HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin
(Numbers in thousands)
2002
Occupation
Percent of total:
Total
employed
Women
Black
Hispanic
origin
Total, 16 years and over .............................................................................................................................................
136,485
46.6
10.9
12.2
Managerial and professional specialty ...........................................................................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...................................................................................................................
Officials and administrators, public administration .....................................................................................................
Administrators, protective services .............................................................................................................................
Financial managers ....................................................................................................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ....................................................................................................................
Purchasing managers .................................................................................................................................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .............................................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ...............................................................................................................
Managers, medicine and health .................................................................................................................................
Postmasters and mail superintendents ......................................................................................................................
Managers, food serving and lodging establishments .................................................................................................
Managers, properties and real estate .........................................................................................................................
Funeral directors .........................................................................................................................................................
Management-related occupations ..............................................................................................................................
Accountants and auditors .........................................................................................................................................
Underwriters .............................................................................................................................................................
Other financial officers ..............................................................................................................................................
Management analysts ..............................................................................................................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..................................................................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products ........................................................................................
Construction inspectors ............................................................................................................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction .........................................................................................
42,482
20,561
720
54
803
219
140
735
849
828
51
1,494
618
58
5,182
1,702
101
880
545
624
229
72
247
50.5
45.9
52.6
25.3
50.5
66.0
43.3
38.4
64.6
78.4
50.0
46.5
50.0
23.9
58.2
59.4
67.4
50.0
42.2
74.9
55.3
5.0
36.4
8.0
7.6
13.0
13.3
8.4
8.0
6.6
3.7
11.3
9.5
9.2
9.8
7.4
9.6
9.0
9.0
7.4
9.2
6.2
10.5
4.6
3.1
14.4
5.8
6.3
7.6
2.0
6.8
5.1
4.7
4.9
6.1
6.2
3.5
9.2
9.8
2.3
6.5
6.0
7.0
7.1
2.5
7.6
9.0
11.0
7.8
Professional specialty ...................................................................................................................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .........................................................................................................................
Architects ..................................................................................................................................................................
Engineers .................................................................................................................................................................
Aerospace engineers ..............................................................................................................................................
Chemical engineers ................................................................................................................................................
Civil engineers ........................................................................................................................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .........................................................................................................................
Industrial engineers ................................................................................................................................................
Mechanical engineers .............................................................................................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .......................................................................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...............................................................................................................
Operations and systems researchers and analysts ..................................................................................................
Natural scientists ........................................................................................................................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..................................................................................................................................
Agricultural and food scientists .................................................................................................................................
Biological and life scientists ......................................................................................................................................
Medical scientists .....................................................................................................................................................
Health diagnosing occupations ...................................................................................................................................
Physicians ................................................................................................................................................................
Dentists .....................................................................................................................................................................
Health assessment and treating occupations .............................................................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................................................................................................................
Pharmacists ..............................................................................................................................................................
Dietitians ...................................................................................................................................................................
Therapists .................................................................................................................................................................
Respiratory therapists .............................................................................................................................................
Occupational therapists ..........................................................................................................................................
Physical therapists ..................................................................................................................................................
Speech therapists ...................................................................................................................................................
Physicians’ assistants ...............................................................................................................................................
Teachers, college and university ................................................................................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ....................................................................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ............................................................................................................................
Elementary school ....................................................................................................................................................
Secondary school .....................................................................................................................................................
Special education .....................................................................................................................................................
Counselors, educational and vocational .....................................................................................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .............................................................................................................................
Librarians ..................................................................................................................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ..........................................................................................................................
Economists ...............................................................................................................................................................
Psychologists ............................................................................................................................................................
