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 | | | | | _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ | | | | | | | | | | | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total...............................................|126708|129558|68,207|69,685|64,897|66,284|58,501|59,873|55,311|56,613 | | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty.....................|36,497|37,686|18,744|19,249|18,637|19,131|17,754|18,437|17,610|18,299 Executive, administrative, and managerial...............|17,746|18,440| 9,979|10,271| 9,942|10,223| 7,767| 8,170| 7,719| 8,124 Officials and administrators, public administration...| 716| 694| 384| 372| 383| 372| 332| 322| 332| 322 Other executive, administrative, and managerial.......|12,656|13,143| 7,703| 7,951| 7,673| 7,911| 4,953| 5,191| 4,917| 5,154 Management-related occupations........................| 4,374| 4,604| 1,892| 1,948| 1,886| 1,940| 2,481| 2,656| 2,471| 2,648 Professional specialty..................................|18,752|19,245| 8,764| 8,978| 8,695| 8,907| 9,987|10,267| 9,891|10,176 Engineers.............................................| 1,960| 2,036| 1,793| 1,841| 1,791| 1,840| 167| 195| 166| 194 Mathematical and computer scientists..................| 1,345| 1,494| 933| 1,040| 929| 1,034| 412| 454| 411| 453 Natural scientists....................................| 536| 529| 379| 365| 378| 365| 157| 164| 157| 164 Health diagnosing occupations.........................| 960| 1,027| 715| 769| 715| 769| 245| 259| 245| 258 Health assessment and treating occupations............| 2,812| 2,886| 403| 391| 403| 390| 2,409| 2,495| 2,405| 2,492 Teachers, college and university......................| 889| 869| 502| 498| 497| 492| 387| 371| 381| 364 Teachers, except college and university...............| 4,724| 4,798| 1,207| 1,166| 1,195| 1,149| 3,517| 3,632| 3,474| 3,594 Lawyers and judges....................................| 911| 925| 647| 678| 647| 677| 264| 247| 264| 246 Other professional specialty occupations..............| 4,616| 4,681| 2,186| 2,231| 2,140| 2,192| 2,430| 2,450| 2,387| 2,409 | | | | | | | | | | Technical, sales, and administrative support..............|37,683|38,309|13,489|13,760|12,775|12,981|24,194|24,549|22,553|22,859 Technicians and related support.........................| 3,926| 4,214| 1,865| 2,028| 1,831| 1,989| 2,061| 2,186| 2,036| 2,153 Health technologists and technicians..................| 1,605| 1,693| 312| 336| 308| 333| 1,293| 1,357| 1,278| 1,339 Engineering and science technicians...................| 1,164| 1,246| 889| 955| 868| 932| 275| 291| 269| 281 Technicians, except health, engineering, and science..| 1,157| 1,275| 664| 737| 655| 725| 494| 538| 488| 532 Sales occupations.......................................|15,404|15,734| 7,782| 7,840| 7,308| 7,320| 7,622| 7,894| 6,559| 6,804 Supervisors and proprietors...........................| 4,501| 4,635| 2,812| 2,855| 2,790| 2,833| 1,689| 1,780| 1,669| 1,754 Sales representatives, finance and business services..| 2,529| 2,613| 1,445| 1,464| 1,431| 1,445| 1,084| 1,149| 1,059| 1,124 Sales representatives, commodities, except retail.....| 1,559| 1,507| 1,169| 1,132| 1,159| 1,126| 391| 375| 382| 369 Sales workers, retail and personal services...........| 6,728| 6,887| 2,336| 2,364| 1,907| 1,892| 4,392| 4,523| 3,387| 3,493 Sales-related occupations.............................| 87| 91| 21| 24| 21| 23| 66| 67| 63| 64 Administrative support, including clerical..............|18,353|18,361| 3,842| 3,892| 3,636| 3,673|14,511|14,469|13,958|13,902 Supervisors...........................................