HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

17. Employed persons by industry, sex, race, and occupation

[In thousands]

Industry, sex, and race

2015

Total

employed

Management,

professional,

and related

occupations

Service

occupations

Sales and office

occupations

Natural resources,

construction, and

maintenance occupations

Production, transportation, and

material moving

occupations

Management,

business,

and

financial

operations

occupations

Professional

and

related

occupations

Protective

service

occupations

Service

occupations,

except

protective

Sales

and

related

occupations

Office

and

administrative

support

occupations

Farming,

fishing,

and

forestry

occupations

Construction

and

extraction

occupations

Installation,

maintenance,

and

repair

occupations

Production

occupations

Transportation

and

material

moving

occupations

TOTAL

Agriculture and related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,422 1,085 49 18 91 17 87 903 14 31 30 95

Mining, quarrying, and

oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917 150 148 2 5 12 73 1 292 73 62 100

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,935 1,762 237 10 39 98 509 4 6,347 534 153 244

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,338 2,619 2,180 30 194 663 1,281 55 294 680 6,072 1,271

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,709 1,673 1,566 16 88 357 777 4 239 436 3,854 698

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,629 946 614 14 105 306 504 51 55 244 2,218 573

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . 20,320 1,445 1,107 77 694 10,176 3,320 63 106 771 624 1,936

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,635 531 168 6 44 1,304 591 52 30 129 108 672

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,686 913 939 72 651 8,872 2,729 11 77 641 516 1,264

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . 7,726 790 363 35 124 105 1,648 5 163 498 322 3,673

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,988 619 1,124 13 75 329 442 0 5 296 46 39

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,087 4,153 825 52 315 2,172 2,171 1 34 220 35 108

Professional and business services.. . 17,409 4,344 5,552 533 2,694 603 2,255 12 161 292 377 585

Education and health services. . . . . . . 33,678 3,260 18,654 192 7,018 117 3,561 1 90 232 172 383

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,821 1,931 907 182 8,486 1,015 702 3 38 112 146 299

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,264 651 998 15 2,695 366 633 4 25 1,148 425 306

Other services, except private

households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,466 644 994 15 1,925 366 628 4 24 1,147 423 296

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798 7 4 0 770 0 4 0 1 1 1 10

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,928 1,300 1,708 1,949 356 27 1,216 21 82 123 57 87

Men

Agriculture and related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,826 824 34 16 58 8 11 719 14 31 24 86

Mining, quarrying, and

oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798 108 130 2 4 12 27 1 284 72 60 98

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,006 1,517 199 7 33 71 76 4 6,191 524 149 235

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,882 1,777 1,674 22 121 438 483 27 282 650 4,353 1,055

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,325 1,180 1,294 12 63 270 298 4 231 419 2,961 593

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,556 597 379 10 58 167 185 22 51 231 1,392 462

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . 11,222 837 505 51 297 5,171 1,477 32 103 744 380 1,626

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,564 335 120 5 30 972 251 26 28 128 71 599

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,659 502 385 47 267 4,200 1,225 6 74 616 309 1,027

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . 5,977 546 277 22 77 68 853 4 160 488 290 3,193

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,819 360 739 11 38 186 141 0 5 280 31 25

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,742 2,157 469 26 219 1,084 422 1 31 209 24 99

Professional and business services.. . 10,259 2,464 3,587 423 1,723 320 537 7 153 277 277 492

Education and health services. . . . . . . 8,553 1,071 4,972 128 1,371 29 397 0 82 216 72 214

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,755 1,030 505 125 4,127 291 201 3 37 107 73 256

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,500 285 589 11 538 269 96 2 25 1,119 286 281

Other services, except private

households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,443 282 589 11 494 268 96 2 24 1,119 286 271

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 3 0 0 44 0 0 0 1 1 0 9

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,792 612 821 1,600 156 14 259 14 77 116 51 72

Women

Agriculture and related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597 261 16 2 33 9 76 184 0 0 6 9

Mining, quarrying, and

oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 42 18 0 1 1 45 0 8 1 1 2

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929 244 38 3 6 27 433 0 155 10 4 9

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,456 842 506 8 72 225 798 28 12 30 1,719 216

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,384 494 271 4 25 87 479 0 8 17 893 105

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17. Employed persons by industry, sex, race, and occupation — Continued

[In thousands]

Industry, sex, and race

2015

Total

employed

Management,

professional,

and related

occupations

Service

occupations

Sales and office

occupations

Natural resources,

construction, and

maintenance occupations

Production, transportation, and

material moving

occupations

Management,

business,

and

financial

operations

occupations

Professional

and

related

occupations

Protective

service

occupations

Service

occupations,

except

protective

Sales

and

related

occupations

Office

and

administrative

support

occupations

Farming,

fishing,

and

forestry

occupations

Construction

and

extraction

occupations

Installation,

maintenance,

and

repair

occupations

Production

occupations

Transportation

and

material

moving

occupations

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,073 349 235 3 47 138 319 28 4 12 826 110

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . 9,098 607 602 26 398 5,005 1,843 31 3 27 245 311

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,071 196 48 1 14 332 340 26 1 2 38 73

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,027 411 554 25 383 4,673 1,503 5 2 25 207 238

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . 1,749 243 87 13 47 37 795 1 3 10 33 481

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,169 259 385 2 37 143 301 0 0 16 14 14

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,345 1,996 356 26 96 1,088 1,750 0 3 10 11 9

