Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by Occupation: 2015
     
COC Occupation Obs Employment (in 1000s) Members (in 1000s) Covered (in 1000s) % Mem % Cov
  MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS, AND FINANCIAL OCCUPATIONS 24,452 19,624 871 1,058 4.4% 5.4%
10 Chief executives 1,367 1,095 20 28 1.8% 2.6%
20 General and operations managers 1,086 850 19 24 2.3% 2.8%
40 Advertising and promotions managers 63 59 0 0 0.2% 0.2%
50 Marketing and sales managers 1,169 998 14 18 1.4% 1.8%
60 Public relations managers 81 65 2 2 3.6% 3.8%
100 Administrative services managers 239 181 9 15 5.1% 8.2%
110 Computer and information systems managers 737 648 19 27 3.0% 4.2%
120 Financial managers 1,429 1,154 22 27 1.9% 2.4%
135 Compensation and benefits managers 26 24 1 1 4.9% 4.9%
136 Human resources managers 346 269 8 9 3.0% 3.5%
137 Training and development managers 48 38 3 3 6.8% 6.8%
140 Industrial production managers 322 270 8 9 2.9% 3.4%
150 Purchasing managers 243 199 6 10 3.2% 5.1%
160 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 353 279 16 18 5.7% 6.3%
205 Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers 227 143 1 1 0.4% 0.7%
220 Construction managers 610 486 37 43 7.6% 8.8%
230 Education administrators 1,127 850 160 192 18.8% 22.6%
300 Engineering managers 128 112 4 5 3.8% 4.9%
310 Food service managers 1,057 874 11 14 1.2% 1.6%
330 Gaming managers 34 23 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
340 Lodging managers 187 136 0 1 0.3% 0.4%
350 Medical and health services managers 795 626 44 50 7.1% 8.0%
360 Natural sciences managers 33 30 1 1 3.6% 3.6%
410 Property, real estate, and community association managers 543 447 13 16 2.9% 3.5%
420 Social and community service managers 488 347 16 18 4.6% 5.3%
425 Emergency management directors 15 11 2 2 22.4% 22.4%
430 Managers, all other 3,795 2,987 143 166 4.8% 5.5%
500 Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes 47 37 0 2 0.0% 4.2%
510 Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products 20 11 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
520 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 216 172 5 5 2.7% 2.7%
530 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 321 269 18 22 6.6% 8.2%
540 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators 383 323 11 13 3.4% 4.0%
565 Compliance officers 304 244 29 40 12.0% 16.4%
600 Cost estimators 143 105 5 7 5.2% 6.2%
630 Human resource workers 789 642 39 44 6.0% 6.8%
640 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 86 63 6 6 9.3% 9.5%
650 Training and development specialists 161 117 9 9 7.3% 7.9%
700 Logisticians 121 116 3 6 2.9% 4.9%
710 Management analysts 752 573 19 23 3.3% 4.0%
725 Meeting, convention, and event planners 169 155 3 3 2.2% 2.2%
726 Fundraisers 99 70 1 3 1.8% 3.9%
735 Market research analysts and marketing specialists 269 228 4 5 1.9% 2.4%
740 Business operations specialists, all other 268 199 16 17 7.9% 8.6%
800 Accountants and auditors 1,911 1,586 62 77 3.9% 4.8%
810 Appraisers and assessors of real estate 67 47 8 8 16.5% 17.1%
820 Budget analysts 67 45 6 8 13.5% 16.8%
830 Credit analysts 23 18 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
840 Financial analysts 346 309 5 9 1.6% 2.9%
850 Personal financial advisors 511 436 9 9 2.1% 2.1%
860 Insurance underwriters 138 110 1 1 1.2% 1.2%
900 Financial examiners 20 17 0 0 0.0% 1.9%
910 Loan counselors and officers 411 323 12 14 3.6% 4.3%
930 Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 76 62 15 21 25.0% 33.6%
940 Tax preparers 100 79 3 4 4.1% 5.6%
950 Financial specialists, all other 86 69 1 1 1.4% 1.4%
