11b. Employed persons by detailed occupation and age : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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11b. Employed persons by detailed occupation and age
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation	2012
Occupation	Total, 16 years and over	16 to 19 years	20 to 24 years	25 to 34 years	35 to 44 years	45 to 54 years	55 to 64 years	65 years and over	Median age
Total employed	142,469	4,426	13,408	30,701	30,576	32,874	23,239	7,245	42.3

Management, professional, and related occupations	54,043	339	2,690	11,894	12,810	13,329	9,908	3,074	44.4
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	22,678	67	817	4,236	5,436	6,171	4,457	1,494	46.2
Management occupations	16,042	52	500	2,691	3,829	4,571	3,260	1,140	47.1
Chief executives	1,513	1	5	107	318	532	413	136	52.0
General and operations managers	1,064	0	30	193	283	326	195	37	45.1
Legislators	11	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	-
Advertising and promotions managers	77	0	8	19	23	15	9	3	39.7
Marketing and sales managers	967	2	43	238	284	244	136	21	42.2
Public relations and fundraising managers	58	0	1	19	12	13	11	2	42.1
Administrative services managers	144	0	5	17	25	55	35	7	49.6
Computer and information systems managers	605	1	6	106	222	172	89	11	43.7
Financial managers	1,228	1	37	287	296	331	220	55	44.6
Compensation and benefits managers	15	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	-
Human resources managers	224	1	4	40	58	72	43	6	46.0
Training and development managers	36	1	2	6	5	14	8	1	-
Industrial production managers	261	1	5	39	59	94	50	12	47.7
Purchasing managers	218	0	7	33	48	81	44	6	48.3
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	287	1	10	57	76	78	52	13	44.7
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers	944	12	31	88	111	201	249	252	55.9
Construction managers	983	1	24	150	239	318	200	52	47.8
Education administrators	811	1	18	117	221	218	191	45	47.0
Architectural and engineering managers	120	0	0	16	31	40	28	5	48.7
Food service managers	1,085	22	140	273	234	245	135	36	39.7
Funeral service managers	13	0	0	0	2	4	3	5	-
Gaming managers	26	0	4	6	6	7	1	1	-
Lodging managers	154	0	6	32	26	37	34	19	48.3
Medical and health services managers	585	0	8	89	125	176	148	40	49.3
Natural sciences managers	18	0	0	3	6	5	4	0	-
Postmasters and mail superintendents	39	0	1	2	8	13	13	3	-
Property, real estate, and community association managers	644	1	10	109	125	172	139	87	50.2
Social and community service managers	315	0	15	56	84	72	59	28	46.2
Emergency management directors	6	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	-
Managers, all other	3,594	7	79	583	897	1,028	748	253	47.4
Business and financial operations occupations	6,636	15	317	1,546	1,607	1,600	1,197	355	44.1
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes	47	1	3	10	13	7	7	4	-
Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products	13	0	0	2	3	3	3	2	-
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	198	3	14	47	38	39	47	11	44.4
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	261	1	11	40	65	71	65	9	47.5
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators	323	0	12	75	86	73	61	16	44.3
Compliance officers	199	0	1	36	47	57	51	6	46.9
Cost estimators	114	0	7	20	30	23	24	9	45.6
Human resources workers	603	1	31	148	168	141	97	16	42.5
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	71	0	2	13	19	16	20	1	46.1
Training and development specialists	126	0	4	28	34	30	25	4	43.8
Logisticians	94	0	4	26	20	28	12	4	45.1
Management analysts	773	1	25	151	178	181	160	77	47.0
Meeting, convention, and event planners	127	2	15	41	28	24	11	7	38.4
Fundraisers	86	2	8	24	19	18	12	3	40.2
Market research analysts and marketing specialists	219	0	14	68	57	48	27	6	40.9
Business operations specialists, all other	251	2	9	59	59	71	41	10	45.1
Accountants and auditors	1,765	1	95	443	436	424	274	91	42.8
Appraisers and assessors of real estate	93	0	1	16	16	27	25	7	50.5
Budget analysts	55	0	0	11	14	17	10	3	46.5
Credit analysts	30	0	4	13	6	5	2	0	-
Financial analysts	89	0	7	25	27	21	7	2	39.4
Personal financial advisors	378	0	19	79	87	83	78	31	45.7
Insurance underwriters	103	0	2	23	24	30	21	3	45.9
Financial examiners	14	0	2	6	1	2	2	1	-
Credit counselors and loan officers	333	1	13	98	75	83	57	6	42.4
Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents	82	0	1	14	14	32	17	4	48.7
Tax preparers	107	0	6	12	25	23	23	17	49.6
Financial specialists, all other	82	0	6	18	19	23	14	3	43.9
Professional and related occupations	31,365	272	1,874	7,657	7,373	7,158	5,451	1,580	43.1
Computer and mathematical occupations	3,816	11	213	1,062	1,103	873	461	94	40.9
Computer and information research scientists	29	0	3	10	4	10	2	0	-
Computer systems analysts	499	1	17	126	123	134	80	19	43.4
