HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 1995 | _________________________________ | | Occupation | | Percent of total: | Total | ________________________ |employed| | | | | Women | Black |Hispanic | | | | origin | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over..............................................................| 124,900| 46.1| 10.6| 8.9 | | | | Managerial and professional specialty.....................................................| 35,318| 48.0| 7.5| 4.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial...............................................| 17,186| 42.7| 7.2| 4.8 Officials and administrators, public administration...................................| 618| 49.8| 13.6| 4.7 Administrators, protective services...................................................| 57| 33.2| 11.5| 5.4 Financial managers....................................................................| 605| 50.3| 6.3| 5.7 Personnel and labor relations managers................................................| 125| 58.5| 15.8| 3.4 Purchasing managers...................................................................| 135| 41.5| 6.6| 3.1 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations................................| 663| 35.7| 2.2| 3.3 Administrators, education and related fields..........................................| 701| 58.7| 11.2| 4.7 Managers, medicine and health.........................................................| 653| 79.9| 9.0| 5.1 Postmasters and mail superintendents..................................................| 56| 61.1| 7.6| 2.9 Managers, food serving and lodging establishments.....................................| 1,276| 43.1| 9.2| 7.8 Managers, properties and real estate..................................................| 522| 49.8| 6.8| 7.1 Funeral directors.....................................................................| 54| 11.6| 5.5| 1.4 Management-related occupations........................................................| 4,325| 53.8| 9.2| 5.0 Accountants and auditors............................................................| 1,526| 52.1| 8.4| 4.4 Underwriters........................................................................| 103| 67.9| 9.3| 3.5 Other financial officers............................................................| 717| 51.1| 9.9| 5.1 Management analysts.................................................................| 317| 31.7| 6.3| 2.6 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists................................| 401| 65.1| 12.8| 5.8 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products............................| 230| 56.3| 4.9| 9.4 Construction inspectors.............................................................| 69| 6.0| 4.7| 8.2 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction.............................| 234| 32.2| 13.7| 5.1 | | | | Professional specialty..................................................................| 18,132| 52.9| 7.8| 4.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors..................................................| 2,117| 9.4| 4.5| 3.5 Architects..........................................................................| 163| 19.8| 2.5| 5.8 Engineers...........................................................................| 1,934| 8.4| 4.7| 3.3 Aerospace engineers...............................................................| 78| 5.2| 1.5| 5.7 Chemical engineers................................................................| 80| 11.2| 8.5| 1.2 Civil engineers...................................................................| 231| 7.2| 4.9| 2.6 Electrical and electronic engineers...............................................| 611| 8.7| 5.8| 3.7 Industrial engineers..............................................................| 250| 14.9| 6.0| 4.0 Mechanical engineers..............................................................| 330| 4.6| 3.8| 3.0 Mathematical and computer scientists..................................................| 1,195| 32.0| 7.2| 2.8 Computer systems analysts and scientists............................................| 933| 29.5| 6.1| 2.7 Operations and systems researchers and analysts.....................................| 217| 39.1| 10.0| 3.4 Natural scientists....................................................................| 519| 27.3| 3.9| 2.6 Chemists, except biochemists........................................................| 140| 31.9| 4.6| 3.7 Geologists and geodesists...........................................................| 60| 15.0| .5| .6 Biological and life scientists......................................................| 110| 31.8| 5.2| 4.3 Medical scientists..................................................................| 61| 41.2| 4.1| 3.3 Health diagnosing occupations.........................................................| 1,002| 22.9| 3.9| 3.7 Physicians..........................................................................| 693| 24.4| 4.9| 4.3 Dentists............................................................................| 155| 13.4| 1.9| 2.6 Veterinarians.......................................................................| 59| 31.0| .0| - Health assessment and treating occupations............................................| 2,762| 85.8| 8.6| 3.1 Registered nurses...................................................................| 1,977| 93.1| 8.4| 2.6 Pharmacists.........................................................................| 170| 36.2| 4.3| 1.8 Dietitians..........................................................................| 94| 93.2| 18.4| 7.5 Therapists..........................................................................| 466| 75.1| 9.2| 4.6 Respiratory therapists............................................................