Wyoming

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 130,018 53.94% 111,037 46.06%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 35,080 14.55% 37,178 15.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 17,406 7.22% 11,608 4.82%
Management, except farm managers 10,555 4.38% 6,616 2.74%
Farmers & farm managers 4,116 1.71% 1,052 0.44%
Business & financial operations: 2,735 1.13% 3,940 1.63%
Business operations specialists 1,302 0.54% 1,549 0.64%
Financial specialists 1,433 0.59% 2,391 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 17,674 7.33% 25,570 10.61%
Computer & mathematical 1,260 0.52% 791 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 3,387 1.41% 493 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,153 0.89% 262 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,234 0.51% 231 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 1,989 0.83% 846 0.35%
Community & social services 1,576 0.65% 2,363 0.98%
Legal 970 0.40% 988 0.41%
Education, training, & library 4,435 1.84% 11,173 4.64%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,628 0.68% 1,968 0.82%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,429 1.01% 6,948 2.88%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,089 0.87% 4,869 2.02%
Health technologists & technicians 340 0.14% 2,079 0.86%
Service occupations: 15,073 6.25% 25,217 10.46%
Healthcare support 766 0.32% 4,116 1.71%
Protective services: 3,277 1.36% 988 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,402 1.00% 340 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 875 0.36% 648 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,999 2.07% 9,596 3.98%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,592 1.90% 4,836 2.01%
Personal care & service 1,439 0.60% 5,681 2.36%
Sales & office occupations: 17,089 7.09% 41,308 17.14%
Sales & related occupations 11,191 4.64% 13,726 5.69%
Office & administrative support 5,898 2.45% 27,582 11.44%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 3,100 1.29% 600 0.25%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 34,025 14.12% 1,542 0.64%
Construction & extraction: 21,488 8.91% 1,012 0.42%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,488 1.45% 54 0.02%
Construction trades 14,534 6.03% 743 0.31%
Extraction 3,466 1.44% 215 0.09%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 12,537 5.20% 530 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 25,651 10.64% 5,192 2.15%
Production 10,135 4.20% 2,528 1.05%
Transportation & material moving: 15,516 6.44% 2,664 1.11%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 408 0.17% 76 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 213 0.09% 25 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 8,061 3.34% 1,375 0.57%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,301 0.95% 284 0.12%
Material moving 4,533 1.88% 904 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 130,018 53.94% 111,037 46.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 21,524 8.93% 4,208 1.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 7,933 3.29% 2,450 1.02%
Mining 13,591 5.64% 1,758 0.73%
Construction 18,776 7.79% 2,105 0.87%
Manufacturing 8,991 3.73% 2,758 1.14%
Wholesale trade 4,205 1.74% 1,294 0.54%
Retail trade 12,581 5.22% 15,876 6.59%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 13,106 5.44% 2,741 1.14%
Transportation & warehousing 9,801 4.07% 2,158 0.90%
Utilities 3,305 1.37% 583 0.24%
Information 2,675 1.11% 2,676 1.11%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,826 1.59% 7,576 3.14%
Finance & insurance 2,060 0.85% 5,337 2.21%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,766 0.73% 2,239 0.93%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,051 2.93% 7,261 3.01%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,212 1.75% 4,663 1.93%
Management of companies & enterprises 22 0.01% 28 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,817 1.17% 2,570 1.07%
Educational, health & social services: 13,224 5.49% 38,513 15.98%
Educational services 8,336 3.46% 17,738 7.36%
Health care & social assistance 4,888 2.03% 20,775 8.62%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,734 4.04% 13,439 5.58%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,239 0.93% 2,013 0.84%
Accommodation & food services 7,495 3.11% 11,426 4.74%
Other services (except public administration) 6,280 2.61% 5,505 2.28%
Public administration 8,045 3.34% 7,085 2.94%

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

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