  PROFESSIONAL AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS 43,467 34,607 5,539 6,238 16.0% 18.0%
1005 Computer and information research scientists 28 28 1 1 2.6% 2.6%
1006 Computer systems analysts 605 518 26 32 4.9% 6.2%
1007 Information security analysts 79 67 2 4 3.7% 5.3%
1010 Computer programmers 544 463 21 28 4.6% 6.1%
1020 Software developers, applications and systems software 1,423 1,307 23 43 1.7% 3.3%
1030 Web developers 207 179 8 9 4.5% 4.9%
1050 Computer support specialists 550 435 27 30 6.2% 6.9%
1060 Database administrators 122 92 5 6 5.6% 6.9%
1105 Network and computer systems administrators 261 214 13 17 5.9% 7.8%
1106 Computer network architects 136 120 3 7 2.1% 5.4%
1107 Computer occupations, all other 627 534 19 25 3.5% 4.7%
1200 Actuaries 30 25 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
1220 Operations research analysts 172 126 13 15 10.2% 12.3%
1240 Mathematicians, statisticians and miscellaneous mathematical science occupations 111 88 3 3 3.1% 3.8%
1300 Architects, except naval 181 149 12 15 7.8% 9.9%
1310 Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists 59 38 4 4 10.6% 10.6%
1320 Aerospace engineers 154 143 12 13 8.1% 9.1%
1340 Agricultural and biomedical engineers 15 12 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
1350 Chemical engineers 93 82 6 6 7.4% 7.4%
1360 Civil engineers 424 328 27 31 8.2% 9.3%
1400 Computer hardware engineers 77 73 3 3 3.7% 3.7%
1410 Electrical and electronic engineers 339 288 17 20 6.0% 6.8%
1420 Environmental engineers 51 37 4 4 12.0% 12.0%
1430 Industrial engineers, including health and safety 241 209 9 13 4.4% 6.1%
1440 Marine engineers and naval architects 15 9 4 4 42.3% 42.3%
1450 Materials engineers 46 38 5 6 13.1% 15.8%
1460 Mechanical engineers 370 324 15 19 4.8% 5.9%
1500 Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers 20 15 2 2 14.5% 14.5%
1510 Nuclear engineers 8 5 0 0 0.0% 9.2%
1520 Petroleum engineers 50 43 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
1530 Engineers, all other 503 411 14 21 3.4% 5.2%
1540 Drafters 157 127 7 7 5.5% 5.6%
1550 Engineering technicians, except drafters 504 384 44 45 11.5% 11.8%
1560 Surveying and mapping technicians 88 60 5 7 8.4% 11.7%
1600 Agricultural and food scientists 41 26 0 1 0.4% 4.9%
1610 Biological scientists 136 85 8 12 8.9% 14.5%
1640 Conservation scientists and foresters 37 23 3 3 13.1% 13.1%
1650 Medical scientists and life scientists, all other 180 161 8 9 4.9% 5.6%
1700 Astronomers and physicists 21 17 4 4 21.4% 21.4%
1710 Atmospheric and space scientists 14 11 0 0 4.4% 4.4%
1720 Chemists and materials scientists 124 97 6 9 5.9% 8.8%
1740 Environmental scientists and geoscientists 123 91 8 10 8.8% 10.7%
1760 Physical scientists, all other 265 207 9 16 4.3% 7.5%
1800 Economists 69 30 3 3 9.8% 10.8%
1820 Psychologists 171 139 26 33 18.9% 23.9%
1840 Urban and regional planners 38 22 4 5 18.5% 20.5%
1860 Miscellaneous social scientists, including survey researchers and sociologists 80 42 4 5 9.8% 12.3%
1900 Agricultural and food science technicians 41 29 2 2 6.9% 6.9%
1910 Biological technicians 25 20 0 0 0.7% 0.7%
1920 Chemical technicians 103 77 5 7 6.7% 8.9%
1930 Geological and petroleum technicians 36 22 2 2 7.5% 7.5%
1965 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians 253 211 17 18 8.0% 8.6%
2000 Counselors 977 745 148 159 19.8% 21.3%
2010 Social workers 988 748 157 168 21.0% 22.4%
2015 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 124 91 31 31 34.3% 34.3%
2016 Social and human service assistants 263 205 26 26 12.6% 12.6%
2025 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community hea 148 106 13 14 12.6% 13.5%