21,921
2,249
197
2,028
90
77
267
677
235
301
2,030
1,742
238
545
130
51
119
89
1,176
825
180
3,267
2,311
231
74
562
97
78
167
117
89
1,015
5,652
647
2,341
1,289
374
282
231
207
457
123
277
54.7
11.6
20.1
10.8
8.1
16.5
10.8
10.3
17.2
6.9
30.8
27.8
48.9
35.1
29.8
34.6
44.0
60.4
29.2
30.6
19.4
86.4
92.9
51.7
90.2
77.5
58.4
89.1
70.2
94.3
59.5
42.7
75.0
97.7
83.0
58.1
85.4
74.3
78.8
81.7
59.6
55.0
65.9
8.3
4.2
2.3
4.5
.9
3.1
5.5
5.9
4.4
2.9
7.3
6.9
10.7
4.1
8.6
3.6
2.3
6.1
4.7
5.0
4.0
9.7
10.0
8.0
18.7
8.3
14.1
6.1
4.5
4.7
7.4
5.4
10.1
14.7
11.0
7.0
9.9
16.9
7.0
7.8
8.3
6.2
9.5
5.3
4.1
5.2
4.0
6.0
3.1
4.0
4.0
5.3
2.6
5.1
5.2
5.6
2.9
3.8
6.1
2.4
3.8
4.7
5.8
3.3
3.7
3.3
2.5
5.0
5.5
3.8
5.1
6.9
2.8
5.1
5.4
6.1
7.8
6.4
5.1
4.3
6.8
4.6
5.1
4.5
4.6
3.8
See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin — Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
2002
Occupation
Percent of total:
Total
employed
Women
Black
Hispanic
origin
Social, recreation, and religious workers ....................................................................................................................
Social workers ..........................................................................................................................................................
Recreation workers ...................................................................................................................................................
Clergy .......................................................................................................................................................................
Lawyers and judges ....................................................................................................................................................
Lawyers ....................................................................................................................................................................
Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes ..................................................................................................................
Authors .....................................................................................................................................................................
Technical writers .......................................................................................................................................................
Designers .................................................................................................................................................................
Musicians and composers ........................................................................................................................................
Actors and directors ..................................................................................................................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers ............................................................................................
Photographers ..........................................................................................................................................................
Editors and reporters ................................................................................................................................................
Public relations specialists ........................................................................................................................................
Announcers ..............................................................................................................................................................
Athletes .....................................................................................................................................................................
1,556
848
129
393
963
929
2,498
139
68
770
161
155
225
178
280
211
52
95
57.3
74.0
74.2
14.1
29.3
29.2
49.8
54.7
61.5
56.4
36.4
38.2
47.9
33.2
48.5
68.2
16.4
25.8
17.4
22.7
20.5
9.8
4.7
4.6
5.7
2.3
5.1
3.5
12.9
8.4
3.4
4.1
4.7
9.2
11.5
11.8
7.3
8.6
8.3
4.0
3.3
3.1
7.3
3.8
5.2
8.5
5.8
8.7
7.2
6.7
3.3
4.6
9.8
6.8
Technical, sales, and administrative support ..................................................................................................................
Technicians and related support ..................................................................................................................................
Health technologists and technicians .........................................................................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .....................................................................................................
Dental hygienists ......................................................................................................................................................
Radiologic technicians ..............................................................................................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .........................................................................................................................................
Engineering and related technologists and technicians .............................................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .........................................................................................................................
Drafting occupations .................................................................................................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians .........................................................................................................................
Science technicians ....................................................................................................................................................
Biological technicians ...............................................................................................................................................
Chemical technicians ................................................................................................................................................
Technicians, except health, engineering, and science ...............................................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..................................................................................................................................
Computer programmers ...........................................................................................................................................
Legal assistants ........................................................................................................................................................
38,947
4,509
1,879
384
133
182
382
980
433
247
65
291
131
64
1,359
129
605
401
63.4
54.1
81.5
76.5
98.1
74.4
94.9
20.8
19.1
21.6
9.1
47.2
59.5
33.6
41.8
4.2
25.6
82.2
10.8
9.7
14.3
19.4
1.5
5.8
20.6
7.7
9.2
4.1
.3
6.5
3.7
11.6
5.5
1.1
4.0
7.4
9.8
7.6
8.6
7.0
2.0
8.6
5.0
7.7
4.9
12.3
10.2
6.6
6.1
7.3
6.2
.3
5.0
10.7
Sales occupations ........................................................................................................................................................
