Dauphin 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 63,733 51.90% 59,072 48.10%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 21,160 17.23% 21,673 17.65%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,548 7.77% 8,012 6.52%
Management, except farm managers 6,263 5.10% 4,002 3.26%
Farmers & farm managers 228 0.19% 25 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 3,057 2.49% 3,985 3.24%
Business operations specialists 1,506 1.23% 2,325 1.89%
Financial specialists 1,551 1.26% 1,660 1.35%
Professional & related occupations: 11,612 9.46% 13,661 11.12%
Computer & mathematical 2,602 2.12% 1,246 1.01%
Architecture & engineering: 1,754 1.43% 270 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,310 1.07% 163 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 444 0.36% 107 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 702 0.57% 504 0.41%
Community & social services 1,059 0.86% 1,200 0.98%
Legal 992 0.81% 1,027 0.84%
Education, training, & library 1,508 1.23% 3,965 3.23%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 999 0.81% 777 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,996 1.63% 4,672 3.80%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,702 1.39% 3,290 2.68%
Health technologists & technicians 294 0.24% 1,382 1.13%
Service occupations: 7,922 6.45% 9,332 7.60%
Healthcare support 346 0.28% 2,120 1.73%
Protective services: 1,828 1.49% 435 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,076 0.88% 224 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 752 0.61% 211 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,546 2.07% 3,137 2.55%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,356 1.92% 1,405 1.14%
Personal care & service 846 0.69% 2,235 1.82%
Sales & office occupations: 12,009 9.78% 23,336 19.00%
Sales & related occupations 6,003 4.89% 5,704 4.64%
Office & administrative support 6,006 4.89% 17,632 14.36%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 307 0.25% 140 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,040 7.36% 395 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 4,910 4.00% 176 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 569 0.46% 42 0.03%
Construction trades 4,283 3.49% 134 0.11%
Extraction 58 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,130 3.36% 219 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,295 10.83% 4,196 3.42%
Production 5,364 4.37% 2,721 2.22%
Transportation & material moving: 7,931 6.46% 1,475 1.20%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 261 0.21% 34 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 103 0.08% 12 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,402 2.77% 440 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 260 0.21% 26 0.02%
Material moving 3,905 3.18% 963 0.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 63,733 51.90% 59,072 48.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 719 0.59% 187 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 633 0.52% 175 0.14%
Mining 86 0.07% 12 0.01%
Construction 5,567 4.53% 682 0.56%
Manufacturing 9,152 7.45% 4,452 3.63%
Wholesale trade 3,139 2.56% 1,397 1.14%
Retail trade 6,832 5.56% 6,110 4.98%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,477 5.27% 1,845 1.50%
Transportation & warehousing 5,526 4.50% 1,606 1.31%
Utilities 951 0.77% 239 0.19%
Information 1,767 1.44% 1,713 1.39%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,852 3.14% 6,393 5.21%
Finance & insurance 2,920 2.38% 5,850 4.76%
Real estate & rental & leasing 932 0.76% 543 0.44%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,258 4.28% 4,544 3.70%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,221 2.62% 2,732 2.22%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 34 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,037 1.66% 1,778 1.45%
Educational, health & social services: 6,124 4.99% 17,190 14.00%
Educational services 2,558 2.08% 5,911 4.81%
Health care & social assistance 3,566 2.90% 11,279 9.18%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,743 3.86% 4,230 3.44%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,314 1.07% 759 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 3,429 2.79% 3,471 2.83%
Other services (except public administration) 3,013 2.45% 2,640 2.15%
Public administration 7,090 5.77% 7,689 6.26%

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

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