Montgomery 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 21,255 53.99% 18,114 46.01%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,735 22.19% 7,099 18.03%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,185 5.55% 1,478 3.75%
Management, except farm managers 1,546 3.93% 943 2.40%
Farmers & farm managers 123 0.31% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 516 1.31% 535 1.36%
Business operations specialists 341 0.87% 219 0.56%
Financial specialists 175 0.44% 316 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 6,550 16.64% 5,621 14.28%
Computer & mathematical 903 2.29% 317 0.81%
Architecture & engineering: 1,063 2.70% 313 0.80%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 844 2.14% 169 0.43%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 219 0.56% 144 0.37%
Life, physical, & social science 767 1.95% 458 1.16%
Community & social services 194 0.49% 407 1.03%
Legal 70 0.18% 116 0.29%
Education, training, & library 2,730 6.93% 2,583 6.56%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 364 0.92% 404 1.03%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 459 1.17% 1,023 2.60%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 338 0.86% 631 1.60%
Health technologists & technicians 121 0.31% 392 1.00%
Service occupations: 2,763 7.02% 3,697 9.39%
Healthcare support 82 0.21% 613 1.56%
Protective services: 399 1.01% 114 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 177 0.45% 34 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 222 0.56% 80 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,492 3.79% 1,495 3.80%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 433 1.10% 558 1.42%
Personal care & service 357 0.91% 917 2.33%
Sales & office occupations: 3,173 8.06% 5,552 14.10%
Sales & related occupations 1,880 4.78% 1,806 4.59%
Office & administrative support 1,293 3.28% 3,746 9.52%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 112 0.28% 38 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,066 7.79% 149 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 1,572 3.99% 93 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 221 0.56% 23 0.06%
Construction trades 1,306 3.32% 44 0.11%
Extraction 45 0.11% 26 0.07%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,494 3.79% 56 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,406 8.65% 1,579 4.01%
Production 2,086 5.30% 1,221 3.10%
Transportation & material moving: 1,320 3.35% 358 0.91%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 7 0.02% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.02% 25 0.06%
Motor vehicle operators 695 1.77% 168 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 81 0.21% 8 0.02%
Material moving 530 1.35% 157 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,255 53.99% 18,114 46.01%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 304 0.77% 57 0.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 247 0.63% 57 0.14%
Mining 57 0.14% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,726 4.38% 154 0.39%
Manufacturing 3,569 9.07% 1,957 4.97%
Wholesale trade 481 1.22% 121 0.31%
Retail trade 2,403 6.10% 2,006 5.10%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 790 2.01% 258 0.66%
Transportation & warehousing 635 1.61% 220 0.56%
Utilities 155 0.39% 38 0.10%
Information 395 1.00% 360 0.91%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 713 1.81% 733 1.86%
Finance & insurance 402 1.02% 493 1.25%
Real estate & rental & leasing 311 0.79% 240 0.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,599 4.06% 1,369 3.48%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,225 3.11% 1,042 2.65%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 374 0.95% 327 0.83%
Educational, health & social services: 5,819 14.78% 8,033 20.40%
Educational services 5,168 13.13% 5,587 14.19%
Health care & social assistance 651 1.65% 2,446 6.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,062 5.24% 2,022 5.14%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 235 0.60% 331 0.84%
Accommodation & food services 1,827 4.64% 1,691 4.30%
Other services (except public administration) 723 1.84% 675 1.71%
Public administration 671 1.70% 369 0.94%

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

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