HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age (In thousands) Total Men Women Occupation 16 years 16 years 20 years 16 years 20 years and over and over and over and over and over 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 Total....................................... 137,736 139,252 73,332 74,524 70,415 71,572 64,404 64,728 61,402 61,773 Management, professional, and related occupations...................................... 47,929 48,532 23,735 24,136 23,597 23,989 24,194 24,396 23,978 24,198 Management, business, and financial operations occupations.................................... 19,934 20,235 11,534 11,718 11,508 11,685 8,400 8,517 8,372 8,493 Management occupations........................ 14,468 14,555 9,094 9,210 9,075 9,183 5,374 5,344 5,356 5,326 Business and financial operations occupations. 5,465 5,680 2,440 2,508 2,433 2,502 3,026 3,172 3,016 3,168 Professional and related occupations............ 27,995 28,297 12,201 12,418 12,089 12,304 15,794 15,879 15,606 15,705 Computer and mathematical occupations......... 3,122 3,140 2,223 2,292 2,209 2,277 900 848 895 843 Architecture and engineering occupations...... 2,727 2,760 2,343 2,380 2,334 2,375 384 380 382 377 Life, physical, and social science occupations.................................. 1,375 1,365 783 777 778 771 592 588 585 585 Community and social services occupations..... 2,184 2,170 862 845 857 838 1,323 1,325 1,313 1,314 Legal occupations............................. 1,508 1,554 811 795 811 793 697 759 691 757 Education, training, and library occupations.. 7,768 7,900 2,038 2,104 2,004 2,078 5,730 5,796 5,642 5,717 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.................................. 2,663 2,687 1,395 1,425 1,357 1,382 1,267 1,262 1,223 1,219 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations.................................. 6,648 6,721 1,746 1,799 1,739 1,789 4,902 4,922 4,876 4,894 Service occupations............................... 22,086 22,720 9,460 9,826 8,408 8,776 12,626 12,894 11,393 11,677 Healthcare support occupations.................. 2,926 2,921 311 311 286 296 2,616 2,609 2,528 2,519 Protective service occupations.................. 2,727 2,847 2,164 2,230 2,109 2,178 563 616 515 566 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................................... 7,254 7,279 3,151 3,196 2,483 2,506 4,104 4,084 3,336 3,323 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations.................................... 4,947 5,185 2,920 3,085 2,722 2,907 2,027 2,100 1,956 2,030 Personal care and service occupations........... 4,232 4,488 915 1,004 807 889 3,316 3,484 3,059 3,238 Sales and office occupations...................... 35,496 35,464 12,851 12,805 12,056 12,027 22,645 22,660 21,265 21,270 Sales and related occupations................... 15,960 15,983 8,137 8,105 7,662 7,645 7,823 7,878 6,936 6,968 Office and administrative support occupations... 19,536 19,481 4,714 4,700 4,394 4,382 14,823 14,781 14,329 14,302 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations...................................... 14,205 14,582 13,541 13,930 13,106 13,474 665 652 623 619 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...... 1,050 991 819 786 739 704 231 204 206 181 Construction and extraction occupations......... 8,114 8,522 7,891 8,306 7,636 8,030 223 216 214 208 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.................................... 5,041 5,069 4,830 4,838 4,730 4,740 211 231 204 230 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations...................................... 18,020 17,954 13,745 13,827 13,248 13,306 4,274 4,126 4,143 4,008 Production occupations.......................... 9,700 9,462 6,696 6,587 6,566 6,437 3,004 2,875 2,938 2,818 Transportation and material moving occupations.................................... 8,320 8,491 7,049 7,240 6,682 6,869 1,270 1,251 1,205 1,191 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.