Pennsylvania

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 2,992,780 52.94% 2,660,720 47.06%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 913,636 16.16% 927,539 16.41%
Management, business, & financial operations: 415,598 7.35% 280,881 4.97%
Management, except farm managers 281,998 4.99% 158,042 2.80%
Farmers & farm managers 21,541 0.38% 3,975 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 112,059 1.98% 118,864 2.10%
Business operations specialists 54,345 0.96% 60,396 1.07%
Financial specialists 57,714 1.02% 58,468 1.03%
Professional & related occupations: 498,038 8.81% 646,658 11.44%
Computer & mathematical 86,468 1.53% 37,821 0.67%
Architecture & engineering: 93,416 1.65% 12,491 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 65,792 1.16% 7,599 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 27,624 0.49% 4,892 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 33,196 0.59% 22,851 0.40%
Community & social services 40,650 0.72% 56,519 1.00%
Legal 31,470 0.56% 26,345 0.47%
Education, training, & library 88,550 1.57% 213,572 3.78%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 46,822 0.83% 44,884 0.79%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 77,466 1.37% 232,175 4.11%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 60,562 1.07% 156,629 2.77%
Health technologists & technicians 16,904 0.30% 75,546 1.34%
Service occupations: 347,824 6.15% 490,313 8.67%
Healthcare support 15,445 0.27% 117,246 2.07%
Protective services: 80,086 1.42% 18,524 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 48,176 0.85% 6,573 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 31,910 0.56% 11,951 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 113,681 2.01% 178,963 3.17%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 109,950 1.94% 65,391 1.16%
Personal care & service 28,662 0.51% 110,189 1.95%
Sales & office occupations: 522,868 9.25% 1,002,263 17.73%
Sales & related occupations 299,624 5.30% 311,339 5.51%
Office & administrative support 223,244 3.95% 690,924 12.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 19,307 0.34% 7,415 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 486,138 8.60% 14,760 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 275,145 4.87% 6,212 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 33,070 0.58% 636 0.01%
Construction trades 236,362 4.18% 5,495 0.10%
Extraction 5,713 0.10% 81 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 210,993 3.73% 8,548 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 703,007 12.43% 218,430 3.86%
Production 365,909 6.47% 154,106 2.73%
Transportation & material moving: 337,098 5.96% 64,324 1.14%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 7,865 0.14% 1,773 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 4,315 0.08% 276 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 158,872 2.81% 20,956 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 15,147 0.27% 1,808 0.03%
Material moving 150,899 2.67% 39,511 0.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,992,780 52.94% 2,660,720 47.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 59,183 1.05% 14,276 0.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 44,167 0.78% 12,723 0.23%
Mining 15,016 0.27% 1,553 0.03%
Construction 308,463 5.46% 30,900 0.55%
Manufacturing 641,195 11.34% 265,203 4.69%
Wholesale trade 143,645 2.54% 57,439 1.02%
Retail trade 334,264 5.91% 349,915 6.19%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 231,430 4.09% 72,905 1.29%
Transportation & warehousing 187,578 3.32% 61,245 1.08%
Utilities 43,852 0.78% 11,660 0.21%
Information 80,330 1.42% 68,511 1.21%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 150,415 2.66% 221,733 3.92%
Finance & insurance 108,992 1.93% 185,030 3.27%
Real estate & rental & leasing 41,423 0.73% 36,703 0.65%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 262,163 4.64% 216,774 3.83%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 167,348 2.96% 140,113 2.48%
Management of companies & enterprises 1,863 0.03% 2,279 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 92,952 1.64% 74,382 1.32%
Educational, health & social services: 328,079 5.80% 909,011 16.08%
Educational services 168,412 2.98% 328,642 5.81%
Health care & social assistance 159,667 2.82% 580,369 10.27%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 181,614 3.21% 216,257 3.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 40,703 0.72% 33,143 0.59%
Accommodation & food services 140,911 2.49% 183,114 3.24%
Other services (except public administration) 139,536 2.47% 134,492 2.38%
Public administration 132,463 2.34% 103,304 1.83%

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

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