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Chittenden County

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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 41,981 51.97% 38,806 48.03%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 17,819 22.06% 17,550 21.72%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,866 8.50% 5,331 6.60%
Management, except farm managers 4,884 6.05% 3,062 3.79%
Farmers & farm managers 159 0.20% 61 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 1,823 2.26% 2,208 2.73%
Business operations specialists 864 1.07% 1,029 1.27%
Financial specialists 959 1.19% 1,179 1.46%
Professional & related occupations: 10,953 13.56% 12,219 15.12%
Computer & mathematical 1,846 2.29% 977 1.21%
Architecture & engineering: 3,332 4.12% 577 0.71%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,509 3.11% 333 0.41%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 823 1.02% 244 0.30%
Life, physical, & social science 611 0.76% 552 0.68%
Community & social services 401 0.50% 1,069 1.32%
Legal 531 0.66% 493 0.61%
Education, training, & library 1,940 2.40% 4,158 5.15%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,095 1.36% 1,080 1.34%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,197 1.48% 3,313 4.10%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,003 1.24% 2,306 2.85%
Health technologists & technicians 194 0.24% 1,007 1.25%
Service occupations: 4,471 5.53% 5,976 7.40%
Healthcare support 153 0.19% 1,037 1.28%
Protective services: 713 0.88% 249 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 449 0.56% 69 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 264 0.33% 180 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,845 2.28% 1,935 2.40%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,206 1.49% 990 1.23%
Personal care & service 554 0.69% 1,765 2.18%
Sales & office occupations: 7,844 9.71% 12,967 16.05%
Sales & related occupations 4,445 5.50% 4,369 5.41%
Office & administrative support 3,399 4.21% 8,598 10.64%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 160 0.20% 100 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,203 6.44% 239 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 3,020 3.74% 83 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 421 0.52% 4 0.00%
Construction trades 2,582 3.20% 79 0.10%
Extraction 17 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,183 2.70% 156 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,484 8.03% 1,974 2.44%
Production 3,741 4.63% 1,501 1.86%
Transportation & material moving: 2,743 3.40% 473 0.59%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 120 0.15% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 115 0.14% 13 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,438 1.78% 170 0.21%
Rail, water & other transportation 213 0.26% 11 0.01%
Material moving 857 1.06% 279 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 41,981 51.97% 38,806 48.03%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 438 0.54% 211 0.26%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 400 0.50% 211 0.26%
Mining 38 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 3,520 4.36% 332 0.41%
Manufacturing 9,625 11.91% 3,313 4.10%
Wholesale trade 1,829 2.26% 763 0.94%
Retail trade 4,878 6.04% 4,656 5.76%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,094 2.59% 577 0.71%
Transportation & warehousing 1,792 2.22% 442 0.55%
Utilities 302 0.37% 135 0.17%
Information 1,361 1.68% 1,420 1.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,857 2.30% 2,699 3.34%
Finance & insurance 1,137 1.41% 2,135 2.64%
Real estate & rental & leasing 720 0.89% 564 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,114 5.09% 3,407 4.22%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,054 3.78% 2,523 3.12%
Management of companies & enterprises 74 0.09% 46 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 986 1.22% 838 1.04%
Educational, health & social services: 5,854 7.25% 14,809 18.33%
Educational services 3,778 4.68% 7,312 9.05%
Health care & social assistance 2,076 2.57% 7,497 9.28%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,332 4.12% 3,237 4.01%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 604 0.75% 682 0.84%
Accommodation & food services 2,728 3.38% 2,555 3.16%
Other services (except public administration) 1,398 1.73% 2,088 2.58%
Public administration 1,681 2.08% 1,294 1.60%

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

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