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11b. Employed persons by detailed occupation and age [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation	2018
Occupation	Total, 16 years and over	16 to 19 years	20 to 24 years	25 to 34 years	35 to 44 years	45 to 54 years	55 to 64 years	65 years and over	Median age
Total employed	155,761	5,126	14,051	35,324	32,616	32,373	26,565	9,705	42.2

Management, professional, and related occupations	62,436	436	3,359	14,673	14,572	13,979	11,126	4,291	43.8
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	25,850	91	1,005	5,151	6,069	6,362	5,228	1,945	45.9
Management occupations	18,263	69	565	3,259	4,411	4,666	3,874	1,420	46.6
Chief executives	1,573	0	3	147	349	467	413	193	51.5
General and operations managers	1,037	1	30	235	279	245	204	43	44.1
Legislators	18	0	1	1	3	2	5	7	-
Advertising and promotions managers	44	0	5	13	14	8	2	1	-
Marketing and sales managers	1,083	4	65	269	282	252	176	35	42.3
Public relations and fundraising managers	69	0	1	13	19	21	10	6	45.0
Administrative services managers	161	1	5	19	35	48	45	9	50.0
Computer and information systems managers	623	0	10	96	188	191	122	16	45.9
Financial managers	1,231	3	34	279	338	298	220	59	44.1
Compensation and benefits managers	23	1	2	2	5	10	2	1	-
Human resources managers	313	0	7	64	95	94	43	10	43.2
Training and development managers	58	0	1	17	13	15	8	3	43.3
Industrial production managers	264	0	8	45	63	77	61	8	47.2
Purchasing managers	219	0	9	50	53	49	48	10	44.5
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	303	1	12	66	57	86	66	15	46.9
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers	991	4	16	108	124	160	294	286	56.4
Construction managers	1,021	1	27	154	281	261	221	75	46.3
Education administrators	955	2	27	149	255	270	191	60	46.4
Architectural and engineering managers	156	0	1	14	49	48	40	4	48.3
Food service managers	1,273	35	148	324	253	287	177	48	39.8
Funeral service managers	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-
Gaming managers	28	0	5	4	9	3	5	2	-
Lodging managers	153	1	5	36	36	35	30	11	44.9
Medical and health services managers	639	1	12	113	167	164	152	30	46.6
Natural sciences managers	9	0	2	2	3	2	1	0	-
Postmasters and mail superintendents	24	0	0	1	4	9	8	2	-
Property, real estate, and community association managers	717	0	19	125	142	150	178	102	49.8
Social and community service managers	437	1	7	93	90	120	93	33	47.4
Emergency management directors	10	0	0	3	1	4	1	1	-
Managers, all other	4,827	12	104	815	1,203	1,287	1,058	347	47.1
Business and financial operations occupations	7,587	23	440	1,892	1,658	1,697	1,353	525	43.8
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes	54	2	8	10	13	12	7	3	40.6
Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products	12	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	-
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	193	0	13	52	31	40	42	14	45.6
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	244	2	11	47	43	67	56	18	48.6
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators	344	0	18	77	90	80	69	11	43.0
Compliance officers	281	2	12	53	75	70	50	19	45.5
Cost estimators	117	1	7	19	27	27	25	11	47.0
Human resources workers	664	2	42	180	172	125	114	28	42.0
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	48	0	1	11	14	8	9	5	-
Training and development specialists	120	2	5	31	21	27	27	7	46.2
Logisticians	128	0	11	39	25	28	20	5	42.8
Management analysts	944	1	33	212	190	217	181	109	46.5
Meeting, convention, and event planners	126	2	20	42	25	21	15	2	36.3
Fundraisers	96	1	7	28	20	13	20	8	42.2
Market research analysts and marketing specialists	355	1	42	125	79	60	36	12	36.8
Business operations specialists, all other	236	1	16	49	63	52	39	15	43.4
Accountants and auditors	1,929	2	105	481	404	454	345	137	44.3
Appraisers and assessors of real estate	84	0	2	9	16	24	22	11	51.4
Budget analysts	51	0	2	12	11	11	12	2	44.2
Credit analysts	26	0	2	10	4	7	3	1	-
Financial analysts	307	1	27	112	76	51	33	8	37.0
Personal financial advisors	537	1	21	125	128	119	97	45	44.5
Insurance underwriters	119	0	10	27	24	29	25	3	43.1
Financial examiners	13	0	1	4	4	2	0	2	-
Credit counselors and loan officers	350	1	15	86	74	93	59	23	44.6
Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents	47	0	0	8	5	17	12	5	-
Tax preparers	113	0	5	26	12	27	24	19	50.8
Financial specialists, all other	48	0	6	11	10	10	10	1	-
Professional and related occupations	36,586	345	2,354	9,522	8,503	7,617	5,898	2,347	42.4
Computer and mathematical occupations	5,126	25	330	1,563	1,333	1,038	692	146	40.4
Computer and information research scientists	19	0	0	10	4	3	2	0	-
Computer systems analysts	652	2	38	193	162	136	92	29	41.1
Information security analysts	97	1	5	26	34	17	13	3	40.5
Computer programmers	477	3	28	117	111	126	73	18	42.7
