E-13. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-13. 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	4th 2012	4th 2013	4th 2012	4th 2013	4th 2012	4th 2013	4th 2012	4th 2013
SEX
Total	143,549	144,448	115,556	115,742	16,023	16,228	7,836	8,206
Men	76,109	76,511	62,393	62,391	7,388	7,555	4,170	4,333
Women	67,440	67,937	53,164	53,351	8,635	8,673	3,666	3,873

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	54,936	55,206	45,189	45,055	4,684	4,620	3,737	4,175
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	22,799	22,887	19,320	19,258	1,654	1,681	1,320	1,400
Management occupations	16,303	16,186	14,009	13,865	1,069	1,066	838	880
Business and financial operations occupations	6,497	6,701	5,312	5,393	585	616	482	520
Professional and related occupations	32,137	32,319	25,869	25,797	3,029	2,938	2,417	2,775
Computer and mathematical occupations	3,909	4,183	2,850	2,928	277	376	677	781
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,881	2,815	2,365	2,268	175	147	299	345
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,382	1,296	1,127	1,022	107	73	122	162
Community and social services occupations	2,249	2,250	1,663	1,725	449	376	65	60
Legal occupations	1,762	1,781	1,512	1,535	135	107	67	106
Education, training, and library occupations	8,948	8,733	7,563	7,355	832	800	371	375
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,887	2,879	2,451	2,423	171	207	142	129
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	8,118	8,384	6,338	6,541	884	852	674	816
Service occupations	25,184	25,777	18,618	19,035	4,063	4,379	1,508	1,367
Healthcare support occupations	3,592	3,576	2,313	2,307	995	983	188	175
Protective service occupations	3,031	3,082	2,250	2,228	566	636	89	77
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,727	8,140	6,008	6,316	890	1,065	499	443
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,595	5,713	4,352	4,395	840	889	185	206
Personal care and service occupations	5,239	5,265	3,696	3,789	772	806	548	466
Sales and office occupations	33,335	33,315	26,873	26,934	3,960	3,927	1,555	1,534
Sales and related occupations	15,563	15,513	12,641	12,676	1,661	1,596	784	802
Office and administrative support occupations	17,772	17,802	14,232	14,258	2,299	2,331	771	732
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,001	13,025	11,350	11,387	995	877	292	321
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	924	943	812	854	53	34	29	16
Construction and extraction occupations	7,147	7,116	6,364	6,294	450	397	108	127
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,929	4,966	4,173	4,240	491	446	154	178
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,093	17,124	13,526	13,331	2,322	2,425	743	809
Production occupations	8,549	8,455	6,758	6,625	992	1,024	522	540
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,544	8,669	6,768	6,706	1,329	1,401	221	269

CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,308	1,325	1,195	1,219	60	42	22	21
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	734	765	700	741	2	4	13	5
Unpaid family workers	21	39	20	39	0	0	0	0
Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers(1)	132,553	133,773	105,970	106,619	15,405	15,531	7,362	7,710
Government	20,762	20,118	16,059	15,453	3,122	3,054	875	884
Private industries	111,791	113,654	89,911	91,166	12,283	12,476	6,487	6,826
Private households	731	827	611	679	63	91	32	20
Other industries	111,060	112,827	89,301	90,487	12,219	12,386	6,455	6,806
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	8,857	8,487	7,614	7,071	551	650	426	467
Unpaid family workers	76	59	56	52	5	1	12	4

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)
Full-time workers	115,547	116,778	92,626	93,209	13,096	13,162	6,595	6,988
Part-time workers	28,003	27,669	22,931	22,533	2,927	3,066	1,240	1,218
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: April 18, 2023