| 94| 60.1| 15.2| 5.9 Occupational therapists...........................................................| 52| 90.5| 4.5| 2.4 Physical therapists...............................................................| 130| 70.2| 2.7| 4.4 Speech therapists.................................................................| 91| 92.1| 3.3| 1.4 Physicians' assistants..............................................................| 55| 53.2| 7.6| 5.7 Teachers, college and university......................................................| 846| 45.2| 6.2| 3.6 Teachers, except college and university...............................................| 4,507| 74.7| 9.3| 4.4 Prekindergarten and kindergarten....................................................| 498| 98.2| 13.9| 6.9 Elementary school...................................................................| 1,738| 84.1| 10.1| 4.3 Secondary school....................................................................| 1,232| 57.0| 7.5| 4.1 Special education...................................................................| 311| 84.3| 9.3| 2.1 Counselors, educational and vocational................................................| 236| 68.3| 14.2| 7.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators..................................................| 211| 83.2| 7.5| 2.3 Librarians..........................................................................| 195| 83.9| 7.6| 1.3 Social scientists and urban planners..................................................| 453| 54.3| 8.6| 4.6 Economists..........................................................................| 148| 50.3| 5.0| 7.9 Psychologists.......................................................................| 260| 59.2| 10.2| 3.4 Social, recreation, and religious workers.............................................| 1,303| 52.5| 16.8| 6.4 Social workers......................................................................| 727| 67.9| 23.7| 7.8 Recreation workers..................................................................| 110| 74.7| 7.6| 4.9 Clergy..............................................................................| 356| 11.1| 9.2| 3.6 Lawyers and judges....................................................................| 926| 26.2| 3.6| 3.1 Lawyers.............................................................................| 894| 26.4| 3.6| 3.2 Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes..........................................| 2,054| 49.4| 6.2| 4.8 Authors.............................................................................| 118| 54.2| 3.2| 2.8 Technical writers...................................................................| 53| 53.9| 3.0| 1.4 Designers...........................................................................| 556| 57.6| 4.2| 4.3 Musicians and composers.............................................................| 161| 37.3| 10.0| 7.5 Actors and directors................................................................| 114| 38.9| 9.8| 3.0 Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers..........................| 233| 50.1| 4.2| 3.3 Photographers.......................................................................| 136| 27.1| 6.5| 4.8 Editors and reporters...............................................................| 273| 53.2| 4.7| 3.5 Public relations specialists........................................................| 142| 57.9| 8.3| 2.7 Athletes............................................................................| 87| 25.3| 11.8| 6.9 | | | | Technical, sales, and administrative support..............................................| 37,417| 64.4| 10.2| 7.3 Technicians and related support.........................................................| 3,909| 51.4| 9.7| 6.1 Health technologists and technicians..................................................| 1,648| 79.7| 12.9| 6.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians...................................| 374| 71.7| 13.6| 8.5 Dental hygienists...................................................................| 95| 99.4| 1.0| 5.1 Radiologic technicians..............................................................| 154| 74.2| 6.8| 8.3 Licensed practical nurses...........................................................| 399| 95.4| 19.6| 3.7 Engineering and related technologists and technicians.................................| 880| 17.8| 8.0| 6.2 Electrical and electronic technicians...............................................| 334| 11.1| 10.6| 5.8 Drafting occupations................................................................| 229| 18.4| 5.1| 6.6 Surveying and mapping technicians...................................................| 62| 13.2| 8.7| 3.1 Science technicians...................................................................| 276| 35.5| 8.9| 7.3 Biological technicians..............................................................| 96| 50.0| 6.6| 6.7 Chemical technicians................................................................| 84| 21.5| 10.5| 6.3 Technicians, except health, engineering, and science..................................| 1,106| 39.9| 6.3| 5.2 Airplane pilots and navigators......................................................| 114| 3.4| 1.2| 3.9 | | | | _________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin-Continued (Numbers in thousands) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 1995 | _________________________________ | | Occupation | | Percent of total: | Total | ________________________ |employed| | | | | Women | Black |Hispanic | | | | origin | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Computer programmers................................................................| 553| 29.5| 6.5| 4.8 Legal assistants....................................................................