| 670| 685| 267| 275| 266| 274| 404| 410| 401| 406 Computer equipment operators..........................| 402| 392| 159| 162| 156| 158| 243| 229| 234| 223 Secretaries, stenographers, and typists...............| 3,868| 3,692| 85| 79| 79| 73| 3,783| 3,613| 3,682| 3,519 Financial records processing..........................| 2,272| 2,196| 202| 172| 197| 165| 2,071| 2,024| 2,051| 1,998 Mail and message distributing.........................| 998| 977| 626| 606| 606| 588| 371| 371| 358| 360 Other administrative support, including clerical......|10,143|10,420| 2,503| 2,597| 2,333| 2,413| 7,639| 7,823| 7,232| 7,395 | | | | | | | | | | Service occupations.......................................|17,177|17,537| 6,967| 7,122| 5,989| 6,134|10,210|10,416| 9,079| 9,284 Private household.......................................| 804| 795| 41| 37| 32| 30| 764| 758| 663| 670 Protective service......................................| 2,187| 2,300| 1,811| 1,890| 1,775| 1,837| 375| 411| 341| 373 Service, except private household and protective........|14,186|14,442| 5,115| 5,195| 4,182| 4,267| 9,071| 9,247| 8,074| 8,241 Food service..........................................| 5,906| 5,999| 2,563| 2,590| 1,845| 1,876| 3,343| 3,409| 2,649| 2,705 Health service........................................| 2,398| 2,447| 284| 289| 278| 278| 2,115| 2,158| 2,025| 2,075 Cleaning and building service.........................| 3,125| 3,108| 1,737| 1,764| 1,612| 1,641| 1,388| 1,344| 1,323| 1,286 Personal service......................................| 2,756| 2,888| 531| 552| 447| 473| 2,225| 2,335| 2,078| 2,174 | | | | | | | | | | Precision production, craft, and repair...................|13,587|14,124|12,368|12,868|12,100|12,575| 1,219| 1,256| 1,189| 1,229 Mechanics and repairers.................................| 4,521| 4,675| 4,335| 4,494| 4,235| 4,400| 185| 181| 182| 178 Construction trades.....................................| 5,108| 5,378| 4,981| 5,251| 4,860| 5,113| 127| 127| 122| 122 Other precision production, craft, and repair...........| 3,959| 4,071| 3,052| 3,123| 3,004| 3,063| 906| 948| 885| 928 | | | | | | | | | | Operators, fabricators, and laborers......................|18,197|18,399|13,750|13,858|12,773|12,876| 4,447| 4,540| 4,250| 4,318 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...........| 7,874| 7,962| 4,902| 4,962| 4,743| 4,794| 2,972| 3,000| 2,897| 2,916 Transportation and material moving occupations..........| 5,302| 5,389| 4,799| 4,872| 4,686| 4,774| 504| 518| 487| 500 Motor vehicle operators...............................| 4,025| 4,089| 3,575| 3,629| 3,480| 3,548| 450| 461| 434| 445 Other transportation and material moving occupations..| 1,277| 1,300| 1,223| 1,243| 1,206| 1,226| 54| 57| 53| 55 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.....| 5,021| 5,048| 4,049| 4,025| 3,344| 3,309| 971| 1,023| 866| 901 Construction laborers.................................| 809| 811| 778| 773| 702| 703| 31| 37| 29| 36 Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | laborers..................................................| 4,212| 4,237| 3,272| 3,252| 2,641| 2,605| 940| 985| 838| 865 | | | | | | | | | | Farming, forestry, and fishing............................| 3,566| 3,503| 2,889| 2,828| 2,624| 2,587| 677| 675| 630| 625 Farm operators and managers.............................| 1,314| 1,317| 1,010| 1,012| 1,001| 1,000| 303| 305| 303| 302 Other farming, forestry, and fishing occupations........| 2,252| 2,186| 1,879| 1,816| 1,623| 1,587| 374| 371| 328| 323 | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey,