2016 Annual Averages ‐ Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
9. 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
	2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016
Total	148,834	151,436	79,131	80,568	76,776	78,084	69,703	70,868	67,323	68,387

Management, professional, and related occupations	57,960	59,438	28,090	28,846	27,918	28,662	29,871	30,593	29,658	30,381
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	24,108	24,941	13,589	14,019	13,548	13,973	10,519	10,922	10,476	10,881
Management occupations	16,994	17,418	10,340	10,611	10,309	10,576	6,654	6,807	6,624	6,777
Business and financial operations occupations	7,114	7,523	3,249	3,408	3,238	3,397	3,866	4,115	3,851	4,103
Professional and related occupations	33,852	34,498	14,501	14,827	14,371	14,689	19,351	19,671	19,183	19,500
Computer and mathematical occupations	4,369	4,601	3,291	3,428	3,277	3,407	1,078	1,173	1,072	1,165
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,954	3,106	2,508	2,665	2,495	2,649	446	441	444	439
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,404	1,367	750	765	743	762	654	602	650	599
Community and social service occupations	2,596	2,612	900	901	895	892	1,696	1,711	1,685	1,701
Legal occupations	1,803	1,808	897	871	896	870	905	936	902	934
Education, training, and library occupations	8,908	8,948	2,368	2,410	2,331	2,373	6,540	6,538	6,457	6,464
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,051	3,097	1,599	1,596	1,558	1,552	1,452	1,502	1,413	1,457
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	8,766	8,960	2,186	2,190	2,176	2,182	6,580	6,769	6,558	6,741

Service occupations	25,896	26,811	11,209	11,625	10,295	10,657	14,686	15,186	13,637	14,084
Healthcare support occupations	3,514	3,554	436	438	425	422	3,079	3,116	2,995	3,050
Protective service occupations	3,109	3,117	2,447	2,423	2,387	2,358	662	694	621	645
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,142	8,542	3,702	3,969	3,083	3,319	4,440	4,573	3,778	3,876
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,716	5,804	3,368	3,478	3,233	3,336	2,348	2,326	2,291	2,266
Personal care and service occupations	5,415	5,795	1,257	1,318	1,166	1,223	4,157	4,477	3,951	4,247

Sales and office occupations	33,598	33,539	12,939	13,023	12,314	12,358	20,659	20,516	19,667	19,499
Sales and related occupations	15,700	15,848	7,960	8,088	7,565	7,673	7,741	7,761	7,023	7,045
Office and administrative support occupations	17,897	17,691	4,980	4,936	4,749	4,685	12,918	12,755	12,645	12,454

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,733	13,904	13,091	13,247	12,822	12,959	642	657	618	628
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,073	1,096	813	852	752	795	260	244	243	224
Construction and extraction occupations	7,652	7,929	7,445	7,693	7,307	7,548	207	236	203	230
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,008	4,879	4,833	4,703	4,763	4,617	175	177	173	174

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,647	17,743	13,801	13,826	13,427	13,448	3,846	3,916	3,742	3,795
Production occupations	8,522	8,459	6,070	6,073	5,965	5,964	2,452	2,385	2,402	2,333
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,125	9,284	7,731	7,753	7,463	7,484	1,394	1,531	1,341	1,462
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 8, 2017