Schuylkill 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 35,119 54.96% 28,783 45.04%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,950 10.88% 8,175 12.79%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,360 5.26% 2,054 3.21%
Management, except farm managers 2,322 3.63% 1,156 1.81%
Farmers & farm managers 272 0.43% 56 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 766 1.20% 842 1.32%
Business operations specialists 373 0.58% 356 0.56%
Financial specialists 393 0.62% 486 0.76%
Professional & related occupations: 3,590 5.62% 6,121 9.58%
Computer & mathematical 319 0.50% 144 0.23%
Architecture & engineering: 771 1.21% 79 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 392 0.61% 45 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 379 0.59% 34 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 132 0.21% 100 0.16%
Community & social services 578 0.90% 540 0.85%
Legal 159 0.25% 159 0.25%
Education, training, & library 710 1.11% 1,869 2.92%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 286 0.45% 259 0.41%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 635 0.99% 2,971 4.65%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 368 0.58% 1,758 2.75%
Health technologists & technicians 267 0.42% 1,213 1.90%
Service occupations: 3,323 5.20% 5,865 9.18%
Healthcare support 162 0.25% 1,768 2.77%
Protective services: 966 1.51% 124 0.19%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 687 1.08% 25 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 279 0.44% 99 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 798 1.25% 2,317 3.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,174 1.84% 715 1.12%
Personal care & service 223 0.35% 941 1.47%
Sales & office occupations: 4,606 7.21% 9,979 15.62%
Sales & related occupations 2,447 3.83% 3,245 5.08%
Office & administrative support 2,159 3.38% 6,734 10.54%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 230 0.36% 82 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,273 11.38% 227 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 4,080 6.38% 126 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 486 0.76% 24 0.04%
Construction trades 3,401 5.32% 102 0.16%
Extraction 193 0.30% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,193 5.00% 101 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,737 19.93% 4,455 6.97%
Production 7,378 11.55% 3,329 5.21%
Transportation & material moving: 5,359 8.39% 1,126 1.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 79 0.12% 27 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,337 3.66% 261 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 131 0.21% 5 0.01%
Material moving 2,810 4.40% 833 1.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 35,119 54.96% 28,783 45.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,187 1.86% 173 0.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 584 0.91% 139 0.22%
Mining 603 0.94% 34 0.05%
Construction 3,894 6.09% 301 0.47%
Manufacturing 11,912 18.64% 4,684 7.33%
Wholesale trade 1,641 2.57% 683 1.07%
Retail trade 3,737 5.85% 4,103 6.42%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,435 3.81% 666 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 1,912 2.99% 582 0.91%
Utilities 523 0.82% 84 0.13%
Information 452 0.71% 485 0.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 837 1.31% 1,582 2.48%
Finance & insurance 559 0.87% 1,346 2.11%
Real estate & rental & leasing 278 0.44% 236 0.37%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,526 2.39% 1,778 2.78%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 882 1.38% 1,156 1.81%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 634 0.99% 622 0.97%
Educational, health & social services: 2,814 4.40% 9,677 15.14%
Educational services 1,280 2.00% 2,940 4.60%
Health care & social assistance 1,534 2.40% 6,737 10.54%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,139 1.78% 2,190 3.43%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 230 0.36% 169 0.26%
Accommodation & food services 909 1.42% 2,021 3.16%
Other services (except public administration) 1,681 2.63% 1,296 2.03%
Public administration 1,864 2.92% 1,165 1.82%

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

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