New Jersey

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 2,098,857 53.14% 1,851,172 46.86%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 769,037 19.47% 732,000 18.53%
Management, business, & financial operations: 370,474 9.38% 246,556 6.24%
Management, except farm managers 259,655 6.57% 144,772 3.67%
Farmers & farm managers 2,570 0.07% 924 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 108,249 2.74% 100,860 2.55%
Business operations specialists 46,255 1.17% 51,737 1.31%
Financial specialists 61,994 1.57% 49,123 1.24%
Professional & related occupations: 398,563 10.09% 485,444 12.29%
Computer & mathematical 104,523 2.65% 42,960 1.09%
Architecture & engineering: 65,399 1.66% 9,935 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 50,557 1.28% 6,656 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 14,842 0.38% 3,279 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 27,080 0.69% 20,008 0.51%
Community & social services 20,055 0.51% 34,324 0.87%
Legal 30,914 0.78% 23,636 0.60%
Education, training, & library 56,095 1.42% 177,765 4.50%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 42,033 1.06% 38,821 0.98%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 52,464 1.33% 137,995 3.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 40,831 1.03% 98,624 2.50%
Health technologists & technicians 11,633 0.29% 39,371 1.00%
Service occupations: 259,566 6.57% 279,386 7.07%
Healthcare support 8,616 0.22% 64,817 1.64%
Protective services: 76,537 1.94% 16,512 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 48,423 1.23% 5,561 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 28,114 0.71% 10,951 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 75,183 1.90% 80,674 2.04%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 73,074 1.85% 38,406 0.97%
Personal care & service 26,156 0.66% 78,977 2.00%
Sales & office occupations: 416,186 10.54% 707,735 17.92%
Sales & related occupations 247,899 6.28% 210,928 5.34%
Office & administrative support 168,287 4.26% 496,807 12.58%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 5,355 0.14% 1,608 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 297,285 7.53% 8,911 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 169,722 4.30% 3,546 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 23,516 0.60% 737 0.02%
Construction trades 145,439 3.68% 2,746 0.07%
Extraction 767 0.02% 63 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 127,563 3.23% 5,365 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 351,428 8.90% 121,532 3.08%
Production 159,753 4.04% 82,939 2.10%
Transportation & material moving: 191,675 4.85% 38,593 0.98%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 7,195 0.18% 1,724 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 2,482 0.06% 261 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 103,969 2.63% 14,714 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 12,649 0.32% 1,169 0.03%
Material moving 65,380 1.66% 20,725 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,098,857 53.14% 1,851,172 46.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 9,422 0.24% 3,196 0.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 7,858 0.20% 2,767 0.07%
Mining 1,564 0.04% 429 0.01%
Construction 199,067 5.04% 21,750 0.55%
Manufacturing 300,891 7.62% 171,793 4.35%
Wholesale trade 114,430 2.90% 58,736 1.49%
Retail trade 236,654 5.99% 210,692 5.33%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 173,342 4.39% 61,459 1.56%
Transportation & warehousing 148,578 3.76% 54,750 1.39%
Utilities 24,764 0.63% 6,709 0.17%
Information 96,631 2.45% 77,234 1.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 173,785 4.40% 178,937 4.53%
Finance & insurance 136,094 3.45% 144,592 3.66%
Real estate & rental & leasing 37,691 0.95% 34,345 0.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 257,358 6.52% 196,484 4.97%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 178,515 4.52% 140,297 3.55%
Management of companies & enterprises 1,391 0.04% 1,317 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 77,452 1.96% 54,870 1.39%
Educational, health & social services: 200,278 5.07% 582,859 14.76%
Educational services 102,448 2.59% 242,084 6.13%
Health care & social assistance 97,830 2.48% 340,775 8.63%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 142,678 3.61% 129,186 3.27%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 44,649 1.13% 36,151 0.92%
Accommodation & food services 98,029 2.48% 93,035 2.36%
Other services (except public administration) 89,007 2.25% 84,679 2.14%
Public administration 105,314 2.67% 74,167 1.88%

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

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