Supervisors and proprietors .......................................................................................................................................
Sales representatives, finance and business services ...............................................................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................................................................................................................
Real estate sales ......................................................................................................................................................
Securities and financial services sales .....................................................................................................................
Advertising and related sales ...................................................................................................................................
Sales occupations, other business services .............................................................................................................
Sales representatives, commodities, except retail .....................................................................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale .................................................................................
Sales workers, retail and personal services ...............................................................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .................................................................................................................
Sales workers, apparel .............................................................................................................................................
Sales workers, shoes ...............................................................................................................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ........................................................................................................
Sales workers, radio, television, hi-fi, and appliances ..............................................................................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......................................................................................................
Sales workers, parts .................................................................................................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ............................................................................................................................
Sales counter clerks .................................................................................................................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................................................................................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers .....................................................................................................................
News vendors ...........................................................................................................................................................
Sales-related occupations ..........................................................................................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models ...................................................................................................................
16,254
4,828
2,944
612
839
568
181
744
1,563
1,526
6,811
358
390
97
181
309
296
153
1,467
183
2,942
334
103
107
77
49.0
39.6
44.8
45.0
55.1
28.6
61.8
41.3
25.2
25.6
62.7
11.3
77.7
52.8
50.7
27.2
23.3
8.6
66.2
59.8
76.7
72.9
36.7
71.0
73.1
8.5
6.4
6.8
6.3
4.4
6.4
5.1
10.7
3.1
3.0
11.9
11.0
12.7
17.9
5.2
8.4
6.3
2.4
8.3
12.5
15.6
10.5
7.6
9.0
8.9
9.6
8.1
5.8
4.6
5.7
3.8
6.7
8.2
5.1
5.1
13.3
11.4
14.8
18.1
10.5
9.1
8.9
14.6
11.8
12.0
15.4
11.2
9.4
10.5
11.7
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .................................................................................................
Supervisors, administrative support ...........................................................................................................................
Supervisors, general office .......................................................................................................................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ................................................................................................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ......................................................................................
Computer equipment operators ..................................................................................................................................
18,184
717
402
107
185
308
78.5
60.5
69.4
81.6
31.6
47.1
13.1
15.7
15.3
17.2
16.2
12.0
10.6
10.8
9.6
10.0
14.4
8.5
See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin — Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
2002
Occupation
Percent of total:
Total
employed
Women
Black
Hispanic
origin
Computer operators ..................................................................................................................................................
Secretaries, stenographers, and typists .....................................................................................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................................................................................................................
Stenographers ..........................................................................................................................................................
Typists ......................................................................................................................................................................
Information clerks .......................................................................................................................................................
Interviewers ..............................................................................................................................................................
Hotel clerks ...............................................................................................................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........................................................................................................
Receptionists ............................................................................................................................................................
Records processing, except financial .........................................................................................................................
Order clerks ..............................................................................................................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...................................................................................................
Library clerks ............................................................................................................................................................
File clerks .................................................................................................................................................................
Records clerks ..........................................................................................................................................................
Financial records processing ......................................................................................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks .........................................................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .................................................................................................................................
Billing clerks ..............................................................................................................................................................
Cost and rate clerks ..................................................................................................................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ..................................................................................................
Duplicating, mail and other office machine operators .................................................................................................
Communications equipment operators .......................................................................................................................
Telephone operators ................................................................................................................................................
Mail and message distributing ....................................................................................................................................
Postal clerks, except mail carriers ............................................................................................................................
Mail carriers, postal service ......................................................................................................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .............................................................................................................................
Messengers ..............................................................................................................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks ...............................................................................................
Dispatchers ...............................................................................................................................................................
Production coordinators ............................................................................................................................................
Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks ......................................................................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ........................................................................................................................................
Weighers, measurers, and checkers and samplers .................................................................................................
Expediters .................................................................................................................................................................
Adjusters and investigators ........................................................................................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..................................................................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........................................................................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................................................................................................................
Bill and account collectors ........................................................................................................................................
Miscellaneous administrative support .........................................................................................................................