Information security analysts	52	0	2	14	17	11	6	1	41.4
Computer programmers	480	2	33	113	132	124	66	11	41.6
Software developers, applications and systems software	1,084	1	53	338	348	226	102	16	39.7
Web developers	190	1	21	72	48	28	16	4	36.5
Computer support specialists	476	3	45	130	127	90	72	9	40.4
Database administrators	101	0	1	14	35	36	12	3	44.8
Network and computer systems administrators	226	0	9	70	81	38	24	4	40.1
Computer network architects	127	1	1	26	49	39	5	6	41.8
Computer occupations, all other	341	3	20	86	89	88	44	12	41.8
Actuaries	26	0	1	8	4	6	5	2	-
Mathematicians	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	-
Operations research analysts	130	0	3	38	29	32	21	7	43.1
Statisticians	47	0	1	16	15	10	4	1	-
Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	-
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,846	11	158	650	628	768	513	120	44.6
Architects, except naval	195	0	3	45	42	55	42	8	46.1
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists	51	0	2	12	11	13	10	1	44.8
Aerospace engineers	119	0	4	23	30	34	24	5	46.5
Agricultural engineers	4	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	-
Biomedical engineers	10	0	1	3	3	4	0	0	-
Chemical engineers	71	0	6	17	20	14	12	2	41.4
Civil engineers	358	1	25	91	81	85	57	18	43.4
Computer hardware engineers	91	0	3	34	16	26	11	1	40.7
Electrical and electronics engineers	335	0	10	66	78	102	60	19	46.4
Environmental engineers	43	0	1	5	14	10	9	4	-
Industrial engineers, including health and safety	197	0	16	43	41	54	39	4	44.4
Marine engineers and naval architects	8	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	-
Materials engineers	40	1	2	12	7	12	4	2	-
Mechanical engineers	288	1	26	63	63	83	43	10	43.3
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers	9	0	0	4	1	2	2	1	-
Nuclear engineers	11	0	0	3	1	5	3	0	-
Petroleum engineers	38	0	7	8	8	6	7	2	-
Engineers, all other	359	1	10	90	84	97	55	22	44.5
Drafters	149	1	6	41	35	32	30	4	43.6
Engineering technicians, except drafters	395	5	32	66	77	114	87	14	46.8
Surveying and mapping technicians	77	0	4	20	14	18	18	3	45.0
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,316	8	82	375	284	295	210	62	42.1
Agricultural and food scientists	42	0	3	8	9	9	9	4	-
Biological scientists	101	0	7	28	21	22	20	3	41.6
Conservation scientists and foresters	25	0	0	6	6	5	7	1	-
Medical scientists	136	0	4	39	38	32	20	3	42.5
Life scientists, all other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Astronomers and physicists	25	0	0	2	3	10	4	5	-
Atmospheric and space scientists	15	0	0	3	3	6	2	1	-
Chemists and materials scientists	105	0	9	32	22	29	11	2	40.4
Environmental scientists and geoscientists	105	0	3	31	22	28	16	5	43.5
Physical scientists, all other	154	0	9	48	42	24	22	9	40.3
Economists	26	0	1	5	6	5	6	3	-
Survey researchers	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	-
Psychologists	178	0	0	43	38	34	46	18	47.0
Sociologists	7	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	-
Urban and regional planners	28	0	0	13	7	4	4	0	-
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers	57	0	1	17	16	13	9	1	41.1
Agricultural and food science technicians	32	0	2	11	4	8	5	2	-
Biological technicians	19	0	2	5	3	6	1	0	-
Chemical technicians	70	0	5	26	8	18	10	2	39.4
Geological and petroleum technicians	21	0	2	7	3	8	1	0	-
Nuclear technicians	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	-
Social science research assistants	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	-
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians	160	7	31	44	30	30	15	3	34.0
Community and social service occupations	2,265	15	127	508	507	477	468	162	44.8
Counselors	661	5	43	157	152	127	140	35	43.9
Social workers	734	2	34	195	205	159	115	23	42.0
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists	88	0	3	26	30	17	11	1	40.3
Social and human service assistants	151	1	18	39	27	22	35	9	42.2
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community health workers	94	1	7	21	15	30	14	5	44.4
Clergy	408	2	10	49	62	94	120	70	52.8
Directors, religious activities and education	61	0	2	13	9	16	15	6	48.3
Religious workers, all other	69	3	9	8	7	13	17	12	51.1
Legal occupations	1,786	5	49	385	415	421	354	156	46.0
Lawyers	1,061	0	1	213	258	240	223	125	47.5
Judicial law clerks	17	0	2	5	2	2	6	1	-
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers	67	0	0	9	9	16	26	8	53.2
Paralegals and legal assistants	418	3	38	104	97	100	62	13	41.4
Miscellaneous legal support workers	223	1	8	55	49	63	38	9	44.4
Education, training, and library occupations	8,543	114	602	2,003	1,877	1,937	1,543	468	43.2
Postsecondary teachers	1,350	6	95	304	262	274	274	136	45.2
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	678	15	70	183	161	145	82	22	39.5
Elementary and middle school teachers	2,838	8	117	722	731	647	502	111	43.0
