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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 2,845,154 52.67% 2,557,021 47.33%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 823,171 15.24% 849,086 15.72%
Management, business, & financial operations: 394,234 7.30% 272,743 5.05%
Management, except farm managers 273,940 5.07% 155,674 2.88%
Farmers & farm managers 21,024 0.39% 3,208 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 99,270 1.84% 113,861 2.11%
Business operations specialists 47,406 0.88% 57,370 1.06%
Financial specialists 51,864 0.96% 56,491 1.05%
Professional & related occupations: 428,937 7.94% 576,343 10.67%
Computer & mathematical 75,100 1.39% 32,917 0.61%
Architecture & engineering: 97,973 1.81% 13,818 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 73,480 1.36% 8,505 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 24,493 0.45% 5,313 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 24,467 0.45% 17,308 0.32%
Community & social services 30,431 0.56% 47,075 0.87%
Legal 26,095 0.48% 21,175 0.39%
Education, training, & library 74,709 1.38% 201,568 3.73%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 40,224 0.74% 38,378 0.71%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 59,938 1.11% 204,104 3.78%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 47,797 0.88% 133,804 2.48%
Health technologists & technicians 12,141 0.22% 70,300 1.30%
Service occupations: 313,096 5.80% 473,629 8.77%
Healthcare support 11,642 0.22% 107,233 1.98%
Protective services: 75,406 1.40% 19,309 0.36%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 50,003 0.93% 8,719 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 25,403 0.47% 10,590 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 102,090 1.89% 180,457 3.34%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 100,599 1.86% 63,032 1.17%
Personal care & service 23,359 0.43% 103,598 1.92%
Sales & office occupations: 480,693 8.90% 943,062 17.46%
Sales & related occupations 283,516 5.25% 299,153 5.54%
Office & administrative support 197,177 3.65% 643,909 11.92%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 13,055 0.24% 5,572 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 453,462 8.39% 18,252 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 254,272 4.71% 8,056 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 29,479 0.55% 853 0.02%
Construction trades 221,569 4.10% 7,125 0.13%
Extraction 3,224 0.06% 78 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 199,190 3.69% 10,196 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 761,677 14.10% 267,420 4.95%
Production 445,560 8.25% 194,198 3.59%
Transportation & material moving: 316,117 5.85% 73,222 1.36%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 7,904 0.15% 2,432 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 4,860 0.09% 362 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 147,232 2.73% 24,322 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 12,315 0.23% 2,501 0.05%
Material moving 143,806 2.66% 43,605 0.81%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,845,154 52.67% 2,557,021 47.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 45,882 0.85% 11,636 0.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 36,123 0.67% 10,057 0.19%
Mining 9,759 0.18% 1,579 0.03%
Construction 289,625 5.36% 34,928 0.65%
Manufacturing 765,807 14.18% 316,378 5.86%
Wholesale trade 134,699 2.49% 58,520 1.08%
Retail trade 306,196 5.67% 336,862 6.24%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 200,772 3.72% 66,552 1.23%
Transportation & warehousing 165,886 3.07% 55,958 1.04%
Utilities 34,886 0.65% 10,594 0.20%
Information 65,301 1.21% 62,780 1.16%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 134,854 2.50% 204,236 3.78%
Finance & insurance 91,595 1.70% 164,534 3.05%
Real estate & rental & leasing 43,259 0.80% 39,702 0.73%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 235,450 4.36% 199,244 3.69%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 142,824 2.64% 121,431 2.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 2,155 0.04% 2,491 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 90,471 1.67% 75,322 1.39%
Educational, health & social services: 251,164 4.65% 813,718 15.06%
Educational services 134,934 2.50% 299,164 5.54%
Health care & social assistance 116,230 2.15% 514,554 9.52%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 176,841 3.27% 226,843 4.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 38,887 0.72% 31,876 0.59%
Accommodation & food services 137,954 2.55% 194,967 3.61%
Other services (except public administration) 119,493 2.21% 122,656 2.27%
Public administration 119,070 2.20% 102,668 1.90%

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

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