General office clerks .................................................................................................................................................
Bank tellers ...............................................................................................................................................................
Data-entry keyers .....................................................................................................................................................
Statistical clerks ........................................................................................................................................................
Teachers’ aides ........................................................................................................................................................
301
3,020
2,302
146
571
2,053
169
131
237
1,068
995
289
70
130
288
206
2,205
1,592
175
229
51
159
58
138
119
907
274
338
165
130
1,995
258
230
623
463
53
310
1,929
497
1,135
86
212
3,858
842
477
595
97
813
46.9
97.6
98.6
95.2
93.9
89.0
82.2
70.1
72.7
97.1
80.5
74.9
79.1
79.2
81.5
87.4
91.8
92.7
91.2
89.7
81.2
89.8
55.1
83.6
85.4
39.7
49.5
29.9
52.5
28.1
45.9
55.0
57.4
30.9
43.9
51.6
65.7
73.8
71.9
74.5
87.3
68.5
84.2
83.3
87.3
81.8
85.1
91.6
11.8
9.9
8.4
3.1
17.6
11.7
13.4
15.2
13.2
9.2
15.8
20.6
12.1
10.6
14.8
15.0
8.2
7.1
9.8
14.4
10.8
8.1
19.2
26.2
25.9
20.8
30.7
16.0
21.6
11.3
13.7
14.6
9.2
13.8
14.9
15.5
13.7
16.1
15.8
15.0
17.0
22.0
13.8
14.4
11.9
16.1
11.2
13.2
8.4
8.2
7.9
3.0
10.9
12.3
11.7
11.1
8.8
14.2
10.9
11.2
16.1
6.2
14.2
7.7
8.1
7.3
8.5
9.7
12.4
12.4
11.5
11.1
10.3
8.0
5.8
5.9
12.6
12.1
14.4
9.9
7.3
21.0
12.0
23.2
13.3
10.3
7.6
10.8
12.8
13.1
11.8
10.8
11.0
12.5
11.1
16.3
Service occupations .......................................................................................................................................................
Private household .........................................................................................................................................................
Child care workers ......................................................................................................................................................
Cleaners and servants ................................................................................................................................................
Protective service .........................................................................................................................................................
Supervisors .................................................................................................................................................................
Police and detectives ................................................................................................................................................
Guards ......................................................................................................................................................................
Firefighting and fire prevention ...................................................................................................................................
Firefighting ................................................................................................................................................................
Police and detectives ..................................................................................................................................................
Police and detectives, public service ........................................................................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ................................................................................................
Correctional institution officers .................................................................................................................................
Guards ........................................................................................................................................................................
Guards and police, except public services ...............................................................................................................
19,219
746
229
500
2,596
237
126
66
262
248
1,076
586
162
328
1,022
885
59.9
94.7
97.6
93.7
19.9
13.3
15.7
17.7
4.1
3.4
18.3
15.5
19.3
23.0
27.0
21.9
17.6
12.3
7.7
13.6
19.9
16.4
17.8
21.3
9.5
9.6
17.4
11.9
15.5
28.1
26.0
28.2
18.1
34.4
19.6
40.7
10.7
11.4
6.9
17.8
9.0
9.4
11.4
11.5
12.5
10.6
10.3
10.7
Service occupations, except private household and protective service .......................................................................
Food preparation and service occupations .................................................................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...............................................................................................................
Bartenders ................................................................................................................................................................
15,877
6,614
488
341
64.9
55.8
67.0
55.1
17.5
11.9
12.5
3.2
18.5
19.8
10.6
8.5
See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin — Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
2002
Occupation
Percent of total:
Total
employed
Women
Black
Hispanic
origin
Waiters and waitresses ............................................................................................................................................
Cooks .......................................................................................................................................................................
Food counter, fountain and related occupations ......................................................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ............................................................................................................................
Waiters’ and waitresses’ assistants ..........................................................................................................................
Miscellaneous food preparation ................................................................................................................................
Health service occupations .........................................................................................................................................
Dental assistants ......................................................................................................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ....................................................................................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..................................................................................................................