Secondary school teachers	1,127	3	53	303	272	268	184	44	42.8
Special education teachers	366	3	13	94	70	106	67	14	44.7
Other teachers and instructors	860	48	137	178	126	144	158	69	40.5
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians	46	1	3	5	10	10	12	6	-
Librarians	181	1	7	24	31	46	57	15	51.1
Library technicians	45	6	7	8	6	5	12	1	-
Teacher assistants	898	18	92	152	180	254	164	36	44.1
Other education, training, and library workers	153	3	8	31	29	37	31	14	46.4
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,814	78	285	706	592	564	415	175	41.0
Artists and related workers	212	0	10	44	53	42	46	17	45.7
Designers	756	7	61	196	174	176	107	35	41.6
Actors	37	2	7	10	9	5	3	1	-
Producers and directors	121	0	10	37	28	22	19	4	41.1
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers	267	44	60	48	38	38	30	9	31.1
Dancers and choreographers	21	4	5	9	3	0	0	0	-
Musicians, singers, and related workers	203	7	18	51	35	34	38	20	43.3
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other	41	2	5	14	6	6	2	5	-
Announcers	50	0	5	9	14	13	5	5	44.1
News analysts, reporters and correspondents	82	1	12	20	11	20	15	5	42.8
Public relations specialists	155	0	11	46	39	25	27	8	41.1
Editors	159	2	21	41	30	30	23	11	40.4
Technical writers	58	0	1	8	17	18	10	3	44.8
Writers and authors	208	1	13	48	27	49	42	28	47.3
Miscellaneous media and communication workers	98	2	8	27	21	21	13	7	40.3
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators	108	2	14	32	23	22	12	3	37.5
Photographers	178	4	19	49	44	30	20	12	39.2
Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors	57	1	5	16	18	12	3	2	39.6
Media and communication equipment workers, all other	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	7,977	31	358	1,969	1,968	1,823	1,487	341	43.6
Chiropractors	58	0	0	9	17	15	10	6	47.3
Dentists	167	0	0	17	39	51	37	22	51.7
Dietitians and nutritionists	116	2	4	24	22	26	32	6	47.4
Optometrists	33	0	0	8	3	10	7	4	-
Pharmacists	286	0	8	94	73	49	45	16	41.2
Physicians and surgeons	911	0	3	179	238	218	181	92	46.9
Physician assistants	108	0	5	34	35	22	11	2	39.6
Podiatrists	9	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	-
Audiologists	14	0	0	5	5	2	2	0	-
Occupational therapists	118	0	2	38	34	26	16	3	41.4
Physical therapists	211	1	6	74	53	46	27	5	39.9
Radiation therapists	14	0	0	5	5	2	1	0	-
Recreational therapists	13	0	0	6	2	4	1	1	-
Respiratory therapists	111	0	3	27	34	24	20	3	43.2
Speech-language pathologists	146	0	4	50	40	21	29	1	41.6
Exercise physiologists	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	-
Therapists, all other	148	1	12	41	40	25	23	6	40.8
Veterinarians	85	1	1	19	30	16	14	3	43.2
Registered nurses	2,875	1	104	655	695	699	626	95	45.0
Nurse anesthetists	27	0	0	1	9	8	9	0	-
Nurse midwives	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	-
Nurse practitioners	103	0	0	15	38	26	23	2	45.4
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other	23	0	0	3	3	9	7	1	-
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians	319	1	17	81	62	86	57	15	44.7
Dental hygienists	163	0	8	47	42	38	25	2	41.4
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians	308	2	14	80	89	64	52	6	42.2
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	172	5	17	73	40	25	10	1	33.8
Health practitioner support technologists and technicians	544	9	96	179	106	90	50	14	34.9
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	531	3	25	127	133	140	85	18	43.2
Medical records and health information technicians	90	1	4	19	17	25	19	4	45.7
Opticians, dispensing	54	0	7	7	10	12	17	2	48.1
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians	140	2	10	31	33	31	26	7	43.1
Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	75	1	6	19	17	9	19	3	42.3

Service occupations	25,459	1,812	3,917	5,658	4,800	4,949	3,190	1,133	37.9
Healthcare support occupations	3,496	69	528	911	667	710	478	133	38.9
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides	2,119	41	311	489	393	463	323	98	40.6
Occupational therapy assistants and aides	18	0	4	9	2	2	1	0	-
Physical therapist assistants and aides	66	0	14	20	14	9	7	2	34.8
Massage therapists	158	1	17	46	32	27	25	9	40.4
Dental assistants	274	5	39	87	61	51	26	4	36.5
Medical assistants	429	3	67	163	96	59	36	5	33.6
Medical transcriptionists	55	0	2	6	10	20	13	5	52.6
Pharmacy aides	45	1	13	11	7	4	9	0	-
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers	47	4	14	14	6	3	6	0	-
Phlebotomists	119	1	14	38	21	32	10	3	39.3
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical equipment preparers	166	13	32	27	26	40	22	7	38.6
Protective service occupations	3,096	92	231	754	792	684	402	140	40.9
First-line supervisors of correctional officers	46	0	0	8	13	17	5	3	-
First-line supervisors of police and detectives	112	0	0	8	41	44	17	3	45.6