Software developers, applications and systems software	1,682	1	99	595	462	291	200	34	39.3
Web developers	208	3	11	74	61	33	23	4	38.3
Computer support specialists	566	5	62	175	128	104	78	15	39.1
Database administrators	108	1	7	34	16	24	23	3	43.6
Network and computer systems administrators	204	0	4	56	54	52	33	5	42.9
Computer network architects	114	0	1	24	34	33	18	4	42.9
Computer occupations, all other	732	8	60	189	197	159	95	25	40.8
Actuaries	33	0	1	9	13	9	1	0	-
Mathematicians	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	-
Operations research analysts	131	0	4	27	27	39	31	4	48.7
Statisticians	90	0	10	30	27	11	8	3	37.7
Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations	8	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	-
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,263	17	214	864	698	669	636	165	43.0
Architects, except naval	239	0	7	63	55	53	43	18	43.8
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists	47	0	2	8	13	6	12	5	-
Aerospace engineers	147	0	13	44	25	29	30	6	42.2
Agricultural engineers	5	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	-
Biomedical engineers	11	0	2	3	4	1	2	0	-
Chemical engineers	72	0	1	19	20	12	15	5	43.8
Civil engineers	456	1	34	149	89	81	71	33	41.0
Computer hardware engineers	71	0	5	21	16	15	11	3	41.6
Electrical and electronics engineers	269	0	12	66	56	65	56	14	45.0
Environmental engineers	36	0	1	8	4	11	9	3	-
Industrial engineers, including health and safety	246	1	12	68	57	42	56	10	43.0
Marine engineers and naval architects	17	0	1	7	4	2	4	0	-
Materials engineers	41	0	3	8	12	9	9	0	-
Mechanical engineers	333	1	27	95	73	63	62	11	41.1
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers	8	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	-
Nuclear engineers	14	0	1	5	2	3	1	2	-
Petroleum engineers	27	0	4	6	9	4	4	0	-
Engineers, all other	576	1	27	157	137	112	115	27	43.1
Drafters	133	4	15	20	23	35	28	8	45.8
Engineering technicians, except drafters	439	7	33	98	88	100	95	18	44.5
Surveying and mapping technicians	76	1	13	13	12	23	11	3	41.9
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,529	10	135	429	345	283	237	89	41.1
Agricultural and food scientists	37	0	5	12	7	5	7	1	-
Biological scientists	104	0	9	25	31	20	12	6	40.9
Conservation scientists and foresters	22	1	3	5	7	3	3	0	-
Medical scientists	169	2	10	58	43	23	30	3	39.8
Life scientists, all other	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-
Astronomers and physicists	20	0	2	6	2	5	2	3	-
Atmospheric and space scientists	12	0	0	5	1	3	2	1	-
Chemists and materials scientists	118	0	14	29	23	25	21	5	40.9
Environmental scientists and geoscientists	100	1	7	29	23	16	20	5	42.7
Physical scientists, all other	305	1	19	113	74	51	36	10	38.4
Economists	36	0	1	11	8	7	8	1	-
Survey researchers	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	-
Psychologists	224	0	1	38	52	63	33	37	48.5
Sociologists	5	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	-
Urban and regional planners	29	0	3	5	8	11	1	0	-
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers	46	1	6	7	5	8	12	7	-
Agricultural and food science technicians	36	0	6	6	10	7	4	3	-
Biological technicians	19	0	4	9	3	2	2	0	-
Chemical technicians	68	1	8	18	16	11	12	0	39.0
Geological and petroleum technicians	12	0	0	3	4	4	1	0	-
Nuclear technicians	10	0	0	3	0	3	3	1	-
Social science research assistants	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians	152	4	33	46	23	15	26	5	34.7
Community and social service occupations	2,680	24	145	646	598	561	483	225	43.9
Counselors	895	14	56	223	223	183	140	56	42.0
Social workers	835	3	40	227	201	186	132	46	42.6
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists	104	0	2	36	28	29	9	2	39.8
Social and human service assistants	208	4	24	57	36	41	36	10	40.7
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community health workers	71	0	3	20	16	12	14	5	43.8
Clergy	415	0	10	54	67	85	111	88	53.4
Directors, religious activities and education	76	0	7	15	16	13	19	7	47.0
Religious workers, all other	76	3	4	13	11	12	22	11	50.1
Legal occupations	1,891	3	39	380	443	424	376	226	46.8
Lawyers	1,199	1	4	226	307	266	224	172	47.1
Judicial law clerks	13	0	0	9	1	0	1	1	-
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers	80	0	0	5	12	17	29	17	56.0
Paralegals and legal assistants	444	2	30	104	92	97	93	25	44.4
Miscellaneous legal support workers	156	0	5	36	32	43	28	11	45.8
Education, training, and library occupations	9,313	122	670	2,142	2,204	2,085	1,451	639	42.7
Postsecondary teachers	1,417	10	119	305	304	275	241	164	44.2
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	716	10	83	196	163	149	85	29	39.8
Elementary and middle school teachers	3,421	11	148	850	925	820	481	185	42.4
Secondary school teachers	1,062	3	46	235	300	267	153	58	43.0
