2015 Annual Averages ‐ Persons at work by occupation, sex, and usual full‐ or part‐time status : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
23. Persons at work by occupation, sex, and usual full- or part-time status
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and sex	2015
	Total at work	Worked 1 to 34 hours				Worked 35 hours or more	Average hours
		Total	For economic reasons	For noneconomic reasons			Total at work	Persons who usually work full time
		Total	For economic reasons	Usually work full time	Usually work part time		Total at work	Persons who usually work full time
Total, 16 years and over	143,767	36,158	6,371	9,769	20,018	107,609	38.6	42.4
Management, professional, and related occupations	55,646	11,341	1,117	4,353	5,871	44,305	40.3	43.1
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	23,395	3,622	324	1,708	1,590	19,773	42.5	44.4
Professional and related occupations	32,251	7,719	793	2,644	4,281	24,532	38.7	42.0
Service occupations	25,064	9,645	2,145	1,316	6,183	15,419	34.7	41.3
Sales and office occupations	32,625	9,537	1,570	2,120	5,847	23,088	36.9	41.5
Sales and related occupations	15,226	4,677	903	723	3,052	10,549	37.3	42.9
Office and administrative support occupations	17,399	4,860	667	1,398	2,795	12,539	36.5	40.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	13,320	2,318	709	967	643	11,001	40.6	42.3
Construction and extraction occupations	7,403	1,438	530	588	320	5,964	40.0	41.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,875	657	122	326	209	4,217	41.5	42.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,113	3,317	831	1,013	1,474	13,795	40.3	42.9
Production occupations	8,305	1,282	288	542	451	7,023	40.6	42.2
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,808	2,036	543	471	1,022	6,772	40.0	43.6

Men, 16 years and over	76,924	14,623	3,158	4,822	6,643	62,301	40.9	43.5
Management, professional, and related occupations	27,257	4,112	481	1,909	1,722	23,145	42.7	44.6
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	13,239	1,627	187	824	616	11,612	44.5	45.9
Professional and related occupations	14,018	2,485	294	1,084	1,107	11,533	41.1	43.3
Service occupations	10,910	3,246	831	567	1,848	7,664	37.4	42.4
Sales and office occupations	12,644	2,808	580	662	1,565	9,837	39.7	43.4
Sales and related occupations	7,779	1,617	327	348	942	6,162	40.7	44.4
Office and administrative support occupations	4,865	1,190	253	315	623	3,675	38.0	41.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	12,700	2,155	671	925	560	10,544	40.8	42.3
Construction and extraction occupations	7,204	1,380	514	571	294	5,825	40.1	41.7
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,707	627	118	311	198	4,080	41.6	42.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	13,413	2,302	596	758	948	11,111	41.2	43.5
Production occupations	5,932	746	165	374	207	5,186	41.7	42.7
Transportation and material moving occupations	7,481	1,556	430	385	741	5,925	40.9	44.1

Women, 16 years and over	66,844	21,535	3,213	4,947	13,374	45,309	35.9	40.8
Management, professional, and related occupations	28,389	7,229	636	2,444	4,148	21,161	38.0	41.4
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	10,156	1,995	137	884	974	8,161	40.0	42.4
Professional and related occupations	18,233	5,234	499	1,560	3,175	12,999	36.8	40.8
Service occupations	14,154	6,398	1,313	750	4,335	7,756	32.6	40.2
Sales and office occupations	19,981	6,729	989	1,458	4,282	13,252	35.1	40.1
Sales and related occupations	7,447	3,060	575	375	2,110	4,388	33.7	40.9
Office and administrative support occupations	12,533	3,669	414	1,083	2,172	8,864	35.9	39.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	620	163	38	42	83	457	37.3	41.0
Construction and extraction occupations	198	59	16	17	26	140	36.1	40.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	168	31	5	14	12	137	39.7	41.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	3,700	1,016	236	254	526	2,684	37.0	40.7
Production occupations	2,373	535	123	168	244	1,837	38.0	40.6
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,327	480	112	86	282	847	35.3	40.7
Footnotes (1) Includes farming, fishing, and forestry occupations, not shown separately.
NOTE: Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 10, 2016