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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 69,091,443 53.26% 60,630,069 46.74%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 21,708,758 16.73% 21,937,973 16.91%
Management, business, & financial operations: 10,131,223 7.81% 7,316,815 5.64%
Management, except farm managers 6,910,883 5.33% 4,204,163 3.24%
Farmers & farm managers 661,288 0.51% 111,930 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 2,559,052 1.97% 3,000,722 2.31%
Business operations specialists 1,248,755 0.96% 1,469,366 1.13%
Financial specialists 1,310,297 1.01% 1,531,356 1.18%
Professional & related occupations: 11,577,535 8.92% 14,621,158 11.27%
Computer & mathematical 2,218,400 1.71% 950,047 0.73%
Architecture & engineering: 2,301,953 1.77% 357,345 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,702,234 1.31% 224,455 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 599,719 0.46% 132,890 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 709,392 0.55% 494,051 0.38%
Community & social services 787,587 0.61% 1,165,597 0.90%
Legal 747,170 0.58% 665,567 0.51%
Education, training, & library 1,930,948 1.49% 5,406,328 4.17%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,302,419 1.00% 1,181,782 0.91%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,579,666 1.22% 4,400,441 3.39%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,210,571 0.93% 2,933,494 2.26%
Health technologists & technicians 369,095 0.28% 1,466,947 1.13%
Service occupations: 8,346,408 6.43% 10,930,539 8.43%
Healthcare support 305,247 0.24% 2,287,568 1.76%
Protective services: 2,041,698 1.57% 508,208 0.39%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,300,671 1.00% 235,616 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 741,027 0.57% 272,592 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,663,418 2.05% 3,588,200 2.77%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,565,933 1.98% 1,688,432 1.30%
Personal care & service 770,112 0.59% 2,858,131 2.20%
Sales & office occupations: 12,341,968 9.51% 22,279,422 17.17%
Sales & related occupations 7,364,006 5.68% 7,228,693 5.57%
Office & administrative support 4,977,962 3.84% 15,050,729 11.60%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 750,915 0.58% 200,895 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 11,802,699 9.10% 453,439 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 6,937,857 5.35% 211,412 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 886,001 0.68% 25,012 0.02%
Construction trades 5,933,117 4.57% 182,970 0.14%
Extraction 118,739 0.09% 3,430 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,864,842 3.75% 242,027 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 14,140,695 10.90% 4,827,801 3.72%
Production 7,437,071 5.73% 3,571,554 2.75%
Transportation & material moving: 6,703,624 5.17% 1,256,247 0.97%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 193,527 0.15% 44,375 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 147,143 0.11% 11,338 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,394,798 2.62% 458,022 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 352,303 0.27% 48,523 0.04%
Material moving 2,615,853 2.02% 693,989 0.53%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 69,091,443 53.26% 60,630,069 46.74%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,986,285 1.53% 439,768 0.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,557,810 1.20% 371,873 0.29%
Mining 428,475 0.33% 67,895 0.05%
Construction 7,919,645 6.11% 881,862 0.68%
Manufacturing 12,534,909 9.66% 5,751,096 4.43%
Wholesale trade 3,260,178 2.51% 1,406,579 1.08%
Retail trade 7,678,162 5.92% 7,543,554 5.82%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,025,989 3.87% 1,714,113 1.32%
Transportation & warehousing 4,119,395 3.18% 1,446,458 1.12%
Utilities 906,594 0.70% 267,655 0.21%
Information 2,161,769 1.67% 1,834,795 1.41%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,785,972 2.92% 5,149,000 3.97%
Finance & insurance 2,501,843 1.93% 3,984,729 3.07%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,284,129 0.99% 1,164,271 0.90%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,697,970 5.16% 5,363,895 4.13%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,120,499 3.18% 3,476,362 2.68%
Management of companies & enterprises 31,534 0.02% 38,937 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,545,937 1.96% 1,848,596 1.43%
Educational, health & social services: 6,539,753 5.04% 19,303,276 14.88%
Educational services 3,509,463 2.71% 7,861,743 6.06%
Health care & social assistance 3,030,290 2.34% 11,441,533 8.82%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,929,179 3.80% 5,281,116 4.07%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,271,377 0.98% 1,035,108 0.80%
Accommodation & food services 3,657,802 2.82% 4,246,008 3.27%
Other services (except public administration) 3,174,397 2.45% 3,146,235 2.43%
Public administration 3,397,235 2.62% 2,814,780 2.17%

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

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