Special education teachers	369	0	16	85	98	89	61	21	43.1
Other teachers and instructors	905	49	109	208	139	165	149	86	41.4
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians	45	1	5	7	9	10	8	6	-
Librarians	178	2	9	31	38	34	42	21	47.2
Library technicians	33	5	5	6	4	8	5	2	-
Teacher assistants	994	28	115	181	191	228	198	54	43.9
Other education, training, and library workers	173	3	17	39	32	41	28	13	43.4
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,362	111	302	921	667	621	459	280	40.7
Artists and related workers	232	2	19	50	45	41	44	31	46.1
Designers	984	15	78	299	200	189	142	61	40.6
Actors	36	0	3	14	8	7	1	4	-
Producers and directors	201	0	6	67	55	45	18	10	40.2
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers	359	65	56	89	59	48	22	19	31.6
Dancers and choreographers	24	4	7	7	3	0	2	0	-
Musicians, singers, and related workers	202	4	12	52	41	32	26	35	43.5
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other	68	2	4	26	10	12	7	7	37.7
Announcers	56	3	3	17	10	9	10	5	42.6
News analysts, reporters and correspondents	79	0	11	24	17	10	14	4	38.4
Public relations specialists	140	2	16	42	29	28	17	6	38.6
Editors	160	2	10	46	34	31	27	10	41.4
Technical writers	69	0	1	10	12	15	19	12	51.3
Writers and authors	227	1	12	50	42	47	43	33	47.7
Miscellaneous media and communication workers	111	2	12	13	24	28	19	13	47.3
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators	120	8	17	25	24	26	12	8	40.4
Photographers	208	1	21	70	36	37	26	17	40.1
Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors	82	0	13	22	17	15	10	6	38.9
Media and communication equipment workers, all other	5	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	-
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,420	33	519	2,575	2,215	1,937	1,565	576	42.4
Chiropractors	63	0	2	9	18	15	12	8	46.6
Dentists	162	0	0	39	35	25	35	28	47.5
Dietitians and nutritionists	104	1	2	23	19	27	24	8	48.2
Optometrists	54	0	0	9	8	19	9	9	51.4
Pharmacists	348	1	17	107	86	62	48	27	41.1
Physicians and surgeons	1,094	0	5	239	271	243	211	125	46.4
Physician assistants	132	1	7	55	31	24	12	3	37.5
Podiatrists	11	0	0	0	4	3	4	0	-
Audiologists	10	0	2	5	1	1	1	0	-
Occupational therapists	116	0	8	39	26	24	12	6	39.2
Physical therapists	286	0	8	96	74	52	43	12	41.6
Radiation therapists	16	0	1	5	3	5	2	0	-
Recreational therapists	11	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	-
Respiratory therapists	108	0	1	33	23	24	17	10	43.8
Speech-language pathologists	152	0	4	48	45	32	18	5	41.2
Exercise physiologists	5	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	-
Therapists, all other	237	0	10	76	65	45	28	12	39.8
Veterinarians	102	0	1	26	27	22	16	10	44.6
Registered nurses	3,213	2	155	842	745	717	589	164	43.2
Nurse anesthetists	26	0	0	10	5	6	4	1	-
Nurse midwives	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	-
Nurse practitioners	212	0	1	56	62	47	36	10	42.8
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other	40	0	0	5	11	11	10	4	-
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians	318	1	18	85	72	65	60	17	43.1
Dental hygienists	178	0	12	45	33	42	36	11	44.3
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians	346	2	21	90	92	71	62	7	41.8
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	214	3	33	91	45	25	15	2	32.0
Health practitioner support technologists and technicians	694	14	111	251	138	100	66	14	34.5
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	658	4	68	156	149	132	101	47	41.9
Medical records and health information technicians	171	2	3	28	46	39	42	10	46.9
Opticians, dispensing	61	0	1	16	14	10	13	7	46.4
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians	139	1	13	47	26	26	16	11	39.8
Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	137	1	16	41	33	18	21	8	38.8

Service occupations	26,854	2,092	3,668	6,150	4,898	4,816	3,772	1,458	38.3
Healthcare support occupations	3,629	95	489	951	709	684	560	141	39.2
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides	2,035	61	266	461	397	410	342	97	40.8
Occupational therapy assistants and aides	35	0	0	9	9	8	8	1	-
Physical therapist assistants and aides	88	3	15	24	13	21	11	1	36.6
Massage therapists	155	0	8	49	31	26	30	11	41.9
Dental assistants	293	7	45	92	59	53	33	5	35.8
Medical assistants	570	7	82	202	119	89	56	14	35.1
Medical transcriptionists	44	2	12	5	4	7	13	2	-
Pharmacy aides	34	0	4	10	5	6	8	1	-
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers	56	4	18	19	6	5	4	0	28.5
Phlebotomists	115	1	11	36	29	22	15	2	38.6
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical equipment preparers	204	10	27	42	38	39	41	7	40.8
Protective service occupations	3,203	96	286	829	743	677	416	155	40.5
First-line supervisors of correctional officers	45	0	1	6	15	17	4	1	-
First-line supervisors of police and detectives	88	0	0	10	34	28	13	3	44.9
