Arizona

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 1,221,878 54.72% 1,011,126 45.28%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 375,284 16.81% 354,717 15.89%
Management, business, & financial operations: 169,649 7.60% 127,374 5.70%
Management, except farm managers 121,760 5.45% 75,450 3.38%
Farmers & farm managers 3,633 0.16% 738 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 44,256 1.98% 51,186 2.29%
Business operations specialists 22,045 0.99% 24,806 1.11%
Financial specialists 22,211 0.99% 26,380 1.18%
Professional & related occupations: 205,635 9.21% 227,343 10.18%
Computer & mathematical 41,843 1.87% 14,706 0.66%
Architecture & engineering: 48,789 2.18% 7,330 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 36,323 1.63% 4,552 0.20%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 12,466 0.56% 2,778 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 9,864 0.44% 6,777 0.30%
Community & social services 12,445 0.56% 18,013 0.81%
Legal 10,853 0.49% 10,866 0.49%
Education, training, & library 32,099 1.44% 85,078 3.81%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 22,805 1.02% 19,019 0.85%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 26,937 1.21% 65,554 2.94%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 19,894 0.89% 43,955 1.97%
Health technologists & technicians 7,043 0.32% 21,599 0.97%
Service occupations: 175,599 7.86% 186,948 8.37%
Healthcare support 5,000 0.22% 30,594 1.37%
Protective services: 42,934 1.92% 11,188 0.50%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 26,847 1.20% 5,455 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 16,087 0.72% 5,733 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 56,110 2.51% 64,157 2.87%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 54,647 2.45% 30,063 1.35%
Personal care & service 16,908 0.76% 50,946 2.28%
Sales & office occupations: 235,751 10.56% 401,219 17.97%
Sales & related occupations 141,659 6.34% 131,316 5.88%
Office & administrative support 94,092 4.21% 269,903 12.09%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 11,192 0.50% 2,701 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 236,165 10.58% 9,413 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 146,108 6.54% 4,777 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 20,106 0.90% 622 0.03%
Construction trades 124,054 5.56% 3,982 0.18%
Extraction 1,948 0.09% 173 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 90,057 4.03% 4,636 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 187,887 8.41% 56,128 2.51%
Production 89,276 4.00% 38,915 1.74%
Transportation & material moving: 98,611 4.42% 17,213 0.77%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2,755 0.12% 657 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 4,453 0.20% 298 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 51,515 2.31% 7,838 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 5,291 0.24% 623 0.03%
Material moving 34,597 1.55% 7,797 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,221,878 54.72% 1,011,126 45.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 26,430 1.18% 6,246 0.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 17,060 0.76% 4,870 0.22%
Mining 9,370 0.42% 1,376 0.06%
Construction 171,969 7.70% 21,495 0.96%
Manufacturing 161,599 7.24% 66,991 3.00%
Wholesale trade 52,879 2.37% 20,562 0.92%
Retail trade 144,973 6.49% 128,891 5.77%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 78,556 3.52% 32,630 1.46%
Transportation & warehousing 61,225 2.74% 26,739 1.20%
Utilities 17,331 0.78% 5,891 0.26%
Information 33,449 1.50% 29,128 1.30%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 75,464 3.38% 99,847 4.47%
Finance & insurance 45,009 2.02% 72,374 3.24%
Real estate & rental & leasing 30,455 1.36% 27,473 1.23%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 130,492 5.84% 99,168 4.44%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 69,950 3.13% 58,345 2.61%
Management of companies & enterprises 503 0.02% 614 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 60,039 2.69% 40,209 1.80%
Educational, health & social services: 109,962 4.92% 292,221 13.09%
Educational services 60,565 2.71% 124,949 5.60%
Health care & social assistance 49,397 2.21% 167,272 7.49%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 114,534 5.13% 110,595 4.95%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 31,528 1.41% 23,526 1.05%
Accommodation & food services 83,006 3.72% 87,069 3.90%
Other services (except public administration) 54,649 2.45% 48,656 2.18%
Public administration 66,922 3.00% 54,696 2.45%

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

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