Montana

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 224,933 52.80% 201,044 47.20%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 71,026 16.67% 69,930 16.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 37,271 8.75% 23,071 5.42%
Management, except farm managers 18,707 4.39% 12,541 2.94%
Farmers & farm managers 12,376 2.91% 2,691 0.63%
Business & financial operations: 6,188 1.45% 7,839 1.84%
Business operations specialists 2,848 0.67% 3,027 0.71%
Financial specialists 3,340 0.78% 4,812 1.13%
Professional & related occupations: 33,755 7.92% 46,859 11.00%
Computer & mathematical 3,155 0.74% 1,449 0.34%
Architecture & engineering: 5,171 1.21% 801 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,395 0.80% 434 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,776 0.42% 367 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 3,607 0.85% 1,546 0.36%
Community & social services 3,219 0.76% 4,282 1.01%
Legal 2,092 0.49% 2,043 0.48%
Education, training, & library 7,590 1.78% 18,885 4.43%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,859 0.91% 3,686 0.87%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 5,062 1.19% 14,167 3.33%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4,140 0.97% 9,252 2.17%
Health technologists & technicians 922 0.22% 4,915 1.15%
Service occupations: 27,018 6.34% 46,298 10.87%
Healthcare support 1,151 0.27% 8,219 1.93%
Protective services: 5,404 1.27% 1,259 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,769 0.88% 584 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,635 0.38% 675 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 10,373 2.44% 18,190 4.27%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 7,435 1.75% 6,914 1.62%
Personal care & service 2,655 0.62% 11,716 2.75%
Sales & office occupations: 36,738 8.62% 72,054 16.91%
Sales & related occupations 25,233 5.92% 23,102 5.42%
Office & administrative support 11,505 2.70% 48,952 11.49%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 7,521 1.77% 1,725 0.40%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 44,351 10.41% 1,419 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 26,987 6.34% 883 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,301 0.77% 100 0.02%
Construction trades 22,210 5.21% 732 0.17%
Extraction 1,476 0.35% 51 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 17,364 4.08% 536 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 38,279 8.99% 9,618 2.26%
Production 15,799 3.71% 6,082 1.43%
Transportation & material moving: 22,480 5.28% 3,536 0.83%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 615 0.14% 88 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 512 0.12% 22 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 11,947 2.80% 1,652 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,689 0.40% 248 0.06%
Material moving 7,717 1.81% 1,526 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 224,933 52.80% 201,044 47.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 26,772 6.28% 6,919 1.62%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 22,689 5.33% 6,420 1.51%
Mining 4,083 0.96% 499 0.12%
Construction 28,634 6.72% 3,090 0.73%
Manufacturing 19,192 4.51% 6,222 1.46%
Wholesale trade 10,142 2.38% 2,795 0.66%
Retail trade 27,218 6.39% 27,250 6.40%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 17,514 4.11% 5,595 1.31%
Transportation & warehousing 14,131 3.32% 4,501 1.06%
Utilities 3,383 0.79% 1,094 0.26%
Information 5,058 1.19% 4,225 0.99%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 9,059 2.13% 14,292 3.36%
Finance & insurance 5,380 1.26% 11,125 2.61%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,679 0.86% 3,167 0.74%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 14,187 3.33% 13,467 3.16%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 9,562 2.24% 8,971 2.11%
Management of companies & enterprises 28 0.01% 47 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,597 1.08% 4,449 1.04%
Educational, health & social services: 23,602 5.54% 68,843 16.16%
Educational services 13,732 3.22% 27,635 6.49%
Health care & social assistance 9,870 2.32% 41,208 9.67%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 18,725 4.40% 25,410 5.97%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,216 0.99% 4,505 1.06%
Accommodation & food services 14,509 3.41% 20,905 4.91%
Other services (except public administration) 11,610 2.73% 10,861 2.55%
Public administration 13,220 3.10% 12,075 2.83%

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

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