First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers	49	0	0	3	17	17	11	1	-
First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other	86	0	4	16	14	29	18	6	47.7
Firefighters	306	2	19	87	117	59	21	1	39.3
Fire inspectors	23	0	1	5	6	6	4	1	-
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers	406	2	38	142	81	79	50	13	38.6
Detectives and criminal investigators	164	0	2	34	53	53	19	3	43.0
Fish and game wardens	7	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	-
Parking enforcement workers	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	-
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	728	2	46	216	213	178	56	17	40.0
Transit and railroad police	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-
Animal control workers	19	0	1	8	2	4	3	1	-
Private detectives and investigators	96	0	4	32	23	15	17	5	41.4
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers	958	18	141	237	144	160	174	84	41.2
Crossing guards	66	0	2	10	10	14	15	14	51.9
Transportation security screeners	41	0	5	13	10	5	5	2	-
Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service workers	117	72	22	6	5	5	3	3	21.1
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,220	1,364	1,739	1,928	1,187	1,001	739	262	29.8
Chefs and head cooks	427	13	34	122	102	91	47	18	40.0
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	563	25	89	177	92	88	72	20	35.6
Cooks	2,067	251	312	458	410	339	221	76	35.1
Food preparation workers	988	179	252	195	120	113	92	35	28.3
Bartenders	474	5	87	208	76	54	32	13	31.4
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	322	79	71	71	25	28	32	15	26.4
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	202	101	46	25	10	6	7	6	21.7
Waiters and waitresses	2,020	366	602	494	233	165	129	31	26.1
Food servers, nonrestaurant	226	35	49	42	25	27	36	13	32.7
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	309	81	52	51	36	40	36	12	28.6
Dishwashers	263	66	38	44	41	37	24	12	30.2
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	354	160	105	37	17	13	11	10	21.6
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other	5	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	-
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,854	189	423	1,118	1,181	1,367	1,152	424	44.9
First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers	339	1	11	51	74	106	75	22	48.5
First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	254	3	7	48	67	64	45	20	44.6
Janitors and building cleaners	2,342	89	152	403	423	542	535	197	47.3
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	1,512	35	93	247	323	399	309	107	46.2
Pest control workers	79	1	8	20	16	17	15	1	40.3
Grounds maintenance workers	1,328	61	152	348	277	239	173	77	39.3
Personal care and service occupations	5,947	347	730	1,324	1,077	1,088	905	476	40.4
First-line supervisors of gaming workers	187	6	18	54	31	41	22	14	40.5
First-line supervisors of personal service workers	208	1	10	47	52	53	31	14	43.3
Animal trainers	55	6	4	19	7	10	5	5	34.3
Nonfarm animal caretakers	268	29	51	64	41	34	39	10	33.3
Gaming services workers	102	3	6	23	19	21	19	10	43.9
Motion picture projectionists	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers	35	12	6	5	2	2	3	4	-
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers	210	58	59	30	11	13	20	19	23.7
Embalmers and funeral attendants	17	0	1	2	2	1	2	8	-
Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors	34	0	1	4	4	6	12	7	-
Barbers	132	0	10	33	29	24	17	20	43.4
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	834	11	82	210	192	161	107	70	41.4
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers	449	6	38	104	120	107	57	17	40.9
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges	92	3	13	21	13	15	22	5	43.6
Tour and travel guides	65	5	15	8	9	9	12	7	38.9
Childcare workers	1,193	127	182	245	185	199	179	76	36.8
Personal care aides	1,354	36	134	269	225	285	267	139	45.5
Recreation and fitness workers	497	33	69	124	99	75	64	33	38.2
Residential advisors	41	2	11	11	5	6	5	2	-
Personal care and service workers, all other	171	10	20	49	30	23	22	17	37.0

Sales and office occupations	33,461	1,714	3,995	7,106	6,099	6,471	5,752	2,324	41.4
Sales and related occupations	15,806	1,142	2,000	3,210	2,827	2,941	2,512	1,174	40.6
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	3,366	30	253	832	745	710	576	218	43.0
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers	1,257	4	27	218	281	337	270	119	47.9
Cashiers	3,200	792	774	539	336	298	302	158	26.2
Counter and rental clerks	114	9	19	27	24	14	16	4	36.1
Parts salespersons	127	4	11	22	26	23	30	11	46.3
Retail salespersons	3,147	272	607	687	419	476	446	239	35.6
Advertising sales agents	221	2	21	58	49	56	28	8	41.1
Insurance sales agents	619	1	40	117	153	115	131	62	45.5
