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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race [In thousands]
Category	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian
Category	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018
Total, 16 years and over	153,337	155,761	120,176	121,461	18,587	19,091	9,448	9,832
Men	81,402	82,698	65,000	65,702	8,742	9,018	4,989	5,188
Women	71,936	73,063	55,176	55,759	9,845	10,073	4,458	4,644

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	60,901	62,436	48,748	49,555	5,719	5,982	4,915	5,283
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	25,379	25,850	21,065	21,309	2,075	2,127	1,623	1,770
Management occupations	17,804	18,263	14,953	15,329	1,361	1,382	1,058	1,082
Business and financial operations occupations	7,574	7,587	6,112	5,980	714	745	565	688
Professional and related occupations	35,522	36,586	27,683	28,246	3,644	3,854	3,292	3,513
Computer and mathematical occupations	4,804	5,126	3,258	3,436	416	431	998	1,129
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,224	3,263	2,556	2,588	182	211	409	389
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,431	1,529	1,093	1,194	81	108	226	195
Community and social service occupations	2,635	2,680	1,925	1,925	524	546	101	105
Legal occupations	1,827	1,891	1,582	1,620	126	139	78	88
Education, training, and library occupations	9,215	9,313	7,553	7,588	987	987	449	487
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,246	3,362	2,722	2,812	237	247	173	186
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,141	9,420	6,994	7,083	1,091	1,183	857	934
Service occupations	26,751	26,854	19,428	19,344	4,502	4,652	1,585	1,627
Healthcare support occupations	3,506	3,629	2,301	2,333	879	952	183	208
Protective service occupations	3,113	3,203	2,261	2,353	638	645	90	77
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,305	8,220	6,179	6,014	1,155	1,214	511	535
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,888	5,854	4,560	4,526	875	869	193	181
Personal care and service occupations	5,939	5,947	4,127	4,118	955	972	607	626
Sales and office occupations	33,566	33,461	26,357	26,291	4,348	4,281	1,688	1,652
Sales and related occupations	15,815	15,806	12,640	12,677	1,756	1,738	883	843
Office and administrative support occupations	17,751	17,655	13,717	13,614	2,593	2,543	805	809
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,193	14,471	12,340	12,481	1,042	1,106	313	322
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,184	1,121	1,058	1,007	58	42	20	25
Construction and extraction occupations	8,031	8,338	7,050	7,294	554	590	130	134
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,977	5,012	4,232	4,180	430	473	162	163
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,927	18,539	13,304	13,790	2,976	3,070	947	949
Production occupations	8,482	8,621	6,514	6,604	1,132	1,167	523	501
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,445	9,918	6,790	7,186	1,844	1,903	424	447

CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,640	1,632	1,487	1,487	67	56	26	29
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	790	766	758	738	7	5	9	9
Unpaid family workers	24	27	22	26	1	0	0	0
Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers(1)	142,096	144,326	110,580	111,764	17,784	18,287	8,942	9,273
Government	20,835	20,942	15,946	15,957	3,200	3,251	968	985
Private industries	121,260	123,384	94,635	95,807	14,583	15,037	7,974	8,288
Private households	657	777	545	647	67	73	23	23
Other industries	120,603	122,607	94,090	95,160	14,516	14,964	7,951	8,264
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	8,736	8,941	7,282	7,392	727	742	468	508
Unpaid family workers	52	69	47	54	2	0	2	12

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)
Full-time workers	125,967	128,572	98,441	99,840	15,434	16,053	8,034	8,394
Part-time workers	27,370	27,189	21,735	21,621	3,153	3,039	1,414	1,438
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated. (2) Employed persons are classified as full- or part-time workers based on their usual weekly hours at all jobs regardless of the number of hours they are at work during the reference week. Persons absent from work also are classified according to their usual status. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 18, 2019