Table 3. Employed persons 18 years and over by occupation, sex, veteran status, and period of service, 2007 annual averages
(Percent distribution)
Gulf War era WW II,
Korean War, Other Non-
Occupation Veterans and Vietnam service veterans
Total Gulf War Gulf War era periods
era I era II
TOTAL
Total, 18 years and over (thousands)................... 12,029 3,651 2,471 1,180 4,772 3,606 131,731
Percent................................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations.......... 35.5 35.0 36.3 32.3 37.5 33.3 36.0
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations............................................. 17.3 15.1 15.9 13.5 19.7 16.4 14.8
Professional and related occupations..................... 18.2 19.9 20.4 18.8 17.8 16.9 21.2
Service occupations........................................ 12.0 14.7 13.9 16.2 10.0 11.9 16.4
Sales and office occupations............................... 18.4 18.0 17.1 19.8 18.8 18.2 25.2
Sales and related occupations............................ 10.0 8.2 8.2 8.0 11.6 9.9 11.3
Office and administrative support occupations............ 8.3 9.8 8.9 11.7 7.2 8.3 13.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations............................................... 16.1 16.2 16.3 15.9 15.3 17.2 10.4
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations............... .5 .3 .2 .4 .6 .4 .6
Construction and extraction occupations.................. 8.0 7.7 7.4 8.1 7.9 8.6 6.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........ 7.7 8.2 8.7 7.4 6.8 8.2 3.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 18.0 16.2 16.3 15.9 18.4 19.4 12.0
Production occupations................................... 7.6 7.1 7.3 6.6 7.5 8.3 6.4
Transportation and material moving occupations........... 10.4 9.1 9.0 9.2 10.9 11.2 5.6
MEN
Total, 18 years and over (thousands)................... 10,997 3,143 2,123 1,020 4,633 3,222 66,166
Percent................................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations.......... 34.6 33.2 34.1 31.2 37.2 32.3 32.9
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations............................................. 17.5 15.0 15.4 14.3 19.9 16.4 15.8
Professional and related occupations..................... 17.1 18.1 18.7 16.9 17.2 15.9 17.1
Service occupations........................................ 11.7 14.2 13.6 15.5 10.0 11.6 12.9
Sales and office occupations............................... 17.1 16.2 15.4 17.7 18.4 16.3 16.8
Sales and related occupations............................ 10.1 8.3 8.5 7.8 11.6 9.8 10.8
Office and administrative support occupations............ 7.0 7.9 7.0 9.9 6.8 6.5 6.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations............................................... 17.5 18.5 18.7 18.0 15.7 19.1 19.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations............... .5 .3 .2 .4 .6 .5 1.0
Construction and extraction occupations.................. 8.7 8.8 8.6 9.3 8.1 9.5 12.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........ 8.3 9.4 9.9 8.3 7.0 9.1 6.2
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 19.1 18.0 18.1 17.6 18.8 20.8 17.7
Production occupations................................... 8.0 7.8 8.1 7.2 7.6 8.7 8.5
Transportation and material moving occupations........... 11.2 10.1 10.0 10.3 11.2 12.1 9.2
WOMEN
Total, 18 years and over (thousands)................... 1,032 508 348 160 140 384 65,565
Percent................................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations.......... 44.7 46.3 49.5 39.5 47.7 41.5 39.2
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations............................................. 15.5 15.6 18.7 8.7 12.9 16.3 13.8
Professional and related occupations..................... 29.3 30.8 30.8 30.8 34.8 25.2 25.4
Service occupations........................................ 15.7 17.7 16.2 20.9 11.0 14.9 19.9
Sales and office occupations............................... 31.5 29.2 27.6 32.8 32.3 34.3 33.7
Sales and related occupations............................ 9.3 7.7 6.9 9.4 10.3 11.0 11.9
Office and administrative support occupations............ 22.2 21.5 20.7 23.4 22.0 23.3 21.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations............................................... 1.9 1.7 1.5 2.0 3.4 1.6 1.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations............... .1 .1 .2 - - - .3
Construction and extraction occupations.................. .9 .5 .4 .6 2.8 .8 .4
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........ .9 1.1 .9 1.4 .7 .8 .3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 6.1 5.1 5.2 4.9 5.6 7.7 6.2
Production occupations................................... 3.5 2.7 2.7 2.6 3.2 4.7 4.2
Transportation and material moving occupations........... 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.4 3.0 2.0
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the Gulf War era,
and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Other service periods include the
periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the Korean War and the Vietnam era, and between the Vietnam era and the Gulf War era.
More detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
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