Alabama

INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,029,487 53.61% 890,702 46.39%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 269,599 14.04% 296,726 15.45%
Management, business, & financial operations: 124,101 6.46% 87,768 4.57%
Management, except farm managers 87,453 4.55% 49,872 2.60%
Farmers & farm managers 8,213 0.43% 1,821 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 28,435 1.48% 36,075 1.88%
Business operations specialists 14,326 0.75% 16,042 0.84%
Financial specialists 14,109 0.73% 20,033 1.04%
Professional & related occupations: 145,498 7.58% 208,958 10.88%
Computer & mathematical 21,631 1.13% 10,066 0.52%
Architecture & engineering: 34,661 1.81% 5,139 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 24,705 1.29% 3,014 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 9,956 0.52% 2,125 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 8,716 0.45% 4,829 0.25%
Community & social services 13,240 0.69% 14,546 0.76%
Legal 8,297 0.43% 7,104 0.37%
Education, training, & library 24,067 1.25% 82,010 4.27%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 12,113 0.63% 12,248 0.64%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 22,773 1.19% 73,016 3.80%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 17,006 0.89% 44,578 2.32%
Health technologists & technicians 5,767 0.30% 28,438 1.48%
Service occupations: 105,654 5.50% 153,452 7.99%
Healthcare support 3,785 0.20% 31,206 1.63%
Protective services: 29,642 1.54% 5,814 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 19,551 1.02% 2,694 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 10,091 0.53% 3,120 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 27,266 1.42% 52,229 2.72%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 36,829 1.92% 27,374 1.43%
Personal care & service 8,132 0.42% 36,829 1.92%
Sales & office occupations: 165,175 8.60% 332,087 17.29%
Sales & related occupations 104,144 5.42% 115,749 6.03%
Office & administrative support 61,031 3.18% 216,338 11.27%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 12,147 0.63% 2,708 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 209,221 10.90% 7,979 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 118,646 6.18% 4,021 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 14,797 0.77% 316 0.02%
Construction trades 101,349 5.28% 3,640 0.19%
Extraction 2,500 0.13% 65 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 90,575 4.72% 3,958 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 267,691 13.94% 97,750 5.09%
Production 147,329 7.67% 78,252 4.08%
Transportation & material moving: 120,362 6.27% 19,498 1.02%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3,036 0.16% 480 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,500 0.08% 109 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 59,745 3.11% 8,226 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 6,560 0.34% 598 0.03%
Material moving 49,521 2.58% 10,085 0.53%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,029,487 53.61% 890,702 46.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 31,495 1.64% 5,815 0.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 24,084 1.25% 5,182 0.27%
Mining 7,411 0.39% 633 0.03%
Construction 131,957 6.87% 13,852 0.72%
Manufacturing 242,197 12.61% 110,369 5.75%
Wholesale trade 51,354 2.67% 18,701 0.97%
Retail trade 112,853 5.88% 120,889 6.30%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 79,786 4.16% 21,802 1.14%
Transportation & warehousing 57,800 3.01% 15,905 0.83%
Utilities 21,986 1.14% 5,897 0.31%
Information 21,638 1.13% 21,116 1.10%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 41,222 2.15% 69,521 3.62%
Finance & insurance 26,256 1.37% 55,566 2.89%
Real estate & rental & leasing 14,966 0.78% 13,955 0.73%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 77,014 4.01% 59,566 3.10%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 43,464 2.26% 37,999 1.98%
Management of companies & enterprises 460 0.02% 635 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 33,090 1.72% 20,932 1.09%
Educational, health & social services: 83,111 4.33% 287,163 14.95%
Educational services 44,171 2.30% 115,859 6.03%
Health care & social assistance 38,940 2.03% 171,304 8.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 51,277 2.67% 71,056 3.70%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 11,785 0.61% 9,055 0.47%
Accommodation & food services 39,492 2.06% 62,001 3.23%
Other services (except public administration) 50,541 2.63% 46,979 2.45%
Public administration 55,042 2.87% 43,873 2.28%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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