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	231	1	14	58	53	46	41	19	43.3
Travel agents	79	0	3	11	13	21	19	12	52.0
Sales representatives, services, all other	516	3	47	124	108	127	79	28	43.1
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing	1,273	9	64	228	288	342	262	80	46.2
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters	60	4	9	10	4	8	9	16	49.7
Real estate brokers and sales agents	1,072	5	51	162	220	265	221	149	48.9
Sales engineers	34	0	2	9	4	10	8	1	-
Telemarketers	58	2	13	19	13	3	6	2	31.1
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers	158	1	17	22	32	35	29	22	46.3
Sales and related workers, all other	275	4	27	68	58	55	41	24	42.7
Office and administrative support occupations	17,655	572	1,995	3,896	3,272	3,530	3,240	1,150	42.2
First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	1,450	3	66	290	335	386	288	82	45.8
Switchboard operators, including answering service	23	0	3	2	4	5	5	3	-
Telephone operators	30	0	4	10	5	3	4	3	-
Communications equipment operators, all other	9	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	-
Bill and account collectors	122	2	16	31	36	19	12	5	38.8
Billing and posting clerks	490	2	37	106	112	115	93	25	44.0
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	1,045	5	44	139	192	247	281	137	50.2
Gaming cage workers	8	0	1	4	2	1	1	0	-
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	121	0	4	24	27	27	31	7	47.4
Procurement clerks	31	0	2	8	6	8	6	0	-
Tellers	300	10	74	98	36	32	38	12	30.6
Financial clerks, all other	92	0	16	30	13	14	17	2	38.7
Brokerage clerks	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	-
Correspondence clerks	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	-
Court, municipal, and license clerks	83	0	2	12	21	19	23	6	49.1
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks	54	0	4	14	12	14	8	1	41.9
Customer service representatives	2,563	177	454	678	404	405	344	102	34.9
Eligibility interviewers, government programs	68	1	2	18	16	13	12	6	43.4
File clerks	161	10	18	29	33	26	32	14	43.2
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	131	6	37	43	15	16	9	5	29.5
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	152	4	16	32	25	35	26	15	44.4
Library assistants, clerical	103	4	19	21	14	10	24	9	39.3
Loan interviewers and clerks	117	1	7	35	25	21	20	9	41.4
New accounts clerks	23	3	2	4	5	3	5	1	-
Order clerks	78	5	11	23	13	12	9	5	36.4
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	57	0	5	12	14	17	7	3	42.9
Receptionists and information clerks	1,324	66	239	329	197	203	196	93	36.7
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks	128	2	13	30	29	25	24	4	40.7
Information and record clerks, all other	121	5	9	21	28	23	29	8	44.2
Cargo and freight agents	30	0	1	8	4	6	10	1	-
Couriers and messengers	293	7	33	74	53	58	50	17	41.0
Dispatchers	293	4	23	76	70	62	48	9	41.5
Meter readers, utilities	24	0	2	8	7	1	2	3	-
Postal service clerks	120	0	6	18	24	37	30	6	48.7
Postal service mail carriers	302	0	10	63	64	75	73	16	46.7
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	58	0	1	10	12	14	18	3	49.5
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	269	0	12	70	61	65	47	14	43.3
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	578	13	70	134	131	108	102	20	40.7
Stock clerks and order fillers	1,527	154	331	379	224	201	173	66	31.5
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping	56	0	9	13	9	10	9	6	41.7
Secretaries and administrative assistants	2,569	22	138	427	474	646	633	228	48.7
Computer operators	73	1	7	17	15	9	14	9	42.8
Data entry keyers	270	2	25	65	57	61	47	13	42.7
Word processors and typists	67	3	7	12	11	11	17	8	45.9
Desktop publishers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	244	1	20	66	52	51	43	11	41.6
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service	63	2	5	13	10	17	11	6	44.1
Office clerks, general	1,309	48	150	255	235	256	252	114	43.8
Office machine operators, except computer	24	2	2	4	5	5	3	3	-
Proofreaders and copy markers	11	0	0	1	1	3	4	2	-
Statistical assistants	40	0	3	12	7	5	12	1	-
Office and administrative support workers, all other	540	4	34	123	124	127	92	35	43.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,471	356	1,241	3,383	3,434	3,041	2,433	584	41.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,121	89	136	235	226	207	169	58	39.5
First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers	60	0	6	7	14	18	12	4	45.2
Agricultural inspectors	22	1	1	3	4	4	5	4	-
Animal breeders	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	-
Graders and sorters, agricultural products	85	2	9	21	13	24	13	3	42.4
Miscellaneous agricultural workers	833	82	109	173	174	136	119	39	38.3
Fishers and related fishing workers	39	2	5	11	6	10	4	2	-
Hunters and trappers	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	-