2040 Clergy 617 468 7 9 1.6% 1.9%
2050 Directors, religious activities and education 94 81 0 2 0.0% 2.9%
2060 Religious workers, all other 92 71 3 4 4.4% 5.5%
2100 Lawyers, Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers 1,233 907 57 73 6.3% 8.0%
2105 Judicial law clerks 20 13 0 0 0.8% 0.8%
2145 Paralegals and legal assistants 506 403 16 16 3.9% 4.0%
2160 Miscellaneous legal support workers 217 154 10 10 6.4% 6.5%
2200 Postsecondary teachers 1,735 1,314 235 272 17.9% 20.7%
2300 Preschool and kindergarten teachers 837 692 109 122 15.7% 17.6%
2310 Elementary and middle school teachers 4,079 3,165 1,535 1,690 48.5% 53.4%
2320 Secondary school teachers 1,508 1,186 631 694 53.2% 58.5%
2330 Special education teachers 447 327 192 208 58.7% 63.4%
2340 Other teachers and instructors 851 685 51 66 7.5% 9.6%
2400 Archivists, curators, and museum technicians 67 47 4 5 7.7% 11.4%
2430 Librarians 237 167 34 39 20.5% 23.6%
2440 Library technicians 43 33 4 4 11.2% 11.2%
2540 Teacher assistants 1,253 987 284 326 28.8% 33.0%
2550 Other education, training, and library workers 218 164 32 38 19.2% 23.2%
2600 Artists and related workers 84 71 3 3 3.7% 3.7%
2630 Designers 795 687 25 29 3.7% 4.2%
2700 Actors 33 31 9 9 28.9% 28.9%
2710 Producers and directors 152 128 19 20 14.7% 15.6%
2720 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers 312 256 24 25 9.5% 9.9%
2740 Dancers and choreographers 18 15 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
2750 Musicians, singers, and related workers 124 105 11 13 10.3% 12.1%
2760 Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other 20 20 3 3 14.2% 14.2%
2800 Announcers 50 39 1 3 3.4% 8.8%
2810 News analysts, reporters and correspondents 93 60 7 8 11.3% 12.7%
2825 Public relations specialists 205 139 8 13 5.8% 9.3%
2830 Editors 165 128 5 7 3.6% 5.2%
2840 Technical writers 71 58 3 5 5.8% 8.6%
2850 Writers and authors 133 98 11 12 11.4% 12.6%
2860 Miscellaneous media and communication workers 80 66 9 10 14.0% 15.9%
2900 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators, other media and communication equip 116 103 17 20 16.5% 19.3%
2910 Photographers 85 72 2 3 3.5% 4.9%
2920 Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors 48 45 3 3 7.0% 7.0%
3000 Chiropractors 37 31 3 3 8.4% 9.5%
3010 Dentists 105 82 5 5 5.5% 5.5%
3030 Dietitians and nutritionists 134 109 13 14 11.9% 13.0%
3040 Optometrists 30 27 1 1 3.5% 3.5%
3050 Pharmacists 325 256 34 39 13.4% 15.4%
3060 Physicians and surgeons 985 804 62 77 7.7% 9.5%
3110 Physician assistants 107 79 7 9 8.4% 11.1%
3140 Audiologists 19 14 0 0 1.6% 2.9%
3150 Occupational therapists 138 109 12 13 10.8% 12.3%
3160 Physical therapists 290 238 24 26 10.3% 11.1%
3200 Radiation therapists 18 13 2 2 16.0% 16.0%
3210 Recreational therapists 12 10 1 1 12.5% 12.5%
3220 Respiratory therapists 142 113 20 21 17.8% 18.3%
3230 Speech-language pathologists 193 144 39 48 26.9% 33.2%
3245 Exercise physiologists and therapists, all other 224 176 19 23 10.7% 12.8%
3250 Veterinarians 92 69 0 1 0.2% 1.6%
3255 Registered nurses 3,747 2,905 537 595 18.5% 20.5%
3256 Nurse anesthetists 36 25 3 3 13.1% 13.1%
3258 Nurse midwives and nurse practitioners 205 150 9 12 6.1% 7.7%
3260 Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other 5 4 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
3300 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 388 313 26 28 8.4% 8.9%
3310 Dental hygienists 237 180 6 8 3.1% 4.6%
3320 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians 403 320 23 26 7.1% 8.0%
3400 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 245 210 50 52 24.0% 24.7%
