Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2005 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Occupation
Total employed Percent women
Total, 16 years and over……………………...………………………………………………………………………
141,730
46.4
Management, professional, and related occupations......................................................................................
Management, business, and financial operations occupations....................................................................
Management occupations........................................................................................................................
Chief executives...................................................................................................................................
General and operations managers.......................................................................................................
Advertising and promotions managers.................................................................................................
Marketing and sales managers............................................................................................................
Administrative services managers........................................................................................................
Computer and information systems managers.....................................................................................
Financial managers..............................................................................................................................
Human resources managers................................................................................................................
Industrial production managers............................................................................................................
Purchasing managers..........................................................................................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers.............................................................................
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers......................................................................................
Farmers and ranchers..........................................................................................................................
Construction managers........................................................................................................................
Education administrators.....................................................................................................................
Engineering managers.........................................................................................................................
Food service managers........................................................................................................................
Funeral directors..................................................................................................................................
Lodging managers...............................................................................................................................
Medical and health services managers................................................................................................
Property, real estate, and community association managers...............................................................
Social and community service managers.............................................................................................
Business and financial operations occupations........................................................................................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products..............................................................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products..........................................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators.................................................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation...............
Cost estimators....................................................................................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists...................................................................
Logisticians..........................................................................................................................................
Management analysts..........................................................................................................................
Accountants and auditors.....................................................................................................................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate..............................................................................................
Budget analysts...................................................................................................................................
Financial analysts................................................................................................................................
Personal financial advisors..................................................................................................................
Insurance underwriters.........................................................................................................................
Loan counselors and officers...............................................................................................................
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents...................................................................................
Tax preparers.......................................................................................................................................
Professional and related occupations..........................................................................................................
Computer and mathematical occupations................................................................................................
Computer scientists and systems analysts..........................................................................................
Computer programmers.......................................................................................................................
Computer software engineers..............................................................................................................
Computer support specialists...............................................................................................................
49,245
20,450
14,685
1,644
872
67
798
80
351
1,045
272
310
183
244
195
827
881
805
97
929
54
159
470
626
307
5,765
213
281
303
139
112
660
51
549
1,683
125
54
96
380
110
439
76
93
28,795
3,246
745
581
832
334
50.6
42.5
37.2
23.8
29.9
56.1
41.0
30.2
32.3
51.7
72.7
17.2
39.7
11.7
19.3
25.6
6.3
63.4
9.5
44.2
21.5
49.8
71.2
48.7
69.3
55.9
50.7
55.0
61.6
47.2
17.4
70.9
41.9
40.9
61.9
34.7
68.0
39.0
30.8
71.9
54.1
58.4
68.2
56.3
27.0
30.3
26.0
21.9
33.2
See note at end of table.
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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2005 annual averages—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Occupation
Total employed Percent women
Database administrators......................................................................................................................
Network and computer systems administrators....................................................................................
Network systems and data communications analysts..........................................................................
Operations research analysts...............................................................................................................
Architecture and engineering occupations...............................................................................................
Architects, except naval.......................................................................................................................
Aerospace engineers...........................................................................................................................
Chemical engineers.............................................................................................................................
Civil engineers.....................................................................................................................................
Computer hardware engineers.............................................................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers.....................................................................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety..................................................................................
Mechanical engineers..........................................................................................................................
Drafters................................................................................................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters..............................................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians.....................................................................................................
Life, physical, and social science occupations.........................................................................................
Biological scientists..............................................................................................................................
Medical scientists.................................................................................................................................
Chemists and materials scientists........................................................................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists..........................................................................................
Market and survey researchers............................................................................................................
Psychologists.......................................................................................................................................
Chemical technicians...........................................................................................................................
Community and social services occupations...........................................................................................
Counselors...........................................................................................................................................
Social workers.....................................................................................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists.....................................................................
Clergy..................................................................................................................................................
Legal occupations....................................................................................................................................
Lawyers...............................................................................................................................................
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers...................................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants............................................................................................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers....................................................................................................
Education, training, and library occupations.............................................................................................
Postsecondary teachers.......................................................................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers...................................................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers...............................................................................................
Secondary school teachers..................................................................................................................
Special education teachers..................................................................................................................
Other teachers and instructors.............................................................................................................
Librarians.............................................................................................................................................
Teacher assistants...............................................................................................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations....................................................................
Artists and related workers...................................................................................................................
Designers.............................................................................................................................................
Producers and directors.......................................................................................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers.................................................................................
Musicians, singers, and related workers..............................................................................................
Announcers..........................................................................................................................................
News analysts, reporters and correspondents......................................................................................
Public relations specialists...................................................................................................................
Editors.................................................................................................................................................
Technical writers..................................................................................................................................
See note at end of table.
29
89
200
322
86
2,793
235
90
55
319
81
352
189
318
212
410
95
1,406
119
125
116
99
131
188
86
2,138
626
670
276
435
1,614
961
70
353
229
8,114
1,185
719
2,616
1,136
421
709
214
947
2,736
234
774
124
273
213
61
89
154
150
52
32.3
18.4
24.6
50.5
13.8
24.4
13.3
14.3
13.2
10.8
7.1
14.9
5.8
21.6
20.2
2.7
42.5
48.7
45.9
35.3
22.5
55.3
67.3
28.1
61.3
69.8
80.1
67.0
15.5
49.4
30.2
41.2
86.4
75.3
73.8
44.4
97.7
82.2
56.8
85.3
65.9
84.9
90.9
47.8
52.6
55.0
35.1
30.8
37.6
12.2
56.5
61.4
58.1
52.3
Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2005 annual averages—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Occupation
Total employed Percent women
Writers and authors.............................................................................................................................
Miscellaneous media and communication workers..............................................................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators......................................................
Photographers.....................................................................................................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................................................................................
Chiropractors.......................................................................................................................................
Dentists................................................................................................................................................
Dietitians and nutritionists....................................................................................................................
Pharmacists.........................................................................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons.....................................................................................................................
178
60
92
150
6,748
82
164
68
248
830
62.8
58.3
13.6
39.0
73.2
21.8
22.5
95.3
48.3
32.3
Physician assistants............................................................................................................................
Registered nurses................................................................................................................................
Occupational therapists.......................................................................................................................
Physical therapists...............................................................................................................................
Respiratory therapists..........................................................................................................................
Speech-language pathologists.............................................................................................................
Veterinarians........................................................................................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.................................................................................
Dental hygienists..................................................................................................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................................................................................
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics.................................................................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians...........................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses...............................................................................
Medical records and health information technicians.............................................................................
74
2,416
85
177
94
98
61
334
132
276
155
390
510
121
62.1
92.3
92.9
68.9
58.6
92.0
38.7
74.2
97.1
72.0
31.3
81.8
93.4
86.6
Service occupations........................................................................................................................................
Healthcare support occupations..................................................................................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides........................................................................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides................................................................................................
Massage therapists..............................................................................................................................
Dental assistants.................................................................................................................................
Protective service occupations....................................................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives.....................................................................
Fire fighters..........................................................................................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...............................................................................................
Detectives and criminal investigators...................................................................................................
Police and sheriff's patrol officers.........................................................................................................
Private detectives and investigators.....................................................................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers................................................................................
Crossing guards...................................................................................................................................
Food preparation and serving related occupations......................................................................................
Chefs and head cooks.........................................................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers............................................
Cooks..................................................................................................................................................
Food preparation workers....................................................................................................................
Bartenders...........................................................................................................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop........................................................
Waiters and waitresses........................................................................................................................
23,133
3,092
1,900
55
111
259
2,894
122
243
424
123
677
89
814
51
7,374
317
574
1,838
664
384
305
321
1,927
57.3
89.0
88.7
77.5
82.0
96.1
22.4
12.5
3.3
29.1
24.0
14.3
37.7
24.7
63.8
56.6
20.4
58.5
42.3
61.2
56.8
71.5
65.7
71.8
See note at end of table.
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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2005 annual averages—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Occupation
Total employed Percent women
Food servers, nonrestaurant................................................................................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...............................................................
Dishwashers........................................................................................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop..................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations.....................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers…………………………...........
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers...............
