California

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 8,045,350 54.66% 6,673,578 45.34%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,759,939 18.75% 2,535,130 17.22%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,215,486 8.26% 930,409 6.32%
Management, except farm managers 867,778 5.90% 547,655 3.72%
Farmers & farm managers 34,929 0.24% 6,534 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 312,779 2.13% 376,220 2.56%
Business operations specialists 157,308 1.07% 184,845 1.26%
Financial specialists 155,471 1.06% 191,375 1.30%
Professional & related occupations: 1,544,453 10.49% 1,604,721 10.90%
Computer & mathematical 315,350 2.14% 120,589 0.82%
Architecture & engineering: 311,263 2.11% 53,743 0.37%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 244,231 1.66% 36,285 0.25%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 67,032 0.46% 17,458 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 89,389 0.61% 70,157 0.48%
Community & social services 83,650 0.57% 122,958 0.84%
Legal 97,000 0.66% 90,608 0.62%
Education, training, & library 236,979 1.61% 584,667 3.97%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 226,976 1.54% 173,766 1.18%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 183,846 1.25% 388,233 2.64%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 137,157 0.93% 270,190 1.84%
Health technologists & technicians 46,689 0.32% 118,043 0.80%
Service occupations: 1,036,810 7.04% 1,137,064 7.73%
Healthcare support 37,859 0.26% 211,034 1.43%
Protective services: 233,195 1.58% 54,799 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 135,782 0.92% 26,975 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 97,413 0.66% 27,824 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 331,671 2.25% 320,468 2.18%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 335,902 2.28% 195,859 1.33%
Personal care & service 98,183 0.67% 354,904 2.41%
Sales & office occupations: 1,512,573 10.28% 2,426,810 16.49%
Sales & related occupations 881,910 5.99% 790,842 5.37%
Office & administrative support 630,663 4.28% 1,635,968 11.11%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 148,003 1.01% 48,692 0.33%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,193,725 8.11% 45,435 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 700,848 4.76% 19,128 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 90,805 0.62% 2,767 0.02%
Construction trades 604,471 4.11% 16,122 0.11%
Extraction 5,572 0.04% 239 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 492,877 3.35% 26,307 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,394,300 9.47% 480,447 3.26%
Production 720,136 4.89% 358,126 2.43%
Transportation & material moving: 674,164 4.58% 122,321 0.83%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 22,003 0.15% 4,275 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 13,757 0.09% 1,276 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 340,792 2.32% 39,866 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 31,413 0.21% 4,143 0.03%
Material moving 266,199 1.81% 72,761 0.49%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,045,350 54.66% 6,673,578 45.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 221,256 1.50% 61,461 0.42%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 202,209 1.37% 58,213 0.40%
Mining 19,047 0.13% 3,248 0.02%
Construction 821,716 5.58% 93,307 0.63%
Manufacturing 1,281,827 8.71% 648,314 4.40%
Wholesale trade 401,441 2.73% 194,868 1.32%
Retail trade 880,463 5.98% 760,780 5.17%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 508,914 3.46% 180,473 1.23%
Transportation & warehousing 429,658 2.92% 153,438 1.04%
Utilities 79,256 0.54% 27,035 0.18%
Information 336,941 2.29% 240,522 1.63%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 454,002 3.08% 562,914 3.82%
Finance & insurance 278,344 1.89% 403,565 2.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 175,658 1.19% 159,349 1.08%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 988,700 6.72% 722,925 4.91%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 599,773 4.07% 485,444 3.30%
Management of companies & enterprises 2,319 0.02% 3,478 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 386,608 2.63% 234,003 1.59%
Educational, health & social services: 766,676 5.21% 1,957,252 13.30%
Educational services 408,062 2.77% 846,204 5.75%
Health care & social assistance 358,614 2.44% 1,111,048 7.55%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 640,972 4.35% 563,239 3.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 176,356 1.20% 130,911 0.89%
Accommodation & food services 464,616 3.16% 432,328 2.94%
Other services (except public administration) 380,519 2.59% 380,635 2.59%
Public administration 361,923 2.46% 306,888 2.08%

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

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