HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

[In thousands]

Occupation

Total Men Women

16 years

and over

16 years

and over

20 years

and over

16 years

and over

20 years

and over

2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,538 147,795 83,460 78,560 80,917 76,227 74,078 69,234 71,470 66,873

Management, professional, and related

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,218 63,644 30,950 30,734 30,775 30,577 33,267 32,910 33,015 32,684

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,981 27,143 15,072 15,028 15,030 14,975 11,909 12,114 11,870 12,079

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,985 18,564 11,394 11,072 11,364 11,032 7,591 7,493 7,559 7,473

Business and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,996 8,578 3,678 3,957 3,666 3,943 4,318 4,622 4,311 4,606

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . 37,237 36,502 15,879 15,706 15,745 15,602 21,358 20,796 21,146 20,605

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . 5,352 5,603 3,973 4,193 3,956 4,178 1,379 1,410 1,370 1,401

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . 3,305 3,169 2,785 2,648 2,774 2,635 520 522 518 520

Life, physical, and social science

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,485 1,627 752 824 747 823 733 803 729 798

Community and social service occupations. . . . 2,717 2,717 884 847 877 840 1,833 1,871 1,819 1,862

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,955 1,882 925 905 922 905 1,030 977 1,028 975

Education, training, and library occupations. . . 9,455 8,902 2,500 2,355 2,466 2,330 6,955 6,547 6,863 6,461

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,285 3,042 1,676 1,482 1,627 1,457 1,609 1,560 1,557 1,520

Healthcare practitioners and technical

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,684 9,559 2,384 2,452 2,375 2,433 7,300 7,107 7,261 7,068

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,978 22,853 11,445 9,820 10,481 9,017 15,534 13,033 14,371 12,023

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,758 4,790 491 703 476 683 3,267 4,087 3,178 3,983

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,128 3,024 2,437 2,310 2,381 2,273 692 714 651 671

Food preparation and serving related

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,378 6,556 3,808 2,989 3,164 2,425 4,569 3,566 3,835 2,900

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,746 5,084 3,332 3,036 3,184 2,908 2,413 2,048 2,357 1,998

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . 5,968 3,399 1,376 781 1,275 728 4,592 2,618 4,350 2,470

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,370 29,726 13,148 11,506 12,479 11,008 20,222 18,221 19,175 17,292

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,582 14,168 7,979 7,261 7,590 6,925 7,602 6,907 6,892 6,245

Office and administrative support occupations. . . 17,789 15,558 5,169 4,244 4,889 4,083 12,620 11,314 12,283 11,047

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,343 13,357 13,569 12,607 13,258 12,286 774 750 749 729

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . 1,156 1,045 865 793 807 726 291 252 274 240

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . 8,325 7,710 8,033 7,402 7,867 7,233 292 308 287 302

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,862 4,602 4,671 4,411 4,584 4,327 191 190 188 187

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,628 18,215 14,348 13,894 13,925 13,339 4,281 4,321 4,160 4,145

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,565 7,590 6,115 5,443 5,992 5,331 2,450 2,147 2,403 2,102

Transportation and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,063 10,625 8,233 8,451 7,933 8,008 1,831 2,174 1,757 2,042

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the

2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020

are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

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