Spokane 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 99,803 52.17% 91,492 47.83%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 30,941 16.17% 32,180 16.82%
Management, business, & financial operations: 13,600 7.11% 10,013 5.23%
Management, except farm managers 9,927 5.19% 5,614 2.93%
Farmers & farm managers 474 0.25% 87 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 3,199 1.67% 4,312 2.25%
Business operations specialists 1,395 0.73% 2,114 1.11%
Financial specialists 1,804 0.94% 2,198 1.15%
Professional & related occupations: 17,341 9.07% 22,167 11.59%
Computer & mathematical 2,357 1.23% 779 0.41%
Architecture & engineering: 2,955 1.54% 354 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,030 1.06% 202 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 925 0.48% 152 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 889 0.46% 503 0.26%
Community & social services 1,587 0.83% 2,060 1.08%
Legal 1,223 0.64% 1,028 0.54%
Education, training, & library 3,391 1.77% 8,140 4.26%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,739 0.91% 1,858 0.97%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,200 1.67% 7,445 3.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,387 1.25% 4,806 2.51%
Health technologists & technicians 813 0.42% 2,639 1.38%
Service occupations: 13,215 6.91% 19,107 9.99%
Healthcare support 830 0.43% 3,950 2.06%
Protective services: 2,592 1.35% 750 0.39%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,690 0.88% 404 0.21%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 902 0.47% 346 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,798 2.51% 6,496 3.40%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,681 1.92% 2,289 1.20%
Personal care & service 1,314 0.69% 5,622 2.94%
Sales & office occupations: 19,994 10.45% 34,267 17.91%
Sales & related occupations 12,872 6.73% 10,889 5.69%
Office & administrative support 7,122 3.72% 23,378 12.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 540 0.28% 295 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 15,816 8.27% 722 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 9,091 4.75% 367 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,031 0.54% 24 0.01%
Construction trades 7,987 4.18% 343 0.18%
Extraction 73 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,725 3.52% 355 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 19,297 10.09% 4,921 2.57%
Production 9,558 5.00% 3,426 1.79%
Transportation & material moving: 9,739 5.09% 1,495 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 274 0.14% 27 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 386 0.20% 4 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,645 2.43% 587 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 592 0.31% 39 0.02%
Material moving 3,842 2.01% 838 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 99,803 52.17% 91,492 47.83%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,270 0.66% 392 0.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,061 0.55% 346 0.18%
Mining 209 0.11% 46 0.02%
Construction 10,915 5.71% 1,328 0.69%
Manufacturing 14,541 7.60% 4,875 2.55%
Wholesale trade 6,582 3.44% 2,210 1.16%
Retail trade 12,298 6.43% 12,035 6.29%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,890 3.60% 2,003 1.05%
Transportation & warehousing 5,780 3.02% 1,513 0.79%
Utilities 1,110 0.58% 490 0.26%
Information 2,522 1.32% 1,881 0.98%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,146 2.69% 8,435 4.41%
Finance & insurance 3,314 1.73% 6,700 3.50%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,832 0.96% 1,735 0.91%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 9,272 4.85% 7,425 3.88%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,332 2.79% 4,823 2.52%
Management of companies & enterprises 26 0.01% 5 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,914 2.05% 2,597 1.36%
Educational, health & social services: 12,437 6.50% 33,328 17.42%
Educational services 6,110 3.19% 12,312 6.44%
Health care & social assistance 6,327 3.31% 21,016 10.99%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,419 3.88% 8,258 4.32%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,515 0.79% 1,286 0.67%
Accommodation & food services 5,904 3.09% 6,972 3.64%
Other services (except public administration) 5,263 2.75% 5,559 2.91%
Public administration 5,248 2.74% 3,763 1.97%

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

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