Cleaning and building service occupations ................................................................................................................
Supervisors ...............................................................................................................................................................
Maids and housemen ...............................................................................................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................................................................................................................
Pest control occupations ..........................................................................................................................................
Personal service occupations .....................................................................................................................................
Supervisors ...............................................................................................................................................................
Barbers .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .............................................................................................................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ......................................................................................................
Public transportation attendants ...............................................................................................................................
Welfare service aides ...............................................................................................................................................
Family child care providers .......................................................................................................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................................................................................................................
1,430
2,264
398
338
696
659
2,817
224
350
2,243
3,162
183
709
2,199
63
3,284
143
91
908
267
129
113
457
536
74.9
40.3
66.0
68.5
52.5
50.4
89.2
98.0
78.6
89.9
45.7
31.7
82.3
36.4
1.4
80.7
69.5
23.4
89.7
40.3
80.0
82.8
99.4
93.8
5.8
16.7
12.8
9.9
8.9
16.6
30.6
5.7
23.8
34.1
20.3
27.1
21.4
19.6
10.6
14.6
10.2
29.0
12.4
9.8
14.2
20.7
15.6
17.3
13.7
27.1
13.1
15.9
19.7
27.2
12.7
14.6
13.3
12.4
26.8
18.1
31.0
26.6
12.6
12.9
7.6
15.9
10.9
7.2
10.1
16.1
16.9
16.5
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................................................................................................................
Mechanics and repairers ..............................................................................................................................................
Supervisors .................................................................................................................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors ............................................................................................................
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics and repairers .........................................................................................
Automobile mechanics ...........................................................................................................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .........................................................................................................
Aircraft engine mechanics ......................................................................................................................................
Small engine repairers ............................................................................................................................................
Automobile body and related repairers ...................................................................................................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .................................................................................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..................................................................................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment repairers ...........................................................................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ............................................................................
Data processing equipment repairers .....................................................................................................................
Telephone installers and repairers .........................................................................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .............................................................................................
Construction trades ......................................................................................................................................................
Supervisors .................................................................................................................................................................
Construction trades, except supervisors ....................................................................................................................
Brickmasons and stonemasons ................................................................................................................................
Tile setters, hard and soft .........................................................................................................................................
Carpet installers ........................................................................................................................................................
Carpenters ................................................................................................................................................................
Drywall installers .......................................................................................................................................................
Electricians ...............................................................................................................................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ...................................................................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................................................................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .....................................................................................................................
Concrete and terrazzo finishers ................................................................................................................................
Insulation workers .....................................................................................................................................................
Roofers .....................................................................................................................................................................
Structural metalworkers ............................................................................................................................................
Extractive occupations ..................................................................................................................................................
Precision production occupations .................................................................................................................................
Supervisors .................................................................................................................................................................
Precision metalworking ...............................................................................................................................................
Tool and die makers .................................................................................................................................................
Machinists .................................................................................................................................................................
Precious stones and metals workers ........................................................................................................................
Sheet-metal workers .................................................................................................................................................
Precision woodworking occupations ...........................................................................................................................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .....................................................................................................................
Precision textile, apparel, and furnishings machine workers ......................................................................................
Dressmakers ............................................................................................................................................................
