HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age (Numbers 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 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 Total................................................136,933 136,485 73,196 72,903 69,776 69,734 63,737 63,582 60,417 60,420 Managerial and professional specialty................ 42,271 42,482 21,125 21,037 20,972 20,901 21,145 21,445 20,954 21,267 Executive, administrative, and managerial.......... 20,506 20,561 11,056 11,115 11,005 11,064 9,449 9,446 9,387 9,393 Officials and administrators, public administration.................................... 833 808 429 405 429 404 404 403 403 403 Other executive, administrative, and managerial.. 14,487 14,571 8,483 8,543 8,441 8,502 6,004 6,028 5,956 5,982 Management-related occupations................... 5,186 5,182 2,145 2,167 2,135 2,159 3,041 3,015 3,028 3,009 Professional specialty............................. 21,765 21,921 10,069 9,922 9,967 9,837 11,696 11,999 11,567 11,874 Engineers........................................ 2,121 2,028 1,904 1,809 1,902 1,807 217 219 216 218 Mathematical and computer scientists............. 2,125 2,030 1,488 1,405 1,479 1,401 637 625 635 622 Natural scientists............................... 590 545 391 354 391 353 200 192 200 191 Health diagnosing occupations.................... 1,115 1,176 795 832 793 831 320 344 320 344 Health assessment and treating occupations....... 3,112 3,267 437 446 433 445 2,675 2,822 2,672 2,818 Teachers, college and university................. 1,027 1,015 588 582 584 577 439 433 433 430 Teachers, except college and university.......... 5,498 5,652 1,373 1,411 1,348 1,387 4,125 4,242 4,066 4,183 Lawyers and judges............................... 969 963 684 681 683 681 285 282 285 282 Other professional specialty occupations......... 5,209 5,245 2,411 2,403 2,353 2,354 2,798 2,842 2,740 2,786 Technical, sales, and administrative support......... 39,469 38,947 14,309 14,267 13,448 13,477 25,160 24,680 23,466 23,128 Technicians and related support.................... 4,558 4,509 2,137 2,068 2,096 2,032 2,421 2,441 2,385 2,401 Health technologists and technicians............. 1,831 1,879 342 347 337 343 1,489 1,531 1,468 1,506 Engineering and science technicians.............. 1,320 1,272 971 931 946 907 348 341 338 334 Technicians, except health, engineering, and science......................................... 1,407 1,359 823 790 814 783 583 569 578 561 Sales occupations.................................. 16,201 16,254 8,180 8,285 7,601 7,748 8,021 7,969 6,953 6,980 Supervisors and proprietors...................... 4,900 4,828 2,884 2,916 2,860 2,893 2,015 1,912 1,982 1,878 Sales representatives, finance and business services........................................ 2,914 2,944 1,615 1,626 1,594 1,596 1,299 1,318 1,261 1,286 Sales representatives, commodities, except retail 1,517 1,563 1,156 1,170 1,149 1,163 361 393 351 387 Sales workers, retail and personal services...... 6,776 6,811 2,494 2,542 1,969 2,065 4,281 4,270 3,296 3,359 Sales-related occupations........................ 95 107 30 31 29 31 65 76 63 71 Administrative support, including clerical......... 18,710 18,184 3,991 3,914 3,751 3,697 14,719 14,270 14,128 13,747 Supervisors...................................... 734 717 247 283 247 282 487 434 483 430 Computer equipment operators..................... 330 308 155 163 149 158 175 145 169 142 Secretaries, stenographers, and typists.......... 3,150 3,020 69 73 65 67 3,081 2,947 3,002 2,871 Financial records processing..................... 2,237 2,205 189 181 183 174 2,048 2,024 2,023 2,000 Mail and message distributing.................... 943 907 566 547 552 529 377 360 366 352 Other administrative support, including clerical. 11,316 11,027 2,765 2,666 2,554 2,487 8,551 8,361 8,084 7,952 Service occupations.................................. 18,656 19,219 7,426 7,701 6,465 6,758 11,230 11,518 10,066 10,324 Private household.................................. 733 746 28 40 22 32 705 706 625 632 Protective service................................. 2,502 2,596 1,993 2,081 1,942 2,034 509 516 468 473 Service, except private household and protective... 15,421 15,877 5,405 5,580 4,501 4,692 10,016 10,296 8,972 9,219 Food service..................................... 6,372 6,614 2,771 2,923 2,068 2,232 3,602 3,691 2,872 2,937 Health service................................... 2,720 2,817 297 305 276 290 2,423 2,511 2,341 2,421 Cleaning and building service.................... 3,187 3,162 1,721 1,717 1,630 1,624 1,466 1,445 1,401 1,387 Personal service................................. 3,141 3,284 616 635 527 547 2,526 2,649 2,359 2,474 Precision production, craft, and repair.............. 15,138 14,660 13,823 13,459 13,516 13,185 1,315 1,201 1,283 1,179 Mechanics and repairers............................ 4,869 4,760 4,633 4,545 4,539 4,460 236 215 226 211 Construction trades................................ 6,391 6,304 6,238 6,151 6,071 6,008 153 153 148 147 Other precision production, craft, and repair...... 3,878 3,596 2,952 2,764 2,906 2,718 926 832 909 821 Operators, fabricators, and laborers................. 18,065 17,697 13,861 13,675 12,933 12,846 4,205 4,022 4,017 3,855 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...... 6,904 6,488 4,407 4,198 4,262 4,077 2,497 2,290 2,422 2,237 Transportation and material moving occupations..... 5,737 5,814 5,142 5,211 5,040 5,106 595 603 585 593 Motor vehicle operators.......................... 4,433 4,482 3,901 3,940 3,819 3,852 532 541 521 532 Other transportation and material moving occupations..................................... 1,304 1,332 1,241 1,271 1,221 1,254 63 61 63 61 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 5,423 5,395 4,311 4,265 3,631 3,663 1,112 1,129 1,011 1,025 Construction laborers............................ 1,059 1,089 1,020 1,046 929 968 39 43 37 40 Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers........................................ 4,365 4,305 3,291 3,219 2,702 2,696 1,073 1,086 974 985 Farming, forestry, and fishing....................... 3,335 3,480 2,652 2,765 2,443 2,566 683 716 632 666 Farm operators and managers........................ 1,136 1,168 848 882 841 873 288 286 287 284 Other farming, forestry, and fishing occupations... 2,199 2,313 1,804 1,883 1,603 1,693 395 430 345 382