Janitors and building cleaners..............................................................................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners.......................................................................................................
Pest control workers............................................................................................................................
Grounds maintenance workers............................................................................................................
Personal care and service occupations.......................................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers.............................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers...............................................................
Nonfarm animal caretakers..................................................................................................................
Gaming services workers.....................................................................................................................
Barbers................................................................................................................................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists......................................................................................
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers.......................................................................................
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges.........................................................................................
Transportation attendants....................................................................................................................
Child care workers...............................................................................................................................
Personal and home care aides.............................................................................................................
Recreation and fitness workers............................................................................................................
Residential advisors.............................................................................................................................
147
373
264
256
5,241
291
238
2,074
1,382
69
1,187
4,531
128
152
146
98
106
738
216
69
103
1,329
668
337
56
69.1
46.6
23.8
84.6
40.6
36.3
6.2
32.8
89.5
2.6
7.5
78.3
48.3
64.4
69.8
49.8
19.2
92.0
85.1
15.7
74.5
94.8
85.9
67.0
69.4
Sales and office occupations..........................................................................................................................
Sales and related occupations....................................................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers........................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers.................................................................
Cashiers..............................................................................................................................................
Counter and rental clerks.....................................................................................................................
Parts salespersons..............................................................................................................................
Retail salespersons..............................................................................................................................
Advertising sales agents......................................................................................................................
Insurance sales agents........................................................................................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents..............................................................
Travel agents.......................................................................................................................................
Sales representatives, services, all other.............................................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing...........................................................................
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters...................................................................................
Real estate brokers and sales agents..................................................................................................
Telemarketers......................................................................................................................................
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers.........................................
Office and administrative support occupations............................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative supportworkers.......................................
Telephone operators............................................................................................................................
Bill and account collectors...................................................................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks......................................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks............................................................................................................
Tellers..................................................................................................................................................
35,962
16,433
3,523
1,414
3,075
159
139
3,248
235
531
392
91
474
1,379
63
995
179
279
19,529
1,598
58
207
427
1,456
164
418
63.3
49.1
41.5
25.5
75.9
51.9
12.0
51.9
50.2
45.2
28.7
76.3
32.9
27.2
85.9
57.1
64.4
62.7
75.3
69.8
78.0
72.2
89.0
91.3
91.4
87.3
See note at end of table.
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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2005 annual averages —Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Occupation
Total employed Percent women
Court, municipal, and license clerks.....................................................................................................
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks..............................................................................................
Customer service representatives........................................................................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs......................................................................................
File clerks............................................................................................................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.....................................................................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan................................................................................................
Library assistants, clerical....................................................................................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks................................................................................................................
Order clerks.........................................................................................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping.............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks....................................................................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.............................................................
Couriers and messengers....................................................................................................................
Dispatchers..........................................................................................................................................
Postal service clerks............................................................................................................................
Postal service mail carriers..................................................................................................................
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators........................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks.........................................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks...................................................................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers................................................................................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping...........................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants............................................................................................
Computer operators.............................................................................................................................
Data entry keyers.................................................................................................................................
Word processors and typists................................................................................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks.....................................................................................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service............................................................
Office clerks, general...........................................................................................................................
Office machine operators, except computer.........................................................................................
106
64
1,833
55
376
138
167
130
198
143
66
1,376
169
309
291
146
348
111
294
543
1,461
71
3,499
184
495
295
263
132
965
58
81.4
73.4
68.7
82.7
81.4
65.9
79.4
85.4
77.0
67.2
89.3
92.4
64.0
15.8
59.1
41.7
39.1
45.1
57.1
31.9
37.1
52.6
97.3
55.3
82.2
95.0
86.9
55.5
84.5
60.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....................................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................................................................................................
Graders and sorters, agricultural products...........................................................................................
Logging workers...................................................................................................................................
Construction and extraction occupations.....................................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers....................................
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons...................................................................................
Carpenters...........................................................................................................................................
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers........................................................................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers..................................................................
Construction laborers...........................................................................................................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.......................................................
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers...............................................................................
Electricians..........................................................................................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance..............................................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters...............................................................................