| 285| 80.0| 6.8| 6.9 | | | | Sales occupations.......................................................................| 15,119| 49.5| 7.8| 6.9 Supervisors and proprietors...........................................................| 4,480| 38.9| 5.6| 5.6 Sales representatives, finance and business services..................................| 2,399| 42.1| 5.5| 5.1 Insurance sales.....................................................................| 562| 37.1| 5.8| 4.6 Real estate sales...................................................................| 718| 50.7| 3.4| 4.5 Securities and financial services sales.............................................| 397| 31.3| 5.7| 5.0 Advertising and related sales.......................................................| 151| 52.9| 4.2| 4.7 Sales occupations, other business services..........................................| 571| 41.0| 8.0| 6.5 Sales representatives, commodities, except retail.....................................| 1,529| 21.2| 2.7| 4.9 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale.........................| 1,492| 21.6| 2.8| 5.0 Sales workers, retail and personal services...........................................| 6,613| 65.6| 11.4| 8.9 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats.............................................| 316| 8.7| 6.9| 7.5 Sales workers, apparel..............................................................| 439| 82.6| 11.6| 10.9 Sales workers, shoes................................................................| 126| 60.0| 18.9| 8.4 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings.......................................| 170| 45.3| 6.5| 6.0 Sales workers, radio, television, hi-fi, and appliances.............................| 234| 27.1| 7.5| 7.1 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies.......................................| 247| 22.6| 2.4| 7.8 Sales workers, parts................................................................| 161| 8.7| 5.3| 10.1 Sales workers, other commodities....................................................| 1,498| 70.1| 8.8| 7.4 Sales counter clerks................................................................| 210| 65.7| 10.7| 11.3 Cashiers............................................................................| 2,727| 79.2| 15.8| 9.9 Street and door-to-door sales workers...............................................| 366| 73.4| 6.3| 9.4 News vendors........................................................................| 119| 35.8| 7.3| 5.7 Sales-related occupations.............................................................| 99| 75.6| 4.5| 7.8 Demonstrators, promoters, and models................................................| 73| 83.1| 5.7| 7.5 | | | | Administrative support occupations, including clerical..................................| 18,389| 79.5| 12.2| 7.8 Supervisors, administrative support...................................................| 712| 60.0| 14.6| 6.3 Supervisors, general office.........................................................| 441| 66.4| 15.0| 5.7 Supervisors, financial records processing...........................................| 86| 77.4| 12.1| 5.3 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks.........................| 161| 34.6| 16.1| 9.3 Computer equipment operators..........................................................| 491| 60.4| 15.5| 8.9 Computer operators..................................................................| 485| 60.5| 15.7| 8.9 Secretaries, stenographers, and typists...............................................| 4,106| 97.8| 10.0| 6.6 Secretaries.........................................................................| 3,361| 98.5| 8.7| 6.4 Stenographers.......................................................................| 89| 95.1| 5.8| 3.9 Typists.............................................................................| 656| 94.3| 17.7| 8.1 Information clerks....................................................................| 1,872| 88.0| 10.0| 8.0 Interviewers........................................................................| 183| 82.7| 12.4| 10.4 Hotel clerks........................................................................| 99| 75.2| 13.4| 7.2 Transportation ticket and reservation agents........................................| 310| 70.4| 11.0| 6.5 Receptionists.......................................................................| 939| 96.5| 8.8| 8.4 Records processing, except financial..................................................| 959| 79.4| 15.4| 7.7 Order clerks........................................................................| 251| 74.1| 16.0| 9.2 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping....................................| 60| 86.5| 12.9| 10.1 Library clerks......................................................................| 143| 80.8| 13.7| 3.1 File clerks.........................................................................| 317| 80.2| 17.0| 8.6 Records clerks......................................................................| 172| 80.2| 14.1| 6.7 Financial records processing..........................................................| 2,255| 92.4| 6.1| 5.3 Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks........................................| 1,776| 92.8| 4.9| 4.9 Payroll and timekeeping clerks......................................................| 161| 90.9| 10.5| 4.9 Billing clerks......................................................................| 176| 90.4| 11.8| 8.3 Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators.................................| 91| 92.2| 10.4| 6.3 Duplicating, mail and other office machine operators..................................