HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(In thousands)

Category

Total White Black or African

American Asian 

2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009

SEX

Total, 16 years and over ..................................................................... 145,362 139,877 119,126 114,996 15,953 15,025 6,917 6,635

 Men ................................................................................................... 77,486 73,670 64,624 61,630 7,398 6,817 3,692 3,551

 Women ............................................................................................. 67,876 66,208 54,501 53,366 8,554 8,208 3,225 3,084

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations ......................... 52,761 52,219 44,090 43,649 4,374 4,388 3,332 3,240

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ........ 22,059 21,529 18,938 18,582 1,599 1,516 1,140 1,052

 Management occupations .............................................................. 15,852 15,447 13,841 13,565 1,013 950 734 678

 Business and financial operations occupations .............................. 6,207 6,082 5,097 5,018 586 565 406 374

 Professional and related occupations ............................................... 30,702 30,690 25,152 25,067 2,774 2,873 2,193 2,188

 Computer and mathematical occupations ...................................... 3,676 3,481 2,730 2,633 267 233 613 546

 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................... 2,931 2,740 2,446 2,276 148 151 282 271

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............................... 1,307 1,328 1,030 1,052 93 80 157 169

 Community and social services occupations .................................. 2,293 2,341 1,741 1,764 436 463 57 64

 Legal occupations ........................................................................... 1,671 1,710 1,481 1,510 116 110 47 61

 Education, training, and library occupations ................................... 8,605 8,627 7,337 7,343 792 797 331 337

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .......... 2,820 2,724 2,466 2,387 172 183 116 99

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ......................... 7,399 7,738 5,920 6,101 751 855 590 640

Service occupations ........................................................................... 24,451 24,598 18,681 18,961 3,897 3,784 1,130 1,127

 Healthcare support occupations ....................................................... 3,212 3,309 2,156 2,258 827 836 136 130

 Protective service occupations ......................................................... 3,047 3,164 2,330 2,411 582 594 54 57

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .......................... 7,824 7,733 6,199 6,184 946 884 424 414

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ......... 5,445 5,349 4,295 4,304 818 737 153 153

 Personal care and service occupations ............................................ 4,923 5,043 3,701 3,804 722 733 363 372

Sales and office occupations .............................................................. 35,544 33,787 29,160 27,777 4,075 3,793 1,488 1,409

 Sales and related occupations ......................................................... 16,295 15,641 13,597 13,062 1,576 1,495 770 753

 Office and administrative support occupations ................................. 19,249 18,146 15,563 14,715 2,499 2,298 718 656

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........ 14,806 13,323 13,076 11,802 1,027 911 285 265

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ....................................... 988 926 878 834 45 46 17 13

 Construction and extraction occupations .......................................... 8,667 7,439 7,747 6,682 545 447 123 101

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................... 5,152 4,957 4,451 4,286 437 418 145 151

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ............ 17,800 15,951 14,119 12,808 2,580 2,149 682 593

 Production occupations .................................................................... 8,973 7,654 7,210 6,221 1,093 880 463 374

 Transportation and material moving occupations ............................. 8,827 8,297 6,909 6,587 1,487 1,270 219 219

CLASS OF WORKER

 Agriculture:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 1,279 1,242 1,159 1,136 45 53 19 18

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 860 836 836 809 10 13 6 6

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 28 25 27 24  ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆

 Nonagricultural industries:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 133,882 128,713 109,055 105,248 15,280 14,296 6,438 6,174

 Government .................................................................................. 21,258 21,178 16,771 16,819 3,111 2,998 831 803

 Private industries .......................................................................... 112,624 107,535 92,284 88,429 12,168 11,297 5,608 5,371

 Private households ..................................................................... 805 783 680 678 78 55 25 27

 Other industries .......................................................................... 111,819 106,752 91,604 87,751 12,090 11,242 5,583 5,344

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 9,219 8,995 7,972 7,730 615 658 442 429

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 93 66 78 51 3 6 11 7

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS 1

 Full-time workers .............................................................................. 120,030 112,634 97,724 91,962 13,653 12,538 5,923 5,606

 Part-time workers ............................................................................. 25,332 27,244 21,401 23,034 2,299 2,488 994 1,029

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 will not sum to totals

because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls

are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no

data or data that do not meet publication criteria.

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