Forest and conservation workers	16	0	0	7	3	3	3	0	-
Logging workers	58	1	7	12	10	11	12	6	45.4
Construction and extraction occupations	8,338	175	696	2,025	2,100	1,728	1,304	312	41.4
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers	634	0	21	131	169	166	122	26	45.1
Boilermakers	20	1	1	3	8	7	1	0	-
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons	143	1	8	23	42	33	31	4	45.3
Carpenters	1,375	27	101	312	379	288	215	52	41.9
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers	164	1	17	35	41	38	28	4	42.5
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers	50	1	3	14	11	9	10	2	43.6
Construction laborers	2,110	76	225	516	532	408	274	80	39.6
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators	21	0	1	2	5	5	7	0	-
Pile-driver operators	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	342	2	21	82	79	76	65	17	44.0
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers	164	4	20	41	46	30	19	4	38.8
Electricians	887	16	79	210	204	190	158	31	41.6
Glaziers	45	0	3	16	10	9	6	1	-
Insulation workers	60	4	6	18	18	8	6	0	37.7
Painters, construction and maintenance	607	14	38	150	170	116	93	27	42.0
Paperhangers	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	-
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	641	9	53	155	158	141	103	22	41.8
Plasterers and stucco masons	19	0	2	8	5	4	1	0	-
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	-
Roofers	201	2	20	75	54	31	14	5	37.0
Sheet metal workers	147	3	13	43	34	32	20	4	40.6
Structural iron and steel workers	60	0	5	17	17	13	7	0	39.4
Solar photovoltaic installers	16	0	5	4	3	0	2	2	-
Helpers, construction trades	77	9	13	24	12	10	8	1	32.8
Construction and building inspectors	108	0	3	14	20	28	32	10	51.0
Elevator installers and repairers	25	0	0	8	5	6	7	0	-
Fence erectors	33	0	3	11	5	5	7	2	-
Hazardous materials removal workers	36	1	1	8	9	4	11	2	-
Highway maintenance workers	105	1	7	25	21	28	16	8	44.8
Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators	10	0	1	3	0	1	3	1	-
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners	9	0	1	3	0	5	1	0	-
Miscellaneous construction and related workers	28	0	3	10	7	6	2	0	-
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining	30	0	5	11	7	3	4	1	-
Earth drillers, except oil and gas	22	0	6	6	4	2	2	2	-
Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters	12	0	1	5	0	2	4	0	-
Mining machine operators	65	0	5	18	13	12	14	2	42.8
Roof bolters, mining	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Roustabouts, oil and gas	10	0	1	5	3	0	0	1	-
Helpers--extraction workers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Other extraction workers	49	1	6	17	9	10	5	1	-
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,012	92	409	1,123	1,109	1,106	961	213	42.9
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers	280	0	7	42	59	80	75	16	49.4
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers	185	2	15	45	39	34	42	7	42.4
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers	136	2	6	26	35	40	21	7	43.5
Avionics technicians	13	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	-
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers	26	1	3	7	4	6	4	1	-
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility	11	0	2	1	4	3	2	0	-
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles	5	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	-
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers	38	1	5	10	11	6	4	0	-
Security and fire alarm systems installers	63	0	8	18	13	11	9	3	40.4
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians	164	1	13	37	32	33	38	8	44.3
Automotive body and related repairers	152	5	12	29	36	38	24	9	42.9
Automotive glass installers and repairers	24	0	4	6	7	5	2	0	-
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	916	24	109	246	198	171	142	26	39.0
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	389	6	40	98	74	90	72	8	41.2
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics	211	1	17	46	45	49	43	10	44.2
Small engine mechanics	51	0	1	10	9	15	13	3	49.2
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers	93	4	15	26	17	18	12	2	36.6
Control and valve installers and repairers	20	0	1	3	6	8	2	1	-
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	472	11	47	105	118	96	75	19	41.2
Home appliance repairers	41	0	5	7	9	7	10	3	-
Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics	442	6	24	87	103	100	101	20	45.2
Maintenance and repair workers, general	507	9	26	90	111	121	122	29	47.0
Maintenance workers, machinery	25	0	0	3	6	6	8	2	-
Millwrights	46	0	1	8	7	11	16	2	-
Electrical power-line installers and repairers	137	0	6	39	33	29	23	6	43.1
Telecommunications line installers and repairers	210	1	17	56	56	50	27	3	40.7
Precision instrument and equipment repairers	65	2	3	13	14	10	17	7	44.9
