Wasatch 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 4,034 57.72% 2,955 42.28%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,204 17.23% 959 13.72%
Management, business, & financial operations: 694 9.93% 290 4.15%
Management, except farm managers 542 7.76% 199 2.85%
Farmers & farm managers 24 0.34% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 128 1.83% 91 1.30%
Business operations specialists 35 0.50% 35 0.50%
Financial specialists 93 1.33% 56 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 510 7.30% 669 9.57%
Computer & mathematical 106 1.52% 6 0.09%
Architecture & engineering: 82 1.17% 8 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 54 0.77% 1 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 28 0.40% 7 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 16 0.23% 9 0.13%
Community & social services 24 0.34% 29 0.41%
Legal 12 0.17% 14 0.20%
Education, training, & library 139 1.99% 372 5.32%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 59 0.84% 81 1.16%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 72 1.03% 150 2.15%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 70 1.00% 107 1.53%
Health technologists & technicians 2 0.03% 43 0.62%
Service occupations: 559 8.00% 686 9.82%
Healthcare support 12 0.17% 71 1.02%
Protective services: 104 1.49% 9 0.13%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 85 1.22% 5 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 19 0.27% 4 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 169 2.42% 302 4.32%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 184 2.63% 135 1.93%
Personal care & service 90 1.29% 169 2.42%
Sales & office occupations: 549 7.86% 1,113 15.93%
Sales & related occupations 425 6.08% 357 5.11%
Office & administrative support 124 1.77% 756 10.82%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 41 0.59% 5 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 998 14.28% 30 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 715 10.23% 18 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 129 1.85% 2 0.03%
Construction trades 578 8.27% 16 0.23%
Extraction 8 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 283 4.05% 12 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 683 9.77% 162 2.32%
Production 315 4.51% 118 1.69%
Transportation & material moving: 368 5.27% 44 0.63%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 15 0.21% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 203 2.90% 8 0.11%
Rail, water & other transportation 17 0.24% 2 0.03%
Material moving 128 1.83% 34 0.49%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,034 57.72% 2,955 42.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 113 1.62% 37 0.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 74 1.06% 37 0.53%
Mining 39 0.56% 0 0.00%
Construction 859 12.29% 51 0.73%
Manufacturing 422 6.04% 184 2.63%
Wholesale trade 161 2.30% 31 0.44%
Retail trade 426 6.10% 382 5.47%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 287 4.11% 69 0.99%
Transportation & warehousing 167 2.39% 66 0.94%
Utilities 120 1.72% 3 0.04%
Information 107 1.53% 48 0.69%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 265 3.79% 252 3.61%
Finance & insurance 115 1.65% 108 1.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 150 2.15% 144 2.06%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 341 4.88% 247 3.53%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 230 3.29% 169 2.42%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 111 1.59% 78 1.12%
Educational, health & social services: 309 4.42% 826 11.82%
Educational services 210 3.00% 465 6.65%
Health care & social assistance 99 1.42% 361 5.17%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 451 6.45% 572 8.18%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 65 0.93% 60 0.86%
Accommodation & food services 386 5.52% 512 7.33%
Other services (except public administration) 131 1.87% 146 2.09%
Public administration 162 2.32% 110 1.57%

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

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