14,660
4,760
237
4,523
1,831
867
343
126
53
212
180
460
870
193
283
240
357
6,304
963
5,341
236
104
140
1,563
187
862
126
654
548
104
60
235
67
115
3,481
1,056
826
99
470
52
125
104
74
189
81
8.2
4.5
7.4
4.4
1.3
1.4
.7
2.2
.7
2.2
.4
3.2
12.0
5.8
16.7
15.9
.6
2.4
2.4
2.4
.4
1.2
3.8
1.8
2.1
2.5
3.2
4.9
1.5
1.2
10.8
2.4
1.4
1.9
23.8
19.9
6.8
2.3
5.4
31.0
3.0
11.4
6.4
53.0
86.7
7.4
8.0
6.7
8.1
7.0
7.5
7.6
7.3
3.1
5.4
7.3
6.5
11.2
10.8
10.5
11.7
7.2
6.5
5.0
6.8
11.2
3.5
4.7
5.6
3.4
7.1
8.2
7.7
8.0
13.7
7.6
5.9
6.6
6.5
8.1
9.0
5.4
1.2
5.4
3.2
7.1
6.8
5.0
4.3
2.3
17.1
12.1
9.8
12.3
13.6
16.2
9.7
10.6
5.5
20.3
5.6
10.4
10.9
14.0
8.2
10.1
13.3
20.6
10.0
22.5
28.8
42.2
32.4
21.0
40.6
11.0
8.0
31.1
15.2
37.8
28.6
29.1
16.9
9.7
17.7
14.7
11.8
4.2
12.1
28.1
12.3
20.2
18.3
27.7
17.8
See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin — Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
2002
Occupation
Percent of total:
Total
employed
Women
Black
Hispanic
origin
Upholsterers .............................................................................................................................................................
Precision workers, assorted materials ........................................................................................................................
Optical goods workers ..............................................................................................................................................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians ..............................................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......................................................................................................
Precision food production occupations .......................................................................................................................
Butchers and meat cutters ........................................................................................................................................
Bakers ......................................................................................................................................................................
Food batchmakers ....................................................................................................................................................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers .....................................................................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...............................................................................................................................
Plant and system operators ........................................................................................................................................
Water and sewage treatment plant operators ..........................................................................................................
Stationary engineers .................................................................................................................................................
58
449
72
66
237
431
229
148
54
156
149
271
77
114
20.5
54.0
68.0
44.5
63.1
36.6
20.8
50.3
65.9
23.9
23.8
5.0
4.1
2.9
6.4
7.5
7.3
4.8
8.8
9.6
10.7
8.9
7.0
9.2
9.6
13.6
15.2
14.0
40.2
18.3
10.2
12.4
21.7
37.6
40.6
33.2
36.5
14.1
13.7
8.5
11.5
8.2
Operators, fabricators, and laborers ...............................................................................................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..........................................................................................................
Machine operators and tenders, except precision ......................................................................................................
Metalworking and plastic working machine operators ..............................................................................................
Punching and stamping press machine operators .................................................................................................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators ...............................................................................
Metal and plastic processing machine operators .....................................................................................................
Molding and casting machine operators .................................................................................................................
Woodworking machine operators .............................................................................................................................
Sawing machine operators .....................................................................................................................................
Printing machine operators .......................................................................................................................................
Printing press operators .........................................................................................................................................
Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine operators ................................................................................................
Textile sewing machine operators ..........................................................................................................................
Pressing machine operators ...................................................................................................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...................................................................................................
Machine operators, assorted materials ....................................................................................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ................................................................................................................
Mixing and blending machine operators .................................................................................................................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators ...........................................................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .....................................................................................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .....................................................................................................
Slicing and cutting machine operators ....................................................................................................................
Photographic process machine operators ..............................................................................................................
Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations .........................................................................................
Welders and cutters ................................................................................................................................................
Assemblers .............................................................................................................................................................
Production inspectors, testers, samplers, and weighers ..........................................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers, and examiners ...................................................................................................
Production testers ...................................................................................................................................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ................................................................................................................
17,697
6,488
4,065
286
69
91
136
86
114
71
353
274
757
352
81
204
2,401
268
113
66
154
50
138
89
1,769
511
1,108
654
472
54
124
22.7
35.3
34.6
17.2
26.7
20.5
19.5
23.8
12.9
10.2
25.2
18.1
67.6
77.2
69.5
59.3
29.5
55.9
11.2
9.9
13.9
7.4
23.5
60.5
31.7
5.1
42.2
49.4
50.6
20.3
57.8
15.1
14.9
15.7
11.0
13.5
11.3
15.3
19.2
9.9
9.4
9.8
9.7
18.8
13.4
28.6
19.9
16.5
18.0
22.3
14.3
6.3
22.1
12.8
12.3
12.7
9.0
15.1
15.7
16.2
12.5
15.4
19.6
20.9
22.4
13.6
8.0
21.0
17.1
15.4
15.7
16.9
15.8
16.5
34.8
41.9
42.0
29.7
21.1
31.0
23.5
6.8
27.2
14.2
26.9
7.7
18.1
16.5
18.3
19.4
14.0
13.1
43.0
Transportation and material moving occupations .........................................................................................................