Wind turbine service technicians	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	-
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers	36	1	4	6	9	8	6	2	-
Commercial divers	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-
Locksmiths and safe repairers	34	1	0	8	7	6	9	2	-
Manufactured building and mobile home installers	7	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	-
Riggers	14	0	0	2	5	6	1	0	-
Signal and track switch repairers	14	0	0	6	3	0	5	0	-
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	16	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	-
Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers	167	5	13	33	29	38	33	16	45.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18,539	529	1,788	4,013	3,614	4,066	3,481	1,048	43.0
Production occupations	8,621	167	799	1,958	1,748	1,920	1,646	383	42.9
First-line supervisors of production and operating workers	832	3	31	151	202	226	178	40	46.3
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers	5	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	-
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers	124	3	9	32	20	29	24	6	44.0
Engine and other machine assemblers	10	0	1	4	1	3	1	0	-
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	33	1	4	11	6	8	3	0	-
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators	1,064	19	120	275	199	208	198	46	41.1
Bakers	219	8	31	50	41	41	35	12	40.2
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers	265	5	36	64	59	56	34	10	39.8
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders	6	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	-
Food batchmakers	80	4	14	18	14	15	8	6	38.1
Food cooking machine operators and tenders	14	4	1	4	4	0	0	1	-
Food processing workers, all other	158	1	13	32	42	42	24	4	43.2
Computer control programmers and operators	107	1	12	24	24	25	19	3	41.6
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	14	0	5	3	3	2	1	0	-
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	6	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	-
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	11	0	0	3	3	0	4	0	-
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	61	0	5	12	9	15	16	3	46.6
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	-
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	38	0	5	4	7	10	8	4	-
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	8	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	-
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	-
Machinists	344	7	23	69	59	79	89	18	46.5
Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters	20	0	2	6	1	8	2	1	-
Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic	6	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	-
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	40	0	5	5	11	10	9	0	-
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	5	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	-
Tool and die makers	50	1	2	5	6	14	20	3	52.7
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers	633	17	69	176	141	124	92	13	39.4
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	9	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	-
Layout workers, metal and plastic	9	0	2	1	2	2	2	0	-
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	17	0	2	3	5	2	4	1	-
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	-
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other	373	5	27	92	80	83	72	16	43.1
Prepress technicians and workers	18	0	2	6	3	3	4	1	-
Printing press operators	164	5	11	27	34	43	36	8	46.6
Print binding and finishing workers	13	0	0	2	3	2	5	2	-
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	143	5	7	24	34	34	29	11	45.2
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	36	1	3	3	14	5	7	3	-
Sewing machine operators	174	2	6	23	33	47	47	16	49.8
Shoe and leather workers and repairers	8	0	0	1	2	1	4	2	-
Shoe machine operators and tenders	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	-
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers	85	0	0	9	13	23	21	19	54.3
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	6	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	-
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	-
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	5	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	-
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Fabric and apparel patternmakers	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	-
Upholsterers	31	1	2	4	6	11	6	1	-
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other	16	1	3	3	1	2	6	1	-
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	65	1	4	15	9	14	17	5	45.9
Furniture finishers	20	0	1	3	4	4	5	3	-
Model makers and patternmakers, wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	37	2	8	8	8	8	2	1	-