Roofers................................................................................................................................................
Sheet metal workers............................................................................................................................
Structural iron and steel workers..........................................................................................................
Helpers, construction trades................................................................................................................
15,348
976
69
85
9,145
1,012
245
1,797
297
119
1,491
414
252
852
689
661
274
147
63
113
4.6
22.5
69.4
1.7
3.0
2.9
.9
1.9
2.3
1.7
3.6
2.7
.8
2.6
7.5
1.2
2.4
3.6
1.6
3.2
See note at end of table.
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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2005 annual averages—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Occupation
Total employed Percent women
Construction and building inspectors....................................................................................................
Highway maintenance workers.............................................................................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.......................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...............................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers...................................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers......................................................
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers......................................................
Security and fire alarm systems installers............................................................................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians..........................................................................................
Automotive body and related repairers.................................................................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics...................................................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists.......................................................................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...........................................
Small engine mechanics......................................................................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers...................................................
Home appliance repairers....................................................................................................................
Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics....................................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general.............................................................................................
Millwrights............................................................................................................................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers........................................................................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers.................................................................................
Precision instrument and equipment repairers.....................................................................................
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers........................................................
107
94
5,226
314
384
214
61
60
140
168
954
365
224
63
393
53
444
344
65
110
152
69
60
8.5
4.6
4.2
5.7
13.7
13.5
2.1
4.5
4.5
1.9
1.8
.5
1.0
1.8
1.4
3.0
2.6
4.1
2.0
3.5
6.0
7.7
12.0
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations.........................................................................
Production occupations...............................................................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers..................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers...................................................................
Bakers.................................................................................................................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers...........................................................
Food batchmakers...............................................................................................................................
Computer control programmers and operators.....................................................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic.........................................................................................................................................
Machinists............................................................................................................................................
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................
Tool and die makers............................................................................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers..............................................................................................
Job printers..........................................................................................................................................
Printing machine operators..................................................................................................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers........................................................................................................
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials.................................................................................
Sewing machine operators...................................................................................................................
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers........................................................................................................
Upholsterers........................................................................................................................................
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters..................................................................................................
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood.......................................................................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators............................................................................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators.............................................................
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders............................................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers................................................................
18,041
9,378
868
209
183
292
85
51
123
22.9
30.3
20.9
58.7
54.0
22.3
46.4
11.2
22.8
60
420
60
90
576
58
218
178
70
269
91
57
82
56
116
79
60
93
10.3
6.8
20.3
1.1
5.8
20.1
15.6
62.8
76.0
77.4
79.3
16.7
4.9
11.3
3.0
4.6
15.2
10.8
See note at end of table.
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Table 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2005 annual averages —Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Occupation
Total employed Percent women
Cutting workers....................................................................................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers...........................................................................
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers..................................................................................
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians.......................................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders..........................................................................
Painting workers..................................................................................................................................
Photographic process workers and processing machine operators......................................................
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders.........................................................................
Helpers--production workers................................................................................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations........................................................................................
Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers....................................................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers........................................................................................................
Bus drivers...........................................................................................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers.................................................................................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs..................................................................................................................
Locomotive engineers and operators...................................................................................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters..................................................................................................
Parking lot attendants..........................................................................................................................
Service station attendants....................................................................................................................
Crane and tower operators...................................................................................................................
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators............................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators....................................................................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment....................................................................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand..............................................................................................................
Refuse and recyclable material collectors............................................................................................
NOTE: Generally, data for occupations with fewer than 50,000
employed as well as certain other occupations are not published
separately but are included in the totals for the appropriate categories shown. Therefore, detailed occupations may not always sum to
100
684
55
103
303
198
76
58
58
8,664
202
121
591
3,409
291
51
53
65
100
72
86
541
347
1,806
452
73
21.2
38.5
40.6
46.7
55.6
15.0
62.9
30.1
16.2
14.8
18.1
5.2
48.7
4.5
15.5
1.4
.7
10.0
14.2
2.8
.2
6.3
14.1
17.3
61.1
8.7
the broader categories.
SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of
Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
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