West Virginia

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 396,289 54.09% 336,384 45.91%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 93,751 12.80% 110,619 15.10%
Management, business, & financial operations: 39,704 5.42% 29,114 3.97%
Management, except farm managers 27,538 3.76% 16,923 2.31%
Farmers & farm managers 2,676 0.37% 632 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 9,490 1.30% 11,559 1.58%
Business operations specialists 5,003 0.68% 5,290 0.72%
Financial specialists 4,487 0.61% 6,269 0.86%
Professional & related occupations: 54,047 7.38% 81,505 11.12%
Computer & mathematical 4,925 0.67% 2,639 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 9,316 1.27% 1,096 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6,089 0.83% 608 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,227 0.44% 488 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 4,514 0.62% 2,424 0.33%
Community & social services 5,160 0.70% 6,581 0.90%
Legal 3,792 0.52% 3,739 0.51%
Education, training, & library 11,235 1.53% 30,087 4.11%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,298 0.59% 4,049 0.55%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 10,807 1.48% 30,890 4.22%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 7,969 1.09% 18,695 2.55%
Health technologists & technicians 2,838 0.39% 12,195 1.66%
Service occupations: 46,475 6.34% 74,818 10.21%
Healthcare support 2,343 0.32% 17,888 2.44%
Protective services: 11,414 1.56% 1,789 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 6,631 0.91% 728 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4,783 0.65% 1,061 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 12,678 1.73% 27,437 3.74%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 16,265 2.22% 11,365 1.55%
Personal care & service 3,775 0.52% 16,339 2.23%
Sales & office occupations: 63,000 8.60% 128,079 17.48%
Sales & related occupations 37,736 5.15% 46,028 6.28%
Office & administrative support 25,264 3.45% 82,051 11.20%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 4,606 0.63% 756 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 88,315 12.05% 2,017 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 54,774 7.48% 1,113 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 6,977 0.95% 112 0.02%
Construction trades 39,768 5.43% 940 0.13%
Extraction 8,029 1.10% 61 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 33,541 4.58% 904 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 100,142 13.67% 20,095 2.74%
Production 45,498 6.21% 13,396 1.83%
Transportation & material moving: 54,644 7.46% 6,699 0.91%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,296 0.18% 253 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 561 0.08% 13 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 29,178 3.98% 2,408 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 3,272 0.45% 283 0.04%
Material moving 20,337 2.78% 3,742 0.51%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 396,289 54.09% 336,384 45.91%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 27,328 3.73% 2,617 0.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 8,099 1.11% 1,665 0.23%
Mining 19,229 2.62% 952 0.13%
Construction 47,796 6.52% 3,716 0.51%
Manufacturing 67,904 9.27% 19,243 2.63%
Wholesale trade 15,881 2.17% 4,408 0.60%
Retail trade 45,186 6.17% 50,705 6.92%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 35,864 4.89% 8,082 1.10%
Transportation & warehousing 25,480 3.48% 5,802 0.79%
Utilities 10,384 1.42% 2,280 0.31%
Information 8,140 1.11% 7,776 1.06%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 12,133 1.66% 21,275 2.90%
Finance & insurance 8,046 1.10% 17,612 2.40%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,087 0.56% 3,663 0.50%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 26,781 3.66% 22,407 3.06%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 12,886 1.76% 13,189 1.80%
Management of companies & enterprises 187 0.03% 113 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 13,708 1.87% 9,105 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 43,646 5.96% 124,653 17.01%
Educational services 23,014 3.14% 45,623 6.23%
Health care & social assistance 20,632 2.82% 79,030 10.79%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 24,325 3.32% 33,935 4.63%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5,437 0.74% 4,023 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 18,888 2.58% 29,912 4.08%
Other services (except public administration) 18,920 2.58% 17,501 2.39%
Public administration 22,385 3.06% 20,066 2.74%

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

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