Motor vehicle operators ..............................................................................................................................................
Supervisors ...............................................................................................................................................................
Truck drivers .............................................................................................................................................................
Drivers-sales workers ...............................................................................................................................................
Bus drivers ................................................................................................................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................................................................................................................
Parking lot attendants ...............................................................................................................................................
Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles ...................................................................................................
Rail transportation ....................................................................................................................................................
Locomotive operating occupations .........................................................................................................................
Water transportation .................................................................................................................................................
Material moving equipment operators ........................................................................................................................
Operating engineers .................................................................................................................................................
Crane and tower operators .......................................................................................................................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ..............................................................................................................
Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ......................................................................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ......................................................................................................
5,814
4,482
97
3,234
153
605
332
53
169
111
54
58
1,163
265
72
106
52
563
10.4
12.1
25.5
4.9
10.5
48.4
12.4
14.3
4.5
4.1
3.5
5.2
4.6
1.1
.4
1.0
5.2
7.1
16.0
16.2
12.8
13.2
14.2
29.0
22.4
23.3
9.4
12.5
15.3
3.3
16.2
9.2
13.8
6.5
11.2
21.3
14.2
13.8
12.1
13.9
10.8
10.2
19.7
21.3
8.1
9.8
15.6
4.7
16.8
10.4
9.3
15.1
6.8
22.7
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................................................................
Helpers, construction and extractive occupations ......................................................................................................
Helpers, construction trades .....................................................................................................................................
Construction laborers .................................................................................................................................................
5,395
123
114
1,089
20.9
6.5
6.5
3.9
14.3
8.8
9.5
9.7
23.9
42.3
43.6
33.3
See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic origin — Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
2002
Percent of total:
Occupation
Total
employed
Women
Black
Hispanic
origin
Production helpers ......................................................................................................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers .........................................................................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .....................................................................................................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...............................................................................................................................
Garage and service station related occupations ........................................................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................................................................................................................
Hand packers and packagers .....................................................................................................................................
Laborers, except construction ....................................................................................................................................
54
1,949
1,105
62
171
306
397
1,267
23.9
25.4
33.8
51.0
8.8
10.6
60.1
21.8
19.6
16.6
13.2
15.4
11.2
16.4
15.7
14.3
22.8
15.9
15.7
15.5
17.5
27.6
35.4
22.6
Farming, forestry, and fishing .........................................................................................................................................
Farm operators and managers .....................................................................................................................................
Farmers, except horticultural ......................................................................................................................................
Horticultural specialty farmers ....................................................................................................................................
Managers, farms, except horticultural ........................................................................................................................
Other agricultural and related occupations ...................................................................................................................
Farm occupations, except managerial ........................................................................................................................
Farm workers ............................................................................................................................................................
Related agricultural occupations ................................................................................................................................
Supervisors ...............................................................................................................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ..........................................................................................................
Animal caretakers, except farm ................................................................................................................................
Graders and sorters, agricultural products ...............................................................................................................
Forestry and logging occupations .................................................................................................................................
Timber cutting and logging occupations ...................................................................................................................
3,480
1,168
898
76
169
2,181
779
716
1,403
188
973
170
68
85
54
20.6
24.5
25.5
13.5
22.4
19.2
21.4
21.0
18.1
7.7
7.8
68.1
67.7
7.3
1.6
4.9
1.2
.7
5.0
.7
6.9
4.3
4.7
8.4
5.5
10.0
4.3
2.8
5.8
7.5
24.4
4.2
2.5
17.4
6.4
36.4
45.6
45.4
31.2
19.1
35.4
4.8
71.1
8.1
6.0
NOTE: Generally, data for occupations with fewer than 50,000 employed are
not published separately but are included in the totals for the appropriate
categories shown.