First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers	64	0	0	6	21	23	15	0	46.4
First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other	93	0	2	13	24	23	24	8	49.5
Firefighters	295	0	21	97	97	59	20	1	38.3
Fire inspectors	18	0	2	4	4	6	3	0	-
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers	371	5	22	95	124	89	32	4	40.2
Detectives and criminal investigators	160	0	1	30	56	47	20	5	43.2
Fish and game wardens	7	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	-
Parking enforcement workers	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	-
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	657	2	25	200	216	148	53	14	40.0
Transit and railroad police	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-
Animal control workers	11	0	0	5	2	2	1	1	-
Private detectives and investigators	103	1	5	25	25	23	17	7	43.5
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers	903	16	114	231	146	163	163	70	41.0
Crossing guards	61	1	3	7	6	17	14	14	54.4
Transportation security screeners	25	0	2	8	6	7	1	0	-
Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service workers	162	67	35	15	6	13	16	10	22.6
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,018	1,143	1,939	1,896	1,151	1,077	609	203	29.6
Chefs and head cooks	403	7	45	125	96	77	48	6	38.4
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	552	23	113	149	103	93	57	14	34.9
Cooks	1,970	202	358	506	349	313	178	63	33.7
Food preparation workers	868	144	233	178	100	110	80	22	27.9
Bartenders	412	5	82	148	66	69	30	12	31.9
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	343	57	89	55	44	56	32	11	29.2
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	233	109	62	21	17	14	7	3	21.8
Waiters and waitresses	2,124	307	697	544	250	212	87	28	26.6
Food servers, nonrestaurant	217	28	48	38	32	37	24	10	31.8
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	359	94	76	52	40	47	30	20	27.1
Dishwashers	271	56	52	57	40	35	23	8	30.4
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	260	111	81	23	12	13	13	7	21.6
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other	6	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	-
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,591	196	481	990	1,185	1,431	970	338	44.1
First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers	277	3	8	39	56	92	65	14	48.8
First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	281	3	7	48	83	68	57	15	45.3
Janitors and building cleaners	2,205	80	182	334	394	585	454	176	47.1
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	1,457	32	108	249	354	391	242	81	44.2
Pest control workers	73	1	4	16	18	21	10	4	43.8
Grounds maintenance workers	1,298	77	171	303	280	275	143	48	38.4
Personal care and service occupations	5,258	312	738	1,107	1,004	1,047	731	319	39.6
First-line supervisors of gaming workers	146	1	16	29	37	37	21	4	42.6
First-line supervisors of personal service workers	246	1	13	49	75	63	34	11	42.8
Animal trainers	44	1	9	9	8	12	3	3	-
Nonfarm animal caretakers	179	16	50	33	25	29	21	5	31.7
Gaming services workers	106	2	8	25	28	22	15	6	43.0
Motion picture projectionists	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers	43	14	17	5	2	1	3	2	-
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers	180	45	45	25	16	18	16	14	26.0
Embalmers and funeral attendants	16	1	0	1	3	4	1	6	-
Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors	38	0	2	11	4	7	10	4	-
Barbers	109	2	6	34	22	17	14	14	39.9
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	785	12	79	209	170	159	111	46	40.6
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers	300	4	17	80	96	61	35	8	39.9
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges	68	1	7	15	10	19	8	7	42.1
Tour and travel guides	51	3	14	9	6	6	6	8	35.4
Childcare workers	1,314	139	221	242	214	258	166	74	37.3
Personal care aides	1,071	29	129	200	185	253	192	84	43.9
Recreation and fitness workers	406	33	69	100	75	57	56	15	36.4
Residential advisors	58	1	14	11	9	15	7	1	37.7
Personal care and service workers, all other	95	8	21	22	19	8	12	6	34.4

Sales and office occupations	33,152	1,534	4,157	6,712	6,318	7,207	5,398	1,826	41.4
Sales and related occupations	15,457	1,051	2,226	3,065	2,870	3,098	2,234	914	39.7
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	3,237	23	259	773	732	791	485	174	42.7
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers	1,151	0	25	186	319	326	223	72	46.1
Cashiers	3,275	677	913	559	371	354	288	113	26.3
Counter and rental clerks	139	10	28	32	24	22	18	4	34.6
Parts salespersons	106	3	15	21	22	26	17	2	40.5
Retail salespersons	3,341	294	708	658	486	543	450	201	35.2
Advertising sales agents	230	2	23	73	50	49	24	9	38.6
Insurance sales agents	540	4	27	118	111	134	101	45	45.8
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	280	1	21	75	65	66	35	17	41.7