| 72| 57.9| 11.2| 9.2 Communications equipment operators....................................................| 185| 87.4| 25.6| 7.4 Telephone operators.................................................................| 176| 88.4| 26.0| 7.4 Mail and message distributing.........................................................| 1,006| 39.8| 20.4| 8.7 Postal clerks, except mail carriers.................................................| 301| 45.3| 29.3| 8.5 Mail carriers, postal service.......................................................| 362| 31.9| 13.8| 7.4 Mail clerks, except postal service..................................................| 187| 54.5| 26.2| 8.9 Messengers..........................................................................| 156| 29.7| 12.0| 12.1 Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks...............................| 1,876| 45.2| 13.4| 10.3 Dispatchers.........................................................................| 247| 54.1| 10.2| 5.6 Production coordinators.............................................................| 208| 58.5| 6.1| 7.5 Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks.............................................| 639| 32.5| 16.2| 14.0 Stock and inventory clerks..........................................................| 462| 45.0| 14.2| 10.6 Meter readers.......................................................................| 49| 9.3| 14.2| 7.3 Weighers, measurers, and checkers and samplers......................................| 57| 40.9| 17.8| 6.4 Expediters..........................................................................| 194| 67.2| 9.9| 7.5 Adjusters and investigators...........................................................| 1,414| 74.9| 13.2| 7.0 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators...................................| 365| 73.9| 10.1| 4.5 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance.......................................| 809| 75.1| 13.8| 7.0 Eligibility clerks, social welfare..................................................| 89| 81.8| 12.9| 9.0 Bill and account collectors.........................................................| 151| 72.2| 17.6| 12.0 Miscellaneous administrative support..................................................| 3,441| 83.4| 14.1| 9.6 General office clerks...............................................................| 694| 81.7| 14.1| 10.5 Bank tellers........................................................................| 443| 90.1| 11.0| 7.6 Data-entry keyers...................................................................| 652| 82.9| 17.5| 8.3 Statistical clerks..................................................................| 94| 84.3| 24.8| 8.5 Teachers' aides.....................................................................| 634| 90.9| 14.9| 15.1 | | | | Service occupations.......................................................................| 16,930| 60.0| 17.0| 13.0 Private household.......................................................................| 821| 95.5| 16.7| 24.8 Child care workers....................................................................| 312| 96.8| 9.6| 19.3 Cleaners and servants.................................................................| 487| 94.6| 20.0| 28.0 Protective service......................................................................| 2,237| 15.9| 18.2| 7.4 Supervisors...........................................................................| 193| 10.9| 13.4| 5.5 Supervisors, firefighting and fire prevention.......................................| 38| 2.8| 6.8| 4.4 Police and detectives...............................................................| 102| 12.9| 7.8| 7.1 Guards..............................................................................| 53| 12.9| 28.8| 3.2 Firefighting and fire prevention......................................................| 249| 2.7| 15.1| 5.1 Firefighting........................................................................| 237| 2.3| 15.3| 4.8 Police and detectives.................................................................| 949| 13.5| 16.9| 7.4 Police and detectives, public service...............................................| 519| 10.4| 11.2| 8.7 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers..............................| 151| 16.3| 15.4| 4.9 Correctional institution officers...................................................| 278| 17.8| 28.2| 6.4 Guards................................................................................| 846| 23.7| 21.6| 8.6 Guards and police, except public services...........................................| 709| 16.4| 23.4| 9.1 | | | | Service occupations, except private household and protective service....................| 13,872| 65.0| 16.8| 13.2 Food preparation and service occupations..............................................| 5,800| 58.3| 11.6| 14.2 Supervisors, food preparation and service...........................................| 382| 68.9| 9.9| 9.4 | | | | _________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin-Continued (Numbers in thousands) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 1995 | _________________________________ | | Occupation | | Percent of total: | Total | ________________________ |employed| | | | | Women | Black |Hispanic | | | | origin | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Bartenders..........................................................................| 287| 53.5| 2.0| 5.9 Waiters and waitresses..............................................................| 1,426| 77.7| 4.5| 9.7 Cooks...............................................................................| 2,001| 44.5| 17.6| 18.1 Food counter, fountain and related occupations......................................| 321| 74.8| 14.3| 9.5 Kitchen workers, food preparation...................................................