine operators ............................................................................................................... 281 77.7

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers .................................................................................................... 101 69.9

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters .............................................................................................. 86 4.4

Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................................................................................ 105 1.0

Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators .......................................................... 56 6.1

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders ......................................................... 63 14.0

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers ............................................................. 111 20.1

Cutting workers ................................................................................................................................. 83 25.6

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ........................................................................ 690 38.0

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers ............................................................................... 59 31.1

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians .................................................................... 92 52.0

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ....................................................................... 318 54.9

 See note at end of table.

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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2004 annual averages —Continued 

(Numbers in thousands)

Painting workers ............................................................................................................................... 191 13.1

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators .................................................. 59 68.2

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders ...................................................................... 53 19.3

Helpers--production workers ............................................................................................................. 64 21.1

Transportation and material moving occupations ..................................................................................... 8,491 14.7

Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers ................................................................. 220 17.8

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ..................................................................................................... 118 5.3

Bus drivers ....................................................................................................................................... 602 48.5

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................................................................................. 3,276 4.5

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs ............................................................................................................... 277 12.9

Railroad conductors and yardmasters .............................................................................................. 58 7.8

Parking lot attendants ....................................................................................................................... 77 13.3

Service station attendants ................................................................................................................ 120 8.7

Crane and tower operators ............................................................................................................... 65 4.0

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ........................................................................ 80 .1

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................................................................................ 530 7.5

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ................................................................................................. 316 11.9

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ................................................................... 1,797 16.2

Machine feeders and offbearers ....................................................................................................... 55 39.9

Packers and packagers, hand .......................................................................................................... 432 60.8

Refuse and recyclable material collectors ......................................................................................... 81 8.2

Occupation Total employed Percent women

NOTE: Data for occupations with fewer than 50,000 employed

and for certain other occupations are not published separately but

are included in the totals for the appropriate categories shown.

Thus, detailed occupations may not sum to the broader categories.