Travel agents	73	0	3	10	14	15	16	16	52.9
Sales representatives, services, all other	457	3	41	107	109	106	75	16	42.0
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing	1,277	8	62	241	319	366	217	64	45.1
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters	65	5	8	12	3	11	18	9	50.2
Real estate brokers and sales agents	761	1	24	89	153	185	191	116	50.8
Sales engineers	27	0	0	6	6	9	5	0	-
Telemarketers	97	8	30	24	12	8	11	4	29.3
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers	198	7	19	40	32	43	31	26	43.8
Sales and related workers, all other	204	4	18	40	41	44	30	26	43.4
Office and administrative support occupations	17,695	483	1,931	3,647	3,448	4,110	3,164	912	42.9
First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	1,416	7	41	287	347	392	291	50	45.3
Switchboard operators, including answering service	35	1	5	9	3	7	6	4	-
Telephone operators	42	1	8	12	4	10	5	1	-
Communications equipment operators, all other	9	0	0	4	1	2	1	0	-
Bill and account collectors	206	2	25	63	46	35	29	6	39.3
Billing and posting clerks	475	4	27	110	109	118	93	14	43.6
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	1,268	7	63	164	249	351	310	124	49.7
Gaming cage workers	8	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	-
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	155	0	4	20	35	58	31	5	47.7
Procurement clerks	27	0	0	7	7	5	7	1	-
Tellers	380	13	107	85	68	57	36	15	31.8
Financial clerks, all other	52	2	5	11	8	13	10	3	40.7
Brokerage clerks	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	-
Correspondence clerks	6	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	-
Court, municipal, and license clerks	85	0	3	16	15	28	19	4	47.6
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks	43	0	4	9	11	13	6	0	-
Customer service representatives	1,956	92	333	508	381	348	237	58	36.6
Eligibility interviewers, government programs	92	0	2	23	20	20	21	6	46.1
File clerks	292	27	34	51	45	69	49	17	41.9
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	110	8	34	32	16	10	7	3	29.3
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	135	3	16	35	25	27	27	3	41.3
Library assistants, clerical	97	3	16	11	11	22	22	12	48.7
Loan interviewers and clerks	144	0	7	50	34	33	16	3	40.2
New accounts clerks	26	0	5	6	6	6	2	1	-
Order clerks	104	5	14	25	19	20	15	5	40.2
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	132	0	13	37	34	20	25	3	40.4
Receptionists and information clerks	1,237	56	234	276	215	211	179	65	37.4
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks	117	3	11	26	29	29	16	2	40.6
Information and record clerks, all other	104	2	5	21	24	23	23	7	45.9
Cargo and freight agents	25	0	0	4	4	12	4	1	-
Couriers and messengers	213	3	16	40	49	45	38	22	45.2
Dispatchers	277	3	19	85	64	61	38	6	40.3
Meter readers, utilities	29	0	4	8	6	8	1	1	-
Postal service clerks	148	1	1	8	20	47	65	5	53.5
Postal service mail carriers	318	0	1	31	65	126	83	10	51.1
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	66	1	5	6	10	21	19	3	50.6
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	272	2	15	69	59	62	55	10	44.1
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	527	11	74	126	112	116	71	16	39.6
Stock clerks and order fillers	1,453	124	308	315	217	244	172	73	34.9
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping	74	1	8	22	20	11	10	1	37.9
Secretaries and administrative assistants	2,904	28	163	465	559	792	685	212	48.5
Computer operators	102	2	9	15	23	31	17	5	45.6
Data entry keyers	337	9	40	88	58	80	54	9	40.4
Word processors and typists	119	1	7	24	23	34	23	7	46.3
Desktop publishers	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	-
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	230	0	17	70	41	60	34	7	41.6
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service	81	2	11	9	12	18	21	9	49.9
Office clerks, general	1,103	45	147	220	192	261	172	66	41.6
Office machine operators, except computer	46	2	8	10	6	9	9	2	-
Proofreaders and copy markers	10	0	2	1	0	2	4	1	-
Statistical assistants	32	0	4	9	6	7	3	3	-
Office and administrative support workers, all other	570	9	54	121	126	131	99	29	42.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	12,821	295	1,067	3,077	3,045	3,092	1,840	404	41.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	994	88	134	232	191	185	117	47	37.4
First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers	50	0	2	9	11	15	8	5	46.2
Agricultural inspectors	16	0	0	2	6	4	3	1	-
Animal breeders	6	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	-
Graders and sorters, agricultural products	118	4	8	30	24	30	19	3	41.4
Miscellaneous agricultural workers	711	79	119	172	135	108	68	31	34.1
Fishers and related fishing workers	33	0	0	5	5	10	6	5	-
Hunters and trappers	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	-
Forest and conservation workers	9	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	-
