2017 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	2017
	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	147,731	35,080	5,250	8,923	20,906	112,651	38.7	42.4
Management, professional, and related occupations	58,252	11,024	973	4,001	6,051	47,228	40.3	43.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	24,607	3,567	290	1,582	1,695	21,040	42.4	44.3
Professional and related occupations	33,646	7,457	682	2,419	4,356	26,188	38.8	42.0
Service occupations	25,814	9,591	1,766	1,317	6,508	16,223	35.0	41.5
Sales and office occupations	32,551	9,143	1,268	1,828	6,046	23,408	37.0	41.6
Sales and related occupations	15,323	4,592	715	697	3,179	10,731	37.4	42.9
Office and administrative support occupations	17,228	4,551	553	1,131	2,867	12,677	36.6	40.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	13,758	2,101	577	848	676	11,657	40.9	42.5
Construction and extraction occupations	7,785	1,306	427	519	359	6,479	40.3	41.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,838	575	106	265	204	4,264	41.6	42.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,355	3,220	666	929	1,624	14,135	40.3	42.9
Production occupations	8,256	1,146	223	480	443	7,110	41.0	42.4
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,099	2,074	443	449	1,182	7,024	39.7	43.4

Men, 16 years and over	78,967	14,098	2,604	4,376	7,117	64,869	40.9	43.5
Management, professional, and related occupations	28,530	4,001	426	1,745	1,831	24,529	42.6	44.4
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	13,826	1,616	168	788	660	12,210	44.2	45.6
Professional and related occupations	14,703	2,385	257	957	1,171	12,319	41.0	43.3
Service occupations	11,273	3,260	723	567	1,970	8,013	37.6	42.6
Sales and office occupations	12,648	2,733	459	589	1,685	9,915	39.6	43.3
Sales and related occupations	7,845	1,588	249	316	1,023	6,257	40.6	44.3
Office and administrative support occupations	4,804	1,145	210	273	663	3,658	38.0	41.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	13,069	1,931	544	802	586	11,138	41.1	42.5
Construction and extraction occupations	7,553	1,239	412	504	323	6,314	40.4	41.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,646	534	102	249	183	4,112	41.7	42.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	13,447	2,173	454	674	1,046	11,274	41.2	43.5
Production occupations	5,884	646	122	314	211	5,238	42.0	42.9
Transportation and material moving occupations	7,563	1,526	332	360	835	6,036	40.7	43.9

Women, 16 years and over	68,764	20,982	2,646	4,547	13,789	47,782	36.2	40.9
Management, professional, and related occupations	29,723	7,023	547	2,256	4,220	22,700	38.2	41.5
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	10,781	1,951	122	794	1,035	8,830	40.2	42.5
Professional and related occupations	18,942	5,073	425	1,462	3,185	13,870	37.1	40.9
Service occupations	14,541	6,331	1,043	750	4,538	8,210	33.0	40.4
Sales and office occupations	19,903	6,410	809	1,239	4,361	13,493	35.3	40.3
Sales and related occupations	7,479	3,004	467	381	2,157	4,475	33.9	40.9
Office and administrative support occupations	12,424	3,405	343	858	2,205	9,019	36.1	40.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations(1)	689	170	34	46	90	519	38.1	41.7
Construction and extraction occupations	232	66	15	15	36	166	36.6	40.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	193	41	5	16	21	152	39.5	42.1
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	3,908	1,048	213	256	579	2,861	37.1	40.7
Production occupations	2,372	499	102	166	232	1,873	38.4	40.8
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,536	548	111	90	347	988	35.1	40.5
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: January 16, 2019