Table 5. Employed persons 18 years and over by industry, class of worker, sex, veteran status, and period of service, 2010 annual averages
Table 5. Employed persons 18 years and over by industry, class of worker, sex, veteran status, and period of service, 2010 annual averages
(Percent distribution)
Gulf War era WW II,
Korean War, Other Non-
Industry and class of worker Veterans and Vietnam service veterans
Total Gulf War Gulf War era periods
era I era II
TOTAL
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)..................... 10,738 3,911 2,334 1,577 3,662 3,165 126,908
Percent..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries......................... 1.9 .5 .6 .4 3.3 1.9 1.5
Wage and salary workers.................................. .7 .3 .4 .2 1.0 .9 1.0
Self-employed workers.................................... 1.1 .2 .2 .2 2.2 1.0 .5
Nonagricultural industries................................. 98.1 99.5 99.4 99.6 96.7 98.1 98.5
Wage and salary workers.................................. 91.0 96.4 95.6 97.5 85.8 90.4 92.1
Private industries..................................... 69.1 69.2 70.5 67.2 68.1 70.2 77.3
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction........ .7 1.0 .9 1.2 .7 .5 .5
Construction......................................... 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.0
Manufacturing........................................ 12.9 12.1 13.1 10.5 12.8 14.2 9.7
Wholesale trade...................................... 3.0 2.1 2.6 1.4 3.8 3.2 2.6
Retail trade......................................... 8.0 6.8 6.7 6.8 9.2 7.9 10.9
Transportation and utilities......................... 7.3 6.9 7.1 6.6 6.5 8.5 3.6
Information.......................................... 2.2 2.8 3.3 2.1 1.6 2.1 2.0
Financial activities................................. 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.6 4.3 6.3
Professional and business services................... 10.0 12.1 11.7 12.9 9.0 8.5 9.2
Education and health services........................ 8.3 9.0 9.7 7.9 7.5 8.3 15.2
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 3.6 4.1 3.1 5.5 3.2 3.5 8.2
Other services....................................... 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.7 3.5 4.2
Government............................................. 21.9 27.2 25.1 30.4 17.6 20.2 14.8
Federal.............................................. 8.7 12.9 10.5 16.3 5.6 7.2 2.2
State................................................ 4.9 5.5 5.6 5.3 4.4 4.9 4.6
Local................................................ 8.2 8.8 8.9 8.7 7.6 8.1 8.0
Self-employed workers.................................... 7.1 3.1 3.8 2.1 10.9 7.7 6.3
Unpaid family workers.................................... - .1 .1 - - - .1
MEN
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)..................... 9,717 3,358 2,009 1,348 3,555 2,804 62,967
Percent..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries......................... 2.0 .5 .6 .4 3.3 2.1 2.3
Wage and salary workers.................................. .8 .3 .4 .2 1.0 1.0 1.5
Self-employed workers.................................... 1.2 .2 .2 .2 2.3 1.1 .8
Nonagricultural industries................................. 98.0 99.5 99.4 99.6 96.7 97.9 97.7
Wage and salary workers.................................. 90.5 96.2 95.5 97.3 85.7 89.7 90.2
Private industries..................................... 69.4 69.7 70.9 67.9 68.4 70.4 79.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction........ .8 1.2 1.0 1.4 .7 .5 .8
Construction......................................... 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.1 5.7 6.3 8.9
Manufacturing........................................ 13.6 13.2 14.5 11.3 13.1 14.9 13.5
Wholesale trade...................................... 3.1 2.3 2.7 1.7 3.8 3.3 3.6
Retail trade......................................... 8.0 6.8 6.7 6.9 9.2 7.9 10.6
Transportation and utilities......................... 7.7 7.6 7.9 7.3 6.6 9.1 5.5
Information.......................................... 2.2 3.0 3.6 2.1 1.6 2.1 2.3
Financial activities................................. 4.2 3.9 3.7 4.2 4.6 4.0 5.3
Professional and business services................... 10.1 12.3 11.4 13.6 9.2 8.7 10.3
Education and health services........................ 6.8 6.7 7.4 5.6 6.8 6.8 6.5
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 3.5 3.8 3.0 5.0 3.2 3.5 7.8
Other services....................................... 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.8 3.4 3.8
Government............................................. 21.1 26.5 24.6 29.4 17.3 19.2 11.3
Federal.............................................. 8.3 12.4 10.4 15.4 5.5 6.9 2.1
State................................................ 4.7 5.2 5.2 5.2 4.4 4.7 3.4
Local................................................ 8.0 8.9 9.0 8.8 7.5 7.7 5.7
Self-employed workers.................................... 7.5 3.2 3.8 2.3 10.9 8.2 7.5
Unpaid family workers.................................... - .1 .1 - - - -
WOMEN
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)..................... 1,021 554 325 229 107 361 63,941
Percent..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries......................... .6 .4 .6 .1 1.8 .7 .8
Wage and salary workers.................................. .4 .3 .5 - 1.0 .3 .5
Self-employed workers.................................... .2 .1 .2 - .7 .3 .3
Nonagricultural industries................................. 99.4 99.6 99.4 99.9 98.2 99.3 99.2
Wage and salary workers.................................. 95.7 97.2 95.9 98.9 88.1 95.8 93.9
Private industries..................................... 66.1 65.8 67.9 62.9 60.1 68.3 75.7
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction........ .2 .1 .2 - - .5 .1
Construction......................................... .3 .6 .8 .3 .1 - 1.0
Manufacturing........................................ 6.2 5.4 4.9 6.2 2.6 8.4 5.9
Wholesale trade...................................... 1.6 1.0 1.6 .1 2.1 2.3 1.6
Retail trade......................................... 7.5 6.4 6.6 6.1 10.0 8.6 11.2
Transportation and utilities......................... 3.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 4.8 3.9 1.7
Information.......................................... 1.7 1.7 1.5 2.1 .8 1.8 1.7
Financial activities................................. 6.2 5.8 6.9 4.3 5.0 7.1 7.2
Professional and business services................... 8.8 11.3 13.2 8.7 1.5 7.2 8.2
Education and health services........................ 22.5 22.8 23.8 21.4 28.1 20.4 23.8
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 4.8 5.7 3.6 8.6 2.8 4.0 8.7
Other services....................................... 3.1 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.1 4.3 4.5
Government............................................. 29.6 31.4 28.0 36.0 28.1 27.5 18.2
Federal.............................................. 13.1 15.7 11.4 21.7 9.3 10.1 2.3
State................................................ 6.8 7.4 8.4 6.0 5.1 6.3 5.7
Local................................................ 9.8 8.3 8.2 8.3 13.6 11.1 10.2
Self-employed workers.................................... 3.6 2.4 3.4 1.0 10.0 3.4 5.2
Unpaid family workers.................................... - - - - - .1 .1
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the Gulf War era,
and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Other service periods include the
periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the Korean War and the Vietnam era, and between the Vietnam era and the Gulf War era.
More detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release. Effective with January 2009 data, industries reflect the introduction
of the 2007 Census industry classification system is derived from the 2007 North American Classification System. The self employed refer to
the unincorporated self employed. The incorporated self employed are considered wage and salary workers. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
Last Modified Date: October 03, 2023
United States Department of Labor