| 280| 70.7| 10.7| 10.4 Waiters' and waitresses' assistants.................................................| 479| 46.2| 9.9| 20.1 Miscellaneous food preparation......................................................| 624| 49.1| 14.5| 18.1 Health service occupations............................................................| 2,315| 88.2| 27.6| 8.4 Dental assistants...................................................................| 211| 98.5| 3.6| 12.3 Health aides, except nursing........................................................| 347| 76.0| 27.9| 6.2 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants............................................| 1,757| 89.4| 30.4| 8.4 Cleaning and building service occupations.............................................| 2,946| 44.9| 21.9| 19.0 Supervisors.........................................................................| 179| 38.5| 19.3| 19.0 Maids and housemen..................................................................| 634| 83.1| 29.1| 19.4 Janitors and cleaners...............................................................| 2,071| 35.0| 20.1| 19.1 Pest control occupations............................................................| 57| 4.9| 13.0| 9.9 Personal service occupations..........................................................| 2,810| 80.7| 13.5| 8.8 Supervisors.........................................................................| 134| 67.2| 10.8| 4.0 Barbers.............................................................................| 87| 16.3| 29.0| 7.0 Hairdressers and cosmetologists.....................................................| 750| 92.0| 9.9| 9.4 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities.....................................| 194| 37.5| 8.4| 4.5 Public transportation attendants....................................................| 94| 81.7| 16.9| 3.1 Welfare service aides...............................................................| 93| 85.1| 29.4| 11.8 Family child care providers.........................................................| 486| 97.9| 10.1| 8.6 Early childhood teachers' assistants................................................| 396| 95.8| 16.5| 10.8 | | | | Precision production, craft, and repair...................................................| 13,524| 8.9| 7.9| 10.6 Mechanics and repairers.................................................................| 4,423| 3.9| 8.3| 8.3 Supervisors...........................................................................| 250| 6.8| 5.6| 6.1 Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors...........................................| 4,173| 3.8| 8.5| 8.4 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics and repairers................................| 1,710| .7| 7.7| 9.1 Automobile mechanics..............................................................| 819| .6| 7.8| 11.2 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics.......................................| 321| .5| 10.3| 6.3 Aircraft engine mechanics.........................................................| 121| 1.7| 10.4| 6.7 Small engine repairers............................................................| 64| -| 4.2| 3.9 Automobile body and related repairers.............................................| 181| 1.0| 5.5| 10.5 Heavy equipment mechanics.........................................................| 155| .6| 4.6| 7.2 Industrial machinery repairers......................................................| 569| 3.0| 9.3| 6.8 Electrical and electronic equipment repairers.......................................| 642| 9.4| 9.3| 6.7 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment.....................| 172| 4.2| 9.9| 7.5 Data processing equipment repairers...............................................| 149| 15.2| 9.4| 6.4 Telephone installers and repairers................................................| 163| 16.0| 6.2| 6.0 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics..............................| 260| .9| 5.1| 6.9 Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers...............................................| 972| 6.4| 9.6| 9.6 Office machine repairers..........................................................| 60| 7.9| 12.8| 9.5 Millwrights.......................................................................| 83| 2.1| 5.1| - Construction trades.....................................................................| 5,098| 2.3| 7.1| 11.4 Supervisors...........................................................................| 725| 2.9| 4.1| 6.6 Construction trades, except supervisors...............................................| 4,372| 2.3| 7.6| 12.2 Brickmasons and stonemasons.........................................................| 181| 1.4| 16.3| 13.4 Tile setters, hard and soft.........................................................| 52| 2.0| 9.9| 13.9 Carpet installers...................................................................| 119| 1.0| 4.2| 17.2 Carpenters..........................................................................| 1,255| .8| 5.7| 9.4 Drywall installers..................................................................| 138| 1.7| 4.3| 21.5 Electricians........................................................................| 736| 2.0| 5.5| 6.4 Electrical power installers and repairers...........................................| 126| 3.1| 8.1| 13.4 Painters, construction and maintenance..............................................| 509| 6.7| 8.4| 18.9 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters.............................................| 502| 1.3| 7.6| 12.0 Concrete and terrazzo finishers.....................................................