3420 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians 794 648 59 62 9.1% 9.5%
3500 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 754 637 60 67 9.4% 10.5%
3510 Medical records and health information technicians 257 200 13 15 6.3% 7.4%
3520 Opticians, dispensing 68 54 4 4 6.9% 6.9%
3535 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians 140 117 15 15 13.0% 13.1%
3540 Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations, including podiatrists 133 103 12 13 11.8% 13.1%
3600 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides 2,360 1,951 201 220 10.3% 11.3%
3610 Occupational therapist assistants and aides 30 23 1 1 3.5% 3.5%
3620 Physical therapist assistants and aides 86 67 3 4 3.9% 5.8%
3630 Massage therapists 103 86 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
3640 Dental assistants 355 292 14 18 4.8% 6.0%
3645 Medical assistants 602 506 30 36 5.9% 7.1%
3646 Medical transcriptionists 46 36 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
3647 Pharmacy aides 43 39 2 2 5.3% 5.3%
3648 Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 47 36 0 1 0.0% 2.9%
3649 Phlebotomists 137 109 9 10 8.0% 9.2%
3655 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical equipment preparers 210 161 19 23 12.1% 14.3%
  SERVICE OCCUPATIONS 24,467 20,219 2,213 2,445 10.9% 12.1%
3700 First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 81 57 20 20 35.5% 35.5%
3710 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 150 116 57 58 48.8% 50.4%
3720 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 54 42 24 24 56.6% 58.9%
3730 Supervisors, protective service workers, all other 96 75 9 10 12.6% 12.9%
3740 Fire fighters 340 274 179 186 65.4% 67.7%
3750 Fire inspectors 30 20 6 6 29.8% 29.8%
3800 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers 553 463 222 238 47.9% 51.3%
3820 Detectives and criminal investigators 180 141 58 67 41.3% 47.4%
3840 Miscellaneous law enforcement workers 28 20 5 5 26.0% 26.0%
3850 Police officers 792 672 391 408 58.2% 60.7%
3900 Animal control workers 6 4 1 1 29.5% 29.5%
3910 Private detectives and investigators 102 88 7 7 7.7% 7.7%
3930 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers 1,028 871 111 123 12.8% 14.1%
3940 Crossing guards 66 59 7 7 12.3% 12.3%
3945 Transportation security screeners 49 37 13 16 34.4% 43.9%
3955 Lifeguards and other recreational and all other protective service workers 168 152 10 11 6.5% 7.5%
4000 Chefs and head cooks 466 393 15 18 3.9% 4.6%
4010 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 593 481 16 18 3.3% 3.8%
4020 Cooks 2,458 2,028 94 106 4.6% 5.2%
4030 Food preparation workers 1,105 875 46 57 5.3% 6.5%
4040 Bartenders 516 426 12 12 2.8% 2.8%
4050 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 506 441 35 36 7.9% 8.2%
4060 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 282 229 6 8 2.4% 3.4%
4110 Waiters and waitresses 2,362 2,073 45 53 2.2% 2.6%
4120 Food servers, nonrestaurant 233 180 19 21 10.3% 11.4%
4130 Food preparation and serving related workers, all other, inc. dining/cafeteria attendants & bartende 394 328 18 23 5.4% 6.9%
4140 Dishwashers 337 284 16 16 5.5% 5.5%
4150 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 348 297 10 14 3.3% 4.7%
4200 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 236 183 20 22 10.7% 12.2%
4210 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 111 89 5 7 5.8% 7.5%
4220 Janitors and building cleaners 2,670 2,110 295 324 14.0% 15.4%
4230 Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,692 1,377 98 125 7.1% 9.1%
4240 Pest control workers 100 86 1 1 1.3% 1.7%
4250 Grounds maintenance workers 1,206 1,022 53 57 5.2% 5.6%