Logging workers	49	2	3	11	8	15	9	1	-
Construction and extraction occupations	7,005	132	544	1,773	1,701	1,706	957	192	41.4
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers	634	0	14	131	152	188	115	34	46.3
Boilermakers	23	0	2	4	4	6	5	2	-
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons	122	5	8	27	40	28	12	2	40.9
Carpenters	1,223	22	81	308	308	295	175	34	41.8
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers	150	2	18	38	36	36	19	1	39.7
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers	68	0	6	20	18	19	4	1	40.2
Construction laborers	1,387	45	161	412	313	282	140	33	38.2
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators	23	0	2	6	6	4	3	0	-
Pile-driver operators	4	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	-
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	348	5	22	69	74	94	75	10	45.4
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers	129	2	10	42	39	24	11	1	38.5
Electricians	692	6	42	150	172	196	111	15	43.4
Glaziers	46	0	2	18	12	6	6	2	-
Insulation workers	44	1	4	11	17	8	2	0	-
Painters, construction and maintenance	485	12	38	124	113	117	66	15	41.2
Paperhangers	7	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	-
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	534	7	36	129	135	150	62	15	41.7
Plasterers and stucco masons	18	1	2	3	7	4	0	0	-
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers	8	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	-
Roofers	196	3	15	70	47	41	17	4	37.8
Sheet metal workers	123	2	8	26	29	32	23	3	43.1
Structural iron and steel workers	65	1	5	17	28	10	4	0	38.4
Solar photovoltaic installers	7	0	1	1	4	1	1	0	-
Helpers, construction trades	53	4	8	20	12	5	4	0	31.6
Construction and building inspectors	118	1	4	12	20	32	40	9	51.8
Elevator installers and repairers	29	0	0	5	7	13	4	0	-
Fence erectors	33	3	6	6	6	11	2	0	-
Hazardous materials removal workers	38	1	5	8	10	10	1	2	-
Highway maintenance workers	108	3	4	17	25	31	24	5	46.9
Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators	10	0	0	4	1	5	1	0	-
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners	8	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	-
Miscellaneous construction and related workers	32	0	1	12	5	7	7	0	-
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining	37	1	6	13	10	6	1	0	-
Earth drillers, except oil and gas	35	0	6	7	10	7	3	1	-
Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters	8	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	-
Mining machine operators	65	1	8	20	16	14	7	0	37.2
Roof bolters, mining	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	-
Roustabouts, oil and gas	14	2	3	4	1	3	1	0	-
Helpers--extraction workers	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	-
Other extraction workers	75	3	10	26	16	14	4	0	35.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,821	75	390	1,071	1,153	1,201	766	165	42.4
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers	292	1	6	47	72	84	73	10	47.7
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers	296	2	29	73	73	67	40	13	40.9
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers	158	1	10	39	47	31	25	5	41.3
Avionics technicians	14	0	1	3	3	6	1	0	-
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers	37	1	5	11	8	7	3	1	-
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	-
Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility	12	0	0	3	2	4	3	1	-
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles	18	0	0	5	4	4	5	0	-
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers	50	1	5	14	12	13	2	2	37.8
Security and fire alarm systems installers	41	0	4	11	11	10	3	2	-
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians	153	0	11	33	28	49	26	5	44.8
Automotive body and related repairers	140	4	12	36	37	27	18	5	40.0
Automotive glass installers and repairers	22	0	2	6	9	3	2	0	-
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	867	19	107	202	203	194	121	23	39.8
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	316	6	25	75	64	77	56	14	42.9
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics	194	1	10	39	44	61	32	6	45.3
Small engine mechanics	56	1	5	18	13	9	7	3	38.0
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers	87	7	23	24	17	13	3	1	30.2
Control and valve installers and repairers	27	0	1	5	7	10	3	0	-
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	340	5	27	96	81	87	37	6	40.2
Home appliance repairers	47	0	4	13	8	9	9	5	-
Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics	454	4	18	71	105	138	102	15	46.8
Maintenance and repair workers, general	442	7	18	76	110	121	90	19	45.9
Maintenance workers, machinery	28	1	6	8	5	4	5	1	-
Millwrights	53	1	1	14	11	14	12	0	45.8
Electrical power-line installers and repairers	110	0	17	31	25	24	12	0	37.6
Telecommunications line installers and repairers	177	1	10	50	58	36	19	2	40.0
Precision instrument and equipment repairers	60	0	1	10	13	16	13	6	50.3
Wind turbine service technicians	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	-
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers	33	0	3	6	8	7	6	1	-
Commercial divers	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	-
Locksmiths and safe repairers	31	0	1	3	7	12	6	3	-
Manufactured building and mobile home installers	5	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	-
Riggers	13	0	2	1	3	4	2	0	-
Signal and track switch repairers	5	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	-
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	30	4	5	8	7	4	2	0	-
Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers	205	7	18	37	51	54	25	15	42.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16,994	447	1,576	3,360	3,603	4,296	2,904	809	43.3
Production occupations	8,455	147	748	1,697	1,885	2,178	1,481	319	43.5
First-line supervisors of production and operating workers	808	1	24	115	194	265	174	34	48.0
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers	23	1	3	5	5	3	6	0	-
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers	166	2	17	25	42	42	34	5	43.7
Engine and other machine assemblers	32	0	1	5	7	11	8	0	-
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	25	0	2	4	8	7	3	1	-
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators	919	25	96	189	202	225	145	37	42.1
Bakers	199	7	36	41	31	40	34	10	39.7
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers	311	9	40	69	82	62	32	17	39.2
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders	11	0	2	2	3	1	1	1	-
Food batchmakers	84	5	11	19	21	13	12	4	38.9
Food cooking machine operators and tenders	14	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	-
Food processing workers, all other	117	1	23	27	24	26	13	3	38.1
Computer control programmers and operators	67	1	3	14	15	20	13	2	44.0
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	10	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	-
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	10	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	-
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	8	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	-
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	87	3	13	14	18	23	15	1	42.0
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	-
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	54	4	7	15	8	8	10	2	36.4
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	17	0	2	1	4	7	2	2	-
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	-
Machinists	397	3	28	75	90	104	80	16	45.0
Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters	17	0	1	2	3	6	4	0	-
Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic	11	0	1	0	0	4	5	1	-
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	37	1	4	8	7	7	7	1	-
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	5	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	-
Tool and die makers	56	0	0	6	8	15	22	5	53.5
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers	593	6	60	175	143	123	74	12	39.7
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	-
Layout workers, metal and plastic	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	-
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	18	0	2	3	5	5	1	0	-
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other	375	3	33	84	91	93	64	7	43.0
Prepress technicians and workers	33	0	2	6	9	7	5	4	-
Printing press operators	201	3	13	33	43	66	36	7	45.9
Print binding and finishing workers	22	0	1	1	2	7	8	3	-
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	185	8	13	36	41	41	36	10	44.9
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	54	0	0	16	12	13	7	5	42.3
Sewing machine operators	166	1	8	28	31	44	39	15	48.3
Shoe and leather workers and repairers	11	0	0	1	2	5	2	1	-
Shoe machine operators and tenders	11	0	2	0	3	5	0	1	-
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers	86	1	1	6	16	29	18	15	53.9
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	5	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	-
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	12	0	0	1	5	3	3	0	-
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	7	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	-
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	14	0	0	1	5	4	2	1	-
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Fabric and apparel patternmakers	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	-
Upholsterers	34	1	1	4	8	10	9	2	-
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other	14	0	0	6	2	3	4	0	-
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	45	1	2	8	7	14	13	0	-
Furniture finishers	7	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	-
