A-19. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-19. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age [In thousands]
Occupation	Total		Men				Women
	16 years and over		16 years and over		20 years and over		16 years and over		20 years and over
	July 2017	July 2018	July 2017	July 2018	July 2017	July 2018	July 2017	July 2018	July 2017	July 2018
Total	154,470	157,004	82,484	83,828	79,457	80,800	71,986	73,176	68,860	69,975

Management, professional, and related occupations	59,923	61,433	29,327	30,161	29,104	29,919	30,596	31,271	30,281	30,996
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	25,226	25,739	14,190	14,543	14,127	14,497	11,036	11,197	10,974	11,147
Management occupations	17,588	18,281	10,643	11,096	10,600	11,051	6,945	7,185	6,902	7,146
Business and financial operations occupations	7,637	7,458	3,547	3,447	3,527	3,445	4,090	4,011	4,072	4,001
Professional and related occupations	34,698	35,694	15,137	15,619	14,977	15,423	19,560	20,075	19,307	19,849
Computer and mathematical occupations	4,689	5,038	3,458	3,705	3,421	3,690	1,232	1,333	1,220	1,325
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,361	3,289	2,865	2,804	2,860	2,777	496	485	493	482
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,440	1,486	765	835	765	827	675	651	662	639
Community and social service occupations	2,640	2,679	870	890	853	866	1,770	1,789	1,737	1,756
Legal occupations	1,852	1,934	857	953	857	949	995	981	994	978
Education, training, and library occupations	8,320	7,934	2,333	2,114	2,311	2,089	5,986	5,821	5,902	5,745
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,175	3,638	1,688	1,909	1,626	1,823	1,487	1,729	1,413	1,670
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	9,220	9,695	2,301	2,409	2,285	2,402	6,919	7,287	6,886	7,255

Service occupations	27,942	27,887	12,284	11,934	11,084	10,816	15,658	15,952	14,160	14,331
Healthcare support occupations	3,444	3,621	445	473	422	458	3,000	3,147	2,930	3,068
Protective service occupations	3,363	3,535	2,543	2,749	2,454	2,612	820	786	724	682
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,685	8,721	4,031	3,748	3,353	3,143	4,654	4,973	3,782	3,965
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	6,368	5,935	3,812	3,496	3,532	3,314	2,556	2,438	2,458	2,353
Personal care and service occupations	6,082	6,074	1,453	1,467	1,324	1,290	4,628	4,607	4,265	4,263

Sales and office occupations	34,014	34,025	13,101	13,124	12,374	12,436	20,913	20,901	19,758	19,766
Sales and related occupations	15,882	16,023	8,140	8,071	7,674	7,693	7,741	7,952	6,938	7,129
Office and administrative support occupations	18,132	18,003	4,960	5,053	4,700	4,744	13,172	12,950	12,820	12,637

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,383	15,005	13,668	14,160	13,286	13,738	715	845	670	797
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,259	1,285	950	941	867	830	309	344	276	313
Construction and extraction occupations	8,110	8,527	7,901	8,202	7,694	8,002	209	325	206	312
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,013	5,193	4,817	5,017	4,724	4,906	196	176	188	172

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18,208	18,654	14,104	14,449	13,609	13,890	4,104	4,206	3,991	4,085
Production occupations	8,607	8,466	6,196	5,983	6,076	5,810	2,411	2,483	2,376	2,417
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,601	10,188	7,908	8,465	7,533	8,080	1,693	1,723	1,615	1,667
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: April 18, 2023