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Forty-nine percent of employed Asians in management, professional, and related occupations, 2012
December 31, 2013
In 2012, 49 percent of employed Asians worked in management, professional, and related occupations, compared with 39 percent of employed Whites, 30 percent of employed Blacks, and 21 percent of employed Hispanics.
Percent distribution of employed by occupation, gender, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, age 16 years and older, 2012 annual averages
Gender, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related
Service
Sales and office
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
Production, transportation, and material moving
Total
Total
37.9%
17.9%
23.3%
9.0%
11.9%
White
38.7
16.6
23.3
9.8
11.7
Black or African American
29.5
25.5
24.6
5.6
14.8
Asian
48.5
18.4
20.3
3.6
9.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
20.6
26.3
21.3
14.9
16.9
Men
Total
34.7
14.7
16.7
16.2
17.6
White
35.3
13.6
16.5
17.4
17.2
Black or African American
23.8
22.5
18.7
11.4
23.6
Asian
50.0
14.9
16.7
6.3
12.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
16.8
22.0
14.2
24.7
22.2
Women
Total
41.6
21.4
30.6
0.8
5.5
White
42.6
20.0
31.2
0.9
5.2
Black or African American
34.4
28.0
29.7
0.7
7.2
Asian
46.8
22.3
24.3
0.4
6.2
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
25.8
32.2
30.9
1.5
9.5
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Note: Estimates for race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
Among employed men, 50 percent of Asians worked in management, professional, and related occupations in 2012, compared with 35 percent of Whites, 24 percent of Blacks, and 17 percent of Hispanics. Among employed Black men, 23 percent worked in service occupations, compared with 22 percent of employed Hispanic men, 15 percent of employed Asian men and 14 percent of employed White men. Employed Black and Hispanic men also were more likely than White or Asian men to work in production, transportation, and material moving occupations. One quarter of employed Hispanic men worked in natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations, a higher share than for White men (17 percent), Black men (11 percent), or Asian men (6 percent).
In 2012, employed Asian and White women were more likely than other women to work in management, professional, and related occupations—47 percent and 43 percent, respectively. Among employed women, 63 percent of Hispanics worked in two job groups—service occupations and sales and office occupations—compared with about 58 percent of Blacks, 51 percent of Whites, and 47 percent of Asians.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Forty-nine percent of employed Asians in management, professional, and related occupations, 2012 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2013/ted_20131231.htm (visited September 11, 2024).
United States Department of Labor
