A-19. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
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A-19. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age [In thousands]
Occupation	Total		Men				Women
	16 years and over		16 years and over		20 years and over		16 years and over		20 years and over
	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024
Total	161,075	161,590	85,534	85,187	82,743	82,424	75,541	76,403	72,824	73,579

Management, professional, and related occupations	70,403	70,548	33,958	33,168	33,779	32,956	36,445	37,381	36,211	37,072
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	30,517	30,172	16,459	16,065	16,409	15,999	14,058	14,107	14,031	14,031
Management occupations	20,937	20,358	12,168	11,642	12,146	11,605	8,769	8,716	8,754	8,658
Business and financial operations occupations	9,580	9,814	4,291	4,423	4,263	4,395	5,289	5,391	5,277	5,373
Professional and related occupations	39,886	40,376	17,499	17,103	17,370	16,957	22,387	23,274	22,180	23,040
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,550	6,407	4,830	4,691	4,806	4,689	1,720	1,716	1,714	1,701
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,666	3,545	3,120	3,013	3,110	3,005	546	532	546	532
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,816	1,899	913	964	909	951	903	935	898	929
Community and social service occupations	2,829	2,879	855	899	845	891	1,974	1,981	1,968	1,964
Legal occupations	1,815	1,787	862	803	862	803	953	983	953	983
Education, training, and library occupations	9,938	9,819	2,696	2,541	2,665	2,509	7,242	7,278	7,137	7,167
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,440	3,432	1,815	1,675	1,778	1,617	1,625	1,758	1,591	1,716
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,833	10,607	2,409	2,517	2,396	2,491	7,424	8,090	7,373	8,048

Service occupations	26,224	26,430	11,310	11,063	10,155	10,042	14,914	15,367	13,631	14,140
Healthcare support occupations	5,152	5,717	868	871	844	835	4,284	4,846	4,145	4,707
Protective service occupations	3,061	3,016	2,342	2,241	2,275	2,159	720	775	650	724
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,307	8,181	3,907	3,777	3,062	3,085	4,400	4,404	3,529	3,615
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,426	5,708	3,185	3,316	3,072	3,174	2,240	2,392	2,186	2,328
Personal care and service occupations	4,279	3,808	1,008	857	902	789	3,271	2,950	3,120	2,767

Sales and office occupations	30,534	30,037	11,896	12,078	11,355	11,506	18,638	17,959	17,659	16,962
Sales and related occupations	14,377	14,410	7,332	7,603	6,991	7,132	7,044	6,807	6,385	6,098
Office and administrative support occupations	16,157	15,627	4,563	4,475	4,364	4,374	11,594	11,151	11,274	10,864

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,214	14,501	13,382	13,651	12,998	13,266	832	850	792	793
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	873	831	626	619	563	568	247	212	221	185
Construction and extraction occupations	8,506	8,662	8,143	8,246	7,932	8,039	363	416	349	394
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,834	5,009	4,613	4,786	4,503	4,659	221	223	221	214

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,700	20,074	14,988	15,228	14,455	14,654	4,712	4,846	4,532	4,612
Production occupations	8,143	8,069	5,792	5,948	5,660	5,833	2,351	2,120	2,298	2,072
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,557	12,005	9,196	9,280	8,795	8,821	2,361	2,726	2,235	2,540
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: May 03, 2024