4300 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers 177 134 3 3 2.3% 2.3%
4320 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 88 73 1 1 1.3% 1.3%
4340 Animal trainers 33 31 1 1 3.7% 3.7%
4350 Nonfarm animal caretakers 209 184 6 7 3.1% 3.7%
4400 Gaming services workers 123 91 13 13 14.4% 14.4%
4410 Motion picture projectionists 6 5 1 1 24.0% 24.0%
4420 Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 40 43 1 1 1.5% 1.5%
4430 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers 237 205 12 17 6.1% 8.5%
4460 Embalmers and funeral attendants 10 8 1 1 10.2% 10.2%
4465 Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors 34 26 1 1 4.5% 4.5%
4500 Barbers 62 59 2 3 3.1% 5.9%
4510 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 525 421 4 8 1.0% 2.0%
4520 Miscellaneous personal appearance workers 265 255 0 3 0.0% 1.3%
4530 Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges 97 86 27 30 31.8% 35.2%
4540 Tour and travel guides 64 50 0 1 0.3% 2.0%
4600 Child care workers 1,082 869 57 67 6.6% 7.7%
4610 Personal and home care aides 1,469 1,185 135 151 11.4% 12.8%
4620 Recreation and fitness workers 437 357 14 16 3.9% 4.5%
4640 Residential advisors 57 38 1 2 1.9% 4.3%
4650 Personal care and service workers, all other 114 105 9 10 8.4% 9.5%
  SALES AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS 16,434 13,593 441 505 3.2% 3.7%
4700 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 3,184 2,543 79 93 3.1% 3.7%
4710 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 1,060 870 26 28 3.0% 3.2%
4720 Cashiers 3,841 3,214 182 196 5.7% 6.1%
4740 Counter and rental clerks 135 102 2 2 1.6% 1.6%
4750 Parts salespersons 146 116 3 3 3.0% 3.0%
4760 Retail salespersons 3,775 3,171 54 69 1.7% 2.2%
4800 Advertising sales agents 205 173 12 15 7.1% 8.6%
4810 Insurance sales agents 595 475 11 15 2.3% 3.1%
4820 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 248 224 2 2 0.8% 1.1%
4830 Travel agents 82 68 1 1 1.5% 1.5%
4840 Sales representatives, services, all other 500 438 14 20 3.3% 4.6%
4850 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing 1,458 1,213 19 24 1.6% 2.0%
4900 Models, demonstrators, and product promoters 66 51 4 4 7.0% 7.0%
4920 Real estate brokers and sales agents 692 577 25 27 4.4% 4.7%
4930 Sales engineers 37 33 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
4940 Telemarketers 64 59 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
4950 Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers 84 63 0 0 0.6% 0.6%
4965 Sales and related workers, all other 262 205 6 7 2.9% 3.2%
  OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS 21,622 17,364 1,612 1,805 9.3% 10.4%
5000 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,767 1,408 101 114 7.1% 8.1%
5010 Switchboard operators, including answering service 29 19 1 1 2.6% 2.6%
5020 Telephone operators 36 28 2 2 5.8% 6.7%
5030 Communications equipment operators, all other 7 5 1 1 31.4% 31.4%
5100 Bill and account collectors 200 162 5 7 2.8% 4.3%
5110 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 584 465 22 25 4.7% 5.4%
5120 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,326 997 48 52 4.8% 5.3%
5130 Gaming cage workers 22 16 1 1 3.7% 3.7%
5140 Payroll and timekeeping clerks 168 139 8 10 6.0% 7.5%
5150 Procurement clerks 40 38 2 4 6.6% 10.3%
5160 Tellers 441 356 3 4 1.0% 1.0%
5165 Financial clerks, all other 80 69 8 8 11.4% 11.8%
5200 Brokerage clerks 5 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
5220 Court, municipal, and license clerks 101 64 14 14 21.5% 21.5%
5230 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 57 46 1 2 2.9% 5.1%