| 77| .6| 26.9| 22.6 Insulation workers..................................................................| 62| 2.5| 12.3| 13.1 Roofers.............................................................................| 205| -| 5.7| 20.6 Extractive occupations..................................................................| 136| 3.6| 2.6| 7.8 Precision production occupations........................................................| 3,867| 23.3| 8.8| 12.3 Supervisors...........................................................................| 1,235| 17.0| 8.2| 9.9 Precision metalworking................................................................| 911| 7.6| 6.4| 7.3 Tool and die makers.................................................................| 143| 3.6| 1.7| 5.7 Machinists..........................................................................| 509| 5.8| 7.6| 6.9 Sheet-metal workers.................................................................| 113| 7.5| 4.2| 5.3 Precision woodworking occupations.....................................................| 125| 11.5| 1.6| 10.8 Cabinet makers and bench carpenters.................................................| 80| 5.4| .1| 6.0 Precision textile, apparel, and furnishings machine workers...........................| 234| 55.5| 10.3| 24.4 Dressmakers.........................................................................| 93| 98.2| 9.6| 16.5 Upholsterers........................................................................| 72| 21.8| 5.9| 27.0 Precision workers, assorted materials.................................................| 540| 56.4| 12.6| 14.1 Optical goods workers...............................................................| 68| 54.1| 5.6| 6.2 Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians.................................| 65| 41.9| 2.5| 10.1 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers......................................| 331| 66.0| 15.8| 16.6 Precision food production occupations.................................................| 416| 31.6| 12.7| 24.8 Butchers and meat cutters...........................................................| 238| 21.5| 16.2| 27.8 Bakers..............................................................................| 129| 38.5| 6.7| 21.0 Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers....................................| 134| 19.4| 9.8| 12.3 Inspectors, testers, and graders....................................................| 124| 19.7| 10.4| 12.9 Plant and system operators............................................................| 272| 5.7| 7.7| 7.1 Water and sewage treatment plant operators..........................................| 69| 3.5| 3.7| 8.3 Stationary engineers................................................................| 124| 2.2| 10.0| 5.8 | | | | Operators, fabricators, and laborers......................................................| 18,068| 24.3| 15.0| 14.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...........................................| 7,907| 37.3| 15.4| 15.8 Machine operators and tenders, except precision.......................................| 5,084| 38.1| 16.2| 17.0 Metalworking and plastic working machine operators..................................| 378| 14.8| 8.9| 13.2 Punching and stamping press machine operators.....................................| 106| 21.3| 8.2| 12.0 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators......................| 118| 12.6| 8.5| 21.1 Metal and plastic processing machine operators......................................| 165| 20.1| 9.9| 16.0 Molding and casting machine operators.............................................| 104| 25.2| 12.2| 12.1 Woodworking machine operators.......................................................| 126| 11.7| 9.5| 9.8 Sawing machine operators..........................................................| 84| 11.6| 9.9| 9.1 Printing machine operators..........................................................| 431| 25.2| 11.5| 12.2 Printing press operators..........................................................| 315| 18.5| 12.2| 14.5 Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine operators.................................| 1,134| 73.5| 20.3| 23.1 Winding and twisting machine operators............................................| 77| 70.1| 34.6| - Textile sewing machine operators..................................................| 607| 85.7| 17.0| 26.9 Pressing machine operators........................................................| 128| 65.4| 24.9| 31.9 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators.....................................| 192| 57.1| 20.1| 20.6 Machine operators, assorted materials...............................................| 2,828| 31.3| 17.1| 16.1 Packaging and filling machine operators...........................................| 388| 55.9| 19.2| 29.2 | | | | _________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin-Continued (Numbers in thousands) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 1995 | _________________________________ | | Occupation | | Percent of total: | Total | ________________________ |employed| | | | | Women | Black |Hispanic | | | | origin | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Mixing and blending machine operators.............................................| 104| 9.9| 20.3| 11.6 Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators...........................| 53| 6.9| 13.4| 9.7 Painting and paint spraying machine operators.....................................| 186| 13.3| 12.9| 13.1 Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food....................................| 67| 6.7| 21.6| 4.3 Slicing and cutting machine operators.............................................| 206| 26.6| 11.6| 18.2 Photographic process machine operators............................................