Waukesha 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 104,474 53.50% 90,816 46.50%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 41,243 21.12% 37,605 19.26%
Management, business, & financial operations: 21,489 11.00% 12,816 6.56%
Management, except farm managers 15,847 8.11% 6,973 3.57%
Farmers & farm managers 308 0.16% 81 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 5,334 2.73% 5,762 2.95%
Business operations specialists 2,423 1.24% 2,858 1.46%
Financial specialists 2,911 1.49% 2,904 1.49%
Professional & related occupations: 19,754 10.12% 24,789 12.69%
Computer & mathematical 4,178 2.14% 2,142 1.10%
Architecture & engineering: 5,317 2.72% 765 0.39%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,274 2.19% 535 0.27%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,043 0.53% 230 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 911 0.47% 634 0.32%
Community & social services 815 0.42% 1,355 0.69%
Legal 1,024 0.52% 725 0.37%
Education, training, & library 2,932 1.50% 8,347 4.27%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,681 0.86% 1,831 0.94%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,896 1.48% 8,990 4.60%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,623 1.34% 6,467 3.31%
Health technologists & technicians 273 0.14% 2,523 1.29%
Service occupations: 7,220 3.70% 12,265 6.28%
Healthcare support 220 0.11% 2,868 1.47%
Protective services: 1,686 0.86% 298 0.15%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,152 0.59% 125 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 534 0.27% 173 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,371 1.21% 4,289 2.20%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,180 1.12% 1,323 0.68%
Personal care & service 763 0.39% 3,487 1.79%
Sales & office occupations: 20,664 10.58% 34,807 17.82%
Sales & related occupations 13,452 6.89% 11,098 5.68%
Office & administrative support 7,212 3.69% 23,709 12.14%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 146 0.07% 122 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 14,883 7.62% 482 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 8,223 4.21% 175 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 900 0.46% 23 0.01%
Construction trades 7,274 3.72% 152 0.08%
Extraction 49 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,660 3.41% 307 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 20,318 10.40% 5,535 2.83%
Production 13,314 6.82% 4,419 2.26%
Transportation & material moving: 7,004 3.59% 1,116 0.57%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 279 0.14% 50 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 222 0.11% 2 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,578 1.83% 373 0.19%
Rail, water & other transportation 243 0.12% 55 0.03%
Material moving 2,682 1.37% 636 0.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 104,474 53.50% 90,816 46.50%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 679 0.35% 188 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 550 0.28% 171 0.09%
Mining 129 0.07% 17 0.01%
Construction 10,375 5.31% 1,861 0.95%
Manufacturing 30,074 15.40% 11,300 5.79%
Wholesale trade 6,696 3.43% 2,799 1.43%
Retail trade 11,136 5.70% 11,708 6.00%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,869 3.01% 2,096 1.07%
Transportation & warehousing 4,620 2.37% 1,651 0.85%
Utilities 1,249 0.64% 445 0.23%
Information 3,120 1.60% 2,862 1.47%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6,626 3.39% 8,752 4.48%
Finance & insurance 5,308 2.72% 7,102 3.64%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,318 0.67% 1,650 0.84%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 10,241 5.24% 8,104 4.15%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,370 3.77% 5,589 2.86%
Management of companies & enterprises 127 0.07% 116 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,744 1.41% 2,399 1.23%
Educational, health & social services: 9,021 4.62% 29,600 15.16%
Educational services 4,624 2.37% 11,336 5.80%
Health care & social assistance 4,397 2.25% 18,264 9.35%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,573 2.34% 5,841 2.99%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,310 0.67% 1,250 0.64%
Accommodation & food services 3,263 1.67% 4,591 2.35%
Other services (except public administration) 3,597 1.84% 3,993 2.04%
Public administration 2,467 1.26% 1,712 0.88%

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

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