Professional and business services.. . 7,149 1,880 1,966 110 972 283 1,717 5 9 15 101 93

Education and health services. . . . . . . 25,125 2,188 13,682 64 5,646 88 3,164 1 7 16 100 168

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,066 901 402 56 4,359 724 501 1 1 5 73 43

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,764 366 409 4 2,157 97 537 1 0 29 139 25

Other services, except private

households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,023 362 405 4 1,431 97 532 1 0 28 138 25

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741 4 4 0 726 0 4 0 0 0 1 0

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,136 689 886 349 200 13 957 7 6 8 6 15

White

Agriculture and related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,262 1,052 47 13 87 17 83 820 13 30 25 77

Mining, quarrying, and

oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 130 130 1 3 12 64 1 268 65 53 90

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,834 1,614 202 7 33 94 454 3 5,611 475 127 214

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,413 2,293 1,687 25 150 593 1,063 41 275 606 4,710 972

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,931 1,474 1,213 13 68 332 640 4 223 385 3,042 538

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,482 819 474 12 83 261 423 37 52 221 1,668 433

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . 16,196 1,225 845 57 527 8,111 2,580 52 92 683 488 1,536

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,063 454 130 3 33 1,158 480 42 26 118 86 532

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,133 771 715 54 494 6,953 2,100 10 66 565 402 1,004

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . 5,759 651 293 22 94 86 1,165 4 142 410 272 2,619

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,323 492 868 11 56 262 330 0 5 231 37 31

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,196 3,397 605 42 239 1,885 1,720 1 29 177 23 78

Professional and business services.. . 13,880 3,564 4,361 330 2,229 526 1,770 11 140 236 286 427

Education and health services. . . . . . . 25,761 2,620 14,842 124 4,615 91 2,790 1 72 193 125 288

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,540 1,512 759 142 6,470 681 513 3 27 91 105 236

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,794 540 827 11 1,996 315 529 3 19 990 334 230

Other services, except private

households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,138 534 824 11 1,363 314 526 3 18 990 333 221

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 6 3 0 633 0 3 0 1 1 1 9

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,172 950 1,253 1,535 241 22 892 17 59 92 45 67

Black or African American

Agriculture and related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 9 1 4 1 0 2 34 0 0 3 11

Mining, quarrying, and

oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 8 4 0 1 0 5 0 12 2 5 7

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593 63 14 3 4 2 26 0 420 32 11 18

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,495 121 133 5 27 31 116 10 15 41 777 217

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838 65 83 3 15 12 69 0 11 22 436 122

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 57 50 2 12 20 48 10 3 19 341 95

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . 2,312 89 112 14 99 1,127 458 7 9 48 76 272

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 25 15 0 7 57 68 6 3 7 13 99

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,014 65 97 14 92 1,070 390 1 6 41 64 173

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . 1,378 80 32 11 24 11 342 1 15 52 36 773

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 53 101 3 13 38 78 0 0 41 4 7

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988 383 68 7 51 144 275 0 2 28 7 22

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ANNUAL AVERAGES

17. Employed persons by industry, sex, race, and occupation — Continued

[In thousands]

Industry, sex, and race

2015

Total

employed

Management,

professional,

and related

occupations

Service

occupations

Sales and office

occupations

Natural resources,

construction, and

maintenance occupations

Production, transportation, and

material moving

occupations

Management,

business,

and

financial

operations

occupations

Professional

and

related

occupations

Protective

service

occupations

Service

occupations,

except

protective

Sales

and

related

occupations

Office

and

administrative

support

occupations

Farming,

fishing,

and

forestry

occupations

Construction

and

extraction

occupations

Installation,

maintenance,

and

repair

occupations

Production

occupations

Transportation

and

material

moving

occupations

Professional and business services.. . 1,651 298 342 159 303 40 289 1 13 31 54 122

Education and health services. . . . . . . 4,968 405 2,086 56 1,755 19 501 0 10 31 30 75

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,739 178 85 19 1,089 211 91 0 4 12 17 34

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732 53 95 3 309 29 68 0 5 77 40 53

Other services, except private

households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 53 94 3 237 29 68 0 5 77 39 52

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 0 1 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,168 235 259 313 66 5 229 2 22 18 7 14

Asian

Agriculture and related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 1

Mining, quarrying, and

oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 8 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 43 16 0 0 2 10 0 85 13 6 3

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,011 160 302 0 6 29 71 3 3 18 382 38

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 106 231 0 3 9 46 0 3 17 240 17

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 54 71 0 3 20 25 3 0 1 142 21

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . 1,152 91 130 1 42 621 157 1 2 19 32 57

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 43 22 0 1 69 27 1 0 3 7 18

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960 48 108 1 41 552 129 0 1 16 24 38

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . 355 41 31 0 5 4 84 0 2 17 5 166

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 53 117 0 5 21 21 0 0 13 3 0

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 281 137 2 12 95 107 0 1 5 3 5

Professional and business services.. . 1,382 391 731 22 53 28 114 0 1 11 21 11

Education and health services. . . . . . . 1,985 156 1,276 6 356 7 158 0 2 5 13 7

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909 182 30 8 527 66 59 0 4 4 18 13

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 34 52 0 301 17 19 0 0 45 41 6

Other services, except private

households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 34 52 0 267 17 18 0 0 45 41 6

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 0 0 0 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 64 122 36 21 0 42 1 1 4 3 4

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.

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