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	27	3	5	7	2	4	6	1	-
Woodworkers, all other	28	1	3	6	3	3	10	3	-
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers	33	0	1	12	4	8	7	1	-
Stationary engineers and boiler operators	79	1	1	7	9	31	26	4	52.8
Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators	101	0	1	17	24	27	26	4	49.2
Miscellaneous plant and system operators	38	0	5	14	7	6	6	1	-
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders	75	2	5	27	9	17	15	1	40.8
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers	79	0	13	25	10	18	13	1	38.0
Cutting workers	60	1	10	12	17	9	8	3	39.1
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders	22	0	1	4	5	5	4	2	-
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders	25	0	3	2	8	4	7	1	-
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	807	9	67	200	154	183	160	33	43.2
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers	38	0	2	8	9	5	8	5	-
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians	87	0	10	16	17	20	18	5	45.4
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	277	10	39	59	74	46	42	6	39.3
Painting workers	165	5	20	44	35	33	25	4	38.8
Photographic process workers and processing machine operators	17	0	2	5	1	6	2	1	-
Semiconductor processors	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-
Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders	8	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	-
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders	9	0	3	2	0	0	2	1	-
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	-
Etchers and engravers	11	0	1	1	1	1	5	2	-
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic	37	0	3	6	13	6	7	3	-
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders	21	0	2	3	5	5	5	1	-
Tire builders	7	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	-
Helpers--production workers	53	8	9	15	5	9	6	2	31.1
Production workers, all other	1,107	26	127	273	213	252	184	32	41.1
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,918	362	990	2,055	1,866	2,145	1,835	665	43.1
Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers	217	0	13	49	44	64	39	7	44.9
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	119	0	3	21	30	26	36	3	47.0
Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists	37	0	1	17	9	4	6	0	-
Flight attendants	104	0	4	16	19	31	25	10	50.3
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians	12	0	0	7	1	3	0	0	-
Bus drivers	599	1	9	65	89	161	175	99	53.2
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	3,549	64	236	636	701	871	764	277	46.3
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	777	6	38	168	151	175	148	91	46.5
Motor vehicle operators, all other	63	1	3	9	7	7	16	19	55.9
Locomotive engineers and operators	36	0	0	9	10	10	7	1	-
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators	5	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	-
Railroad conductors and yardmasters	53	0	3	17	17	12	3	1	38.5
Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers	15	0	0	2	4	5	2	1	-
Sailors and marine oilers	21	2	4	6	3	1	5	0	-
Ship and boat captains and operators	33	0	1	8	9	7	7	1	-
Ship engineers	6	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	-
Bridge and lock tenders	7	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	-
Parking lot attendants	87	4	32	14	12	10	10	5	29.9
Automotive and watercraft service attendants	102	10	23	22	11	16	15	4	32.3
Transportation inspectors	37	1	1	9	6	11	7	1	-
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants	40	2	4	5	6	8	11	4	-
Other transportation workers	24	0	3	6	5	6	4	0	-
Conveyor operators and tenders	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-
Crane and tower operators	68	0	3	18	15	14	14	2	42.0
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators	24	0	2	4	6	7	4	2	-
Hoist and winch operators	10	2	0	1	5	0	3	0	-
Industrial truck and tractor operators	631	7	71	176	127	137	101	13	39.8
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	329	41	54	78	59	47	38	12	33.7
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	2,106	158	366	510	373	355	272	73	35.4
Machine feeders and offbearers	30	1	5	6	5	5	7	0	-
Packers and packagers, hand	607	57	92	131	103	113	85	25	37.4
Pumping station operators	16	0	0	5	4	2	3	1	-
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	91	5	6	20	20	19	15	7	43.5
Mine shuttle car operators	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders	8	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	-
Material moving workers, all other	51	0	8	7	11	12	10	3	43.1
NOTE: Median age represents the midpoint in the age distribution such that half of workers are younger and half are older. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

Last Modified Date: January 18, 2019