5240 Customer service representatives 2,658 2,274 121 139 5.3% 6.1%
5250 Eligibility interviewers, government programs 93 69 33 36 48.2% 52.7%
5260 File Clerks 268 211 21 29 10.0% 13.8%
5300 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 214 162 9 9 5.3% 5.3%
5310 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 197 142 9 11 6.2% 8.1%
5320 Library assistants, clerical 115 89 15 16 16.3% 17.4%
5330 Loan interviewers and clerks 184 144 1 1 0.8% 0.8%
5340 New accounts clerks 31 23 0 0 2.0% 2.0%
5350 Correspondence clerks and order clerks 101 87 3 3 3.6% 3.6%
5360 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 69 59 6 8 10.7% 12.9%
5400 Receptionists and information clerks 1,543 1,218 42 46 3.4% 3.8%
5410 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 137 114 24 25 21.2% 22.0%
5420 Information and record clerks, all other 133 108 9 13 8.6% 11.6%
5500 Cargo and freight agents 24 22 3 3 15.7% 15.7%
5510 Couriers and messengers 245 202 34 37 17.0% 18.6%
5520 Dispatchers 346 272 53 58 19.3% 21.2%
5530 Meter readers, utilities 51 41 12 12 30.5% 30.5%
5540 Postal service clerks 162 139 92 100 65.9% 72.1%
5550 Postal service mail carriers 391 325 227 243 69.7% 74.9%
5560 Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 79 62 37 40 60.5% 65.5%
5600 Production, planning, and expediting clerks 347 274 16 22 6.0% 8.1%
5610 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 641 565 51 53 9.0% 9.4%
5620 Stock clerks and order fillers 1,881 1,585 121 135 7.6% 8.5%
5630 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 87 66 5 5 7.2% 7.2%
5700 Secretaries and administrative assistants 3,562 2,722 213 240 7.8% 8.8%
5800 Computer operators 79 64 7 7 10.4% 10.4%
5810 Data entry keyers 344 281 21 25 7.6% 8.8%
5820 Word processors and typists 120 94 23 24 24.2% 25.8%
5840 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 342 286 10 15 3.6% 5.2%
5850 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 96 79 12 15 15.7% 19.0%
5860 Office clerks, general 1,547 1,254 123 142 9.8% 11.3%
5900 Office machine operators, except computer 41 37 6 6 16.0% 16.0%
5910 Proofreaders and copy markers 8 5 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
5920 Statistical assistants 26 17 0 0 0.7% 0.7%
5940 Office and administrative support workers, including desktop publishers 597 460 34 40 7.5% 8.6%
  FARMING, FISHING, AND FORESTRY OCCUPATIONS 1,308 971 18 25 1.9% 2.5%
6005 First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 53 43 2 3 4.7% 7.6%
6010 Agricultural inspectors 22 13 1 2 10.1% 14.9%
6040 Graders and sorters, agricultural products 112 92 7 9 8.0% 10.1%
6050 Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders 1,013 758 6 9 0.8% 1.2%
6100 Fishing and hunting workers 28 15 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
6120 Forest and conservation workers 20 16 1 1 6.6% 8.5%
6130 Logging workers 60 35 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
  CONSTRUCTION AND EXTRACTION OCCUPATIONS 7,677 6,195 1,066 1,133 17.2% 18.3%
6200 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 768 581 83 89 14.3% 15.3%
6210 Boilermakers 27 21 8 8 38.2% 38.2%
6220 Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons 151 135 21 24 15.8% 17.6%
6230 Carpenters 1,056 869 122 128 14.1% 14.7%
6240 Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers 128 111 6 8 5.4% 7.2%
6250 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers 68 48 4 4 8.3% 8.3%
6260 Construction laborers 1,529 1,336 154 161 11.5% 12.1%
6300 Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 15 13 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
6320 Construