Table 1. Distribution of employment from the 1990 to the 2002 Census Occupational Classification by major occupational group : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Table 1. Distribution of employment from the 1990 to the 2002 Census Occupational Classification by major occupational group
(Percent distribution)
2002 Occupational Group	1990 Occupational Group
2002 Occupational Group	Executive, administrative, and managerial	Professional specialty	Technicians and related support	Sales occupations	Administrative support, including clerical	Service occupations	Precision production, craft, and repair	Operators, fabricators, and laborers	Farming, forestry, and fishing
Total for occupation (in thousands)	20,345	21,685	4,498	16,308	18,604	18,796	14,969	18,133	3,432
Percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	73.1	3.6	1.5	7.7	5.0	0.9	3.3	0.7	30.8
Professional and related occupations	4.1	91.8	79.2	1.1	7.1	3.6	3.0	0.8	0.9
Service occupations	4.0	2.0	8.5	1.6	1.8	91.3	1.9	1.6	37.6
Sales and related occupations	4.4	0.5	0.4	83.6	2.5	0.9	1.4	1.2	0.6
Office and administrative support occupations	11.1	1.3	2.1	4.2	81.6	1.1	1.3	6.3	0.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	0.1	(1)	0.1	0.1	(1)	0.1	0.1	0.6	26.2
Construction and extraction occupations	1.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	38.9	8.8	0.7
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	0.4	0.2	2.1	0.3	0.2	0.4	27.1	1.5	0.3
Production occupations	1.1	0.5	2.1	0.7	0.9	0.8	21.7	36.5	0.9
Transportation and material moving occupations	0.6	0.1	3.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	41.9	1.4
Footnotes: (1) Value less than 0.05 NOTE: Estimates are based on three-year average employment (2000-2002). SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.

Last Modified Date: January 27, 2005