The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
| Number Employed | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Racial/Ethnic Group and Sex | Total Employment | Officials & Managers | Professionals | Technicians | Sales Workers | Office & Clerical Workers | Craft Workers | Operatives | Laborers | Service Workers |
| ALL EMPLOYEES | 2,487,473 | 396,629 | 1,141,656 | 232,127 | 89,934 | 451,465 | 55,193 | 59,940 | 31,944 | 28,585 |
| Men | 1,428,175 | 267,758 | 724,781 | 167,588 | 46,351 | 98,007 | 47,624 | 39,789 | 21,650 | 14,627 |
| Women | 1,059,298 | 128,871 | 416,875 | 64,539 | 43,583 | 353,458 | 7,569 | 20,151 | 10,294 | 13,958 |
| WHITE | 1,854,579 | 337,275 | 862,915 | 169,912 | 73,474 | 302,380 | 40,711 | 35,695 | 15,391 | 16,826 |
| Men | 1,095,264 | 230,535 | 559,631 | 124,717 | 39,128 | 60,839 | 35,991 | 24,883 | 10,848 | 8,692 |
| Women | 759,315 | 106,740 | 303,284 | 45,195 | 34,346 | 241,541 | 4,720 | 10,812 | 4,543 | 8,134 |
| MINORITY | 632,894 | 59,354 | 278,741 | 62,215 | 16,460 | 149,085 | 14,482 | 24,245 | 16,553 | 11,759 |
| Men | 332,911 | 37,223 | 165,150 | 42,871 | 7,223 | 37,168 | 11,633 | 14,906 | 10,802 | 5,935 |
| Women | 299,983 | 22,131 | 113,591 | 19,344 | 9,237 | 111,917 | 2,849 | 9,339 | 5,751 | 5,824 |
| BLACK | 225,654 | 16,603 | 72,623 | 20,873 | 7,492 | 78,623 | 6,279 | 10,751 | 5,732 | 6,678 |
| Men | 95,880 | 8,375 | 35,123 | 13,302 | 2,697 | 17,393 | 4,905 | 7,004 | 3,911 | 3,170 |
| Women | 129,774 | 8,228 | 37,500 | 7,571 | 4,795 | 61,230 | 1,374 | 3,747 | 1,821 | 3,508 |
| HISPANIC | 156,982 | 13,645 | 47,609 | 17,068 | 5,216 | 45,906 | 5,473 | 8,482 | 9,641 | 3,942 |
| Men | 82,247 | 8,608 | 27,743 | 12,667 | 2,339 | 12,740 | 4,709 | 5,177 | 6,110 | 2,154 |
| Women | 74,735 | 5,037 | 19,866 | 4,401 | 2,877 | 33,166 | 764 | 3,305 | 3,531 | 1,788 |
| ASIAN AMERICAN | 239,107 | 27,951 | 154,477 | 22,617 | 3,410 | 22,020 | 2,287 | 4,435 | 976 | 934 |
| Men | 148,594 | 19,479 | 99,772 | 15,768 | 2,019 | 6,471 | 1,633 | 2,302 | 625 | 525 |
| Women | 90,513 | 8,472 | 54,705 | 6,849 | 1,391 | 15,549 | 654 | 2,133 | 351 | 409 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN | 11,151 | 1,155 | 4,032 | 1,657 | 342 | 2,536 | 443 | 577 | 204 | 205 |
| Men | 6,190 | 761 | 2,512 | 1,134 | 168 | 564 | 386 | 423 | 156 | 86 |
| Women | 4,961 | 394 | 1,520 | 523 | 174 | 1,972 | 57 | 154 | 48 | 119 |
| PARTICIPATION RATE | ||||||||||
| ALL EMPLOYEES | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Men | 57.4 | 67.5 | 63.5 | 72.2 | 51.5 | 21.7 | 86.3 | 66.4 | 67.8 | 51.2 |
| Women | 42.6 | 32.5 | 36.5 | 27.8 | 48.5 | 78.3 | 13.7 | 33.6 | 32.2 | 48.8 |
| WHITE | 74.6 | 85.0 | 75.6 | 73.2 | 81.7 | 67.0 | 73.8 | 59.6 | 48.2 | 58.9 |
| Men | 44.0 | 58.1 | 49.0 | 53.7 | 43.5 | 13.5 | 65.2 | 41.5 | 34.0 | 30.4 |
| Women | 30.5 | 26.9 | 26.6 | 19.5 | 38.2 | 53.5 | 8.6 | 18.0 | 14.2 | 28.5 |
| MINORITY | 25.4 | 15.0 | 24.4 | 26.8 | 18.3 | 33.0 | 26.2 | 40.4 | 51.8 | 41.1 |
| Men | 13.4 | 9.4 | 14.5 | 18.5 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 21.1 | 24.9 | 33.8 | 20.8 |
| Women | 12.1 | 5.6 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 24.8 | 5.2 | 15.6 | 18.0 | 20.4 |
| BLACK | 9.1 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 17.4 | 11.4 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 23.4 |
| Men | 3.9 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 8.9 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 11.1 |
| Women | 5.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 13.6 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 12.3 |
| HISPANIC | 6.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 14.2 | 30.2 | 13.8 |
| Men | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 19.1 | 7.5 |
| Women | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 5.5 | 11.1 | 6.3 |
| ASIAN AMERICAN | 9.6 | 7.0 | 13.5 | 9.7 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| Men | 6.0 | 4.9 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| Women | 3.6 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Men | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Women | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
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