Model makers and patternmakers, wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	30	0	2	4	5	10	8	1	-
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	21	1	2	4	6	5	3	1	-
Woodworkers, all other	21	2	2	5	1	4	5	2	-
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers	44	0	2	7	12	12	10	1	-
Stationary engineers and boiler operators	121	0	5	20	22	35	33	5	49.3
Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators	72	0	0	14	13	31	11	2	46.9
Miscellaneous plant and system operators	39	0	3	7	11	9	10	1	-
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders	68	0	8	15	14	17	13	0	43.1
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers	100	1	8	29	19	22	17	4	42.5
Cutting workers	67	2	7	13	15	19	10	0	40.9
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders	45	1	1	10	12	15	6	0	-
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders	16	0	3	4	3	6	1	0	-
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	689	6	51	124	157	188	138	25	45.4
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers	46	0	1	9	4	14	9	8	-
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians	95	2	15	15	24	17	18	5	41.6
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	261	7	22	55	57	75	40	5	42.1
Painting workers	150	3	20	41	33	37	12	4	38.0
Photographic process workers and processing machine operators	55	1	10	20	10	8	6	0	30.9
Semiconductor processors	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	-
Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders	9	0	3	2	3	1	1	0	-
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders	7	0	0	2	3	1	2	0	-
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-
Etchers and engravers	6	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	-
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic	41	0	4	8	8	10	8	4	-
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders	35	1	2	7	10	10	5	0	-
Tire builders	19	1	3	6	3	3	2	1	-
Helpers--production workers	59	6	11	11	13	11	4	3	35.4
Production workers, all other	933	24	99	206	213	226	148	16	41.3
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,540	299	828	1,663	1,718	2,118	1,424	490	43.1
Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers	200	0	16	51	41	54	35	3	42.8
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	129	0	3	22	27	41	30	6	47.8
Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists	44	0	0	14	10	11	7	2	-
Flight attendants	88	0	1	12	18	30	20	6	49.1
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians	20	0	1	6	4	4	3	1	-
Bus drivers	558	1	7	45	83	167	167	87	53.5
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	3,201	37	171	569	714	911	602	196	45.7
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	336	2	15	42	63	93	80	40	50.4
Motor vehicle operators, all other	63	0	1	6	10	10	10	25	59.2
Locomotive engineers and operators	41	0	0	6	12	13	9	1	-
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators	10	0	2	1	2	3	2	0	-
Railroad conductors and yardmasters	52	1	6	15	13	9	8	0	38.9
Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers	11	0	2	3	2	2	2	0	-
Sailors and marine oilers	16	2	1	7	2	2	2	1	-
Ship and boat captains and operators	37	0	2	6	8	10	8	3	-
Ship engineers	7	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	-
Bridge and lock tenders	7	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	-
Parking lot attendants	81	6	28	8	10	14	10	5	32.2
Automotive and watercraft service attendants	94	14	23	23	10	13	10	1	29.4
Transportation inspectors	36	0	2	8	6	8	11	2	-
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants	38	2	4	7	4	7	11	4	-
Other transportation workers	17	1	5	1	3	4	3	0	-
Conveyor operators and tenders	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	-
Crane and tower operators	62	1	5	11	14	18	11	3	46.2
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators	42	0	4	6	7	14	8	4	-
Hoist and winch operators	5	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	-
Industrial truck and tractor operators	537	6	50	162	122	132	59	6	39.7
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	315	33	64	73	61	50	25	9	33.9
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	1,849	146	356	408	324	348	211	58	35.8
Machine feeders and offbearers	27	1	3	5	4	6	6	1	-
Packers and packagers, hand	431	43	46	100	93	88	45	16	38.0
Pumping station operators	25	0	0	9	4	7	4	2	-
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	106	3	9	23	27	30	11	4	41.9
Mine shuttle car operators	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	-
Material moving workers, all other	45	1	1	9	12	9	10	4	-
NOTE: Median age represents the midpoint in the age distribution such that half of workers are younger and half are older. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

Last Modified Date: April 20, 2016