| 85| 54.8| 13.2| 8.3 Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations...............................| 2,059| 29.9| 13.1| 13.6 Welders and cutters...............................................................| 604| 4.4| 9.1| 13.0 Assemblers........................................................................| 1,255| 38.8| 16.1| 14.0 Production inspectors, testers, samplers, and weighers..............................| 764| 52.0| 16.2| 13.7 Production inspectors, checkers, and examiners....................................| 541| 53.2| 15.4| 10.0 Production testers................................................................| 60| 33.6| 8.9| 7.7 Graders and sorters, except agricultural..........................................| 157| 55.6| 22.6| 28.0 | | | | Transportation and material moving occupations..........................................| 5,171| 9.5| 14.7| 9.9 Motor vehicle operators...............................................................| 3,904| 11.0| 15.2| 10.1 Supervisors.........................................................................| 87| 17.8| 11.4| 8.3 Truck drivers.......................................................................| 2,861| 4.5| 12.6| 10.4 Drivers--sales workers..............................................................| 158| 6.3| 6.0| 7.3 Bus drivers.........................................................................| 526| 46.4| 27.9| 8.0 Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs......................................................| 213| 10.5| 22.8| 12.3 Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles.....................................| 170| 2.8| 13.5| 3.5 Rail transportation.................................................................| 105| 2.9| 17.3| 3.8 Water transportation................................................................| 65| 2.5| 7.3| - Material moving equipment operators...................................................| 1,098| 5.1| 13.2| 10.2 Operating engineers.................................................................| 246| 2.4| 7.8| 9.3 Crane and tower operators...........................................................| 63| 2.4| 7.6| 12.9 Excavating and loading machine operators............................................| 96| -| 6.1| 4.0 Grader, dozer, and scraper operators................................................| 74| 1.5| 4.5| 1.4 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators....................................| 500| 7.1| 19.5| 13.3 | | | | Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.....................................| 4,990| 19.1| 14.7| 16.4 Helpers, construction and extractive occupations......................................| 115| 4.1| 13.9| 23.9 Helpers, construction trades........................................................| 110| 4.0| 13.8| 24.7 Construction laborers.................................................................| 780| 3.4| 13.6| 21.2 Production helpers....................................................................| 63| 24.1| 18.8| 23.8 Freight, stock, and material handlers.................................................| 1,925| 22.1| 14.7| 13.1 Stock handlers and baggers..........................................................| 1,060| 28.2| 11.3| 11.8 Machine feeders and offbearers......................................................| 74| 46.0| 17.1| 7.9 Garage and service station related occupations........................................| 178| 4.9| 10.8| 13.5 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners................................................| 284| 14.6| 18.7| 22.7 Hand packers and packagers............................................................| 265| 58.9| 15.1| 20.1 Laborers, except construction.........................................................| 1,337| 20.6| 14.8| 15.3 | | | | Farming, forestry, and fishing............................................................| 3,642| 19.9| 4.2| 18.1 Farm operators and managers.............................................................| 1,446| 25.3| .4| 1.9 Farmers, except horticultural.........................................................| 1,223| 27.1| .4| 1.0 Horticultural specialty farmers.......................................................| 53| 13.1| 2.6| 19.6 Managers, farms, except horticultural.................................................| 161| 15.7| -| 3.3 Other agricultural and related occupations..............................................| 2,010| 17.4| 6.8| 30.8 Farm occupations, except managerial...................................................| 862| 18.6| 4.3| 39.9 Farm workers........................................................................| 797| 18.1| 4.3| 40.3 Related agricultural occupations......................................................| 1,148| 16.6| 8.6| 24.0 Supervisors.........................................................................| 124| 5.0| 6.8| 17.7 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm...........................................| 832| 6.4| 9.7| 24.1 Animal caretakers, except farm......................................................| 122| 66.5| 2.9| 5.1 Graders and sorters, agricultural products..........................................| 68| 71.5| 8.0| 69.2 Forestry and logging occupations........................................................| 129| 3.6| 8.6| 3.7 Timber cutting and logging occupations..............................................| 97| 1.0| 10.6| 2.4 Fishers, hunters, and trappers..........................................................| 58| 7.3| 1.3| 9.5 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | NOTE: Generally, data for occupations with fewer than 50,000 employed are not published separately but are included in the totals for the appropriate categories shown.