Berks County

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 97,105 53.68% 83,776 46.32%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 26,438 14.62% 26,567 14.69%
Management, business, & financial operations: 12,389 6.85% 7,900 4.37%
Management, except farm managers 8,525 4.71% 4,125 2.28%
Farmers & farm managers 917 0.51% 164 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 2,947 1.63% 3,611 2.00%
Business operations specialists 1,406 0.78% 1,780 0.98%
Financial specialists 1,541 0.85% 1,831 1.01%
Professional & related occupations: 14,049 7.77% 18,667 10.32%
Computer & mathematical 2,453 1.36% 868 0.48%
Architecture & engineering: 3,605 1.99% 389 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,346 1.30% 236 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,259 0.70% 153 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 829 0.46% 386 0.21%
Community & social services 1,092 0.60% 1,638 0.91%
Legal 576 0.32% 563 0.31%
Education, training, & library 2,346 1.30% 6,946 3.84%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,451 0.80% 1,243 0.69%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,697 0.94% 6,634 3.67%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,316 0.73% 4,194 2.32%
Health technologists & technicians 381 0.21% 2,440 1.35%
Service occupations: 9,976 5.52% 14,163 7.83%
Healthcare support 240 0.13% 3,396 1.88%
Protective services: 1,985 1.10% 396 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,020 0.56% 67 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 965 0.53% 329 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,372 1.86% 5,350 2.96%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,527 1.95% 1,829 1.01%
Personal care & service 852 0.47% 3,192 1.76%
Sales & office occupations: 15,571 8.61% 31,622 17.48%
Sales & related occupations 8,872 4.90% 9,744 5.39%
Office & administrative support 6,699 3.70% 21,878 12.10%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,194 0.66% 351 0.19%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 15,982 8.84% 469 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 8,239 4.55% 190 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,011 0.56% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 7,161 3.96% 190 0.11%
Extraction 67 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,743 4.28% 279 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 27,944 15.45% 10,604 5.86%
Production 16,780 9.28% 7,974 4.41%
Transportation & material moving: 11,164 6.17% 2,630 1.45%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 248 0.14% 60 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 113 0.06% 4 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,796 2.65% 634 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 297 0.16% 27 0.01%
Material moving 5,710 3.16% 1,905 1.05%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 97,105 53.68% 83,776 46.32%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,625 1.45% 590 0.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,460 1.36% 573 0.32%
Mining 165 0.09% 17 0.01%
Construction 9,738 5.38% 853 0.47%
Manufacturing 30,377 16.79% 13,223 7.31%
Wholesale trade 4,885 2.70% 1,988 1.10%
Retail trade 10,368 5.73% 11,436 6.32%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,242 3.45% 2,654 1.47%
Transportation & warehousing 4,312 2.38% 1,761 0.97%
Utilities 1,930 1.07% 893 0.49%
Information 1,833 1.01% 1,227 0.68%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,930 2.17% 7,652 4.23%
Finance & insurance 2,538 1.40% 6,458 3.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,392 0.77% 1,194 0.66%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,348 4.06% 6,227 3.44%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,647 2.57% 3,710 2.05%
Management of companies & enterprises 75 0.04% 78 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,626 1.45% 2,439 1.35%
Educational, health & social services: 7,965 4.40% 25,531 14.11%
Educational services 4,123 2.28% 9,908 5.48%
Health care & social assistance 3,842 2.12% 15,623 8.64%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,191 2.87% 6,193 3.42%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,411 0.78% 1,103 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 3,780 2.09% 5,090 2.81%
Other services (except public administration) 4,264 2.36% 4,415 2.44%
Public administration 2,339 1.29% 1,787 0.99%

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

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