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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 4,382,326 52.28% 4,000,662 47.72%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,488,644 17.76% 1,591,193 18.98%
Management, business, & financial operations: 652,640 7.79% 482,342 5.75%
Management, except farm managers 441,202 5.26% 287,050 3.42%
Farmers & farm managers 17,505 0.21% 3,988 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 193,933 2.31% 191,304 2.28%
Business operations specialists 80,376 0.96% 92,569 1.10%
Financial specialists 113,557 1.35% 98,735 1.18%
Professional & related occupations: 836,004 9.97% 1,108,851 13.23%
Computer & mathematical 138,698 1.65% 57,034 0.68%
Architecture & engineering: 115,283 1.38% 17,957 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 87,194 1.04% 11,938 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 28,089 0.34% 6,019 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 40,816 0.49% 36,783 0.44%
Community & social services 55,941 0.67% 103,383 1.23%
Legal 76,435 0.91% 61,088 0.73%
Education, training, & library 157,457 1.88% 406,038 4.84%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 126,980 1.51% 115,063 1.37%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 124,394 1.48% 311,505 3.72%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 96,663 1.15% 226,606 2.70%
Health technologists & technicians 27,731 0.33% 84,899 1.01%
Service occupations: 664,851 7.93% 724,351 8.64%
Healthcare support 31,300 0.37% 217,824 2.60%
Protective services: 190,433 2.27% 44,702 0.53%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 121,508 1.45% 20,364 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 68,925 0.82% 24,338 0.29%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 202,311 2.41% 175,479 2.09%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 177,919 2.12% 104,944 1.25%
Personal care & service 62,888 0.75% 181,402 2.16%
Sales & office occupations: 857,667 10.23% 1,414,833 16.88%
Sales & related occupations 484,256 5.78% 424,466 5.06%
Office & administrative support 373,411 4.45% 990,367 11.81%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 18,979 0.23% 5,630 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 611,845 7.30% 21,246 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 352,287 4.20% 9,017 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 43,125 0.51% 1,209 0.01%
Construction trades 307,421 3.67% 7,784 0.09%
Extraction 1,741 0.02% 24 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 259,558 3.10% 12,229 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 740,340 8.83% 243,409 2.90%
Production 354,161 4.22% 181,221 2.16%
Transportation & material moving: 386,179 4.61% 62,188 0.74%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 12,707 0.15% 2,443 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 3,921 0.05% 427 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 231,539 2.76% 26,222 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 25,004 0.30% 2,744 0.03%
Material moving 113,008 1.35% 30,352 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,382,326 52.28% 4,000,662 47.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 42,575 0.51% 11,797 0.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 38,717 0.46% 11,057 0.13%
Mining 3,858 0.05% 740 0.01%
Construction 393,651 4.70% 40,136 0.48%
Manufacturing 550,247 6.56% 289,178 3.45%
Wholesale trade 193,497 2.31% 89,878 1.07%
Retail trade 467,183 5.57% 410,247 4.89%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 353,028 4.21% 107,457 1.28%
Transportation & warehousing 303,905 3.63% 96,094 1.15%
Utilities 49,123 0.59% 11,363 0.14%
Information 182,509 2.18% 158,204 1.89%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 373,977 4.46% 362,710 4.33%
Finance & insurance 263,805 3.15% 295,173 3.52%
Real estate & rental & leasing 110,172 1.31% 67,537 0.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 466,182 5.56% 382,942 4.57%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 304,545 3.63% 272,628 3.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 1,252 0.01% 1,345 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 160,385 1.91% 108,969 1.30%
Educational, health & social services: 559,831 6.68% 1,479,351 17.65%
Educational services 281,039 3.35% 591,005 7.05%
Health care & social assistance 278,792 3.33% 888,346 10.60%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 342,118 4.08% 269,162 3.21%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 87,160 1.04% 69,132 0.82%
Accommodation & food services 254,958 3.04% 200,030 2.39%
Other services (except public administration) 204,449 2.44% 219,307 2.62%
Public administration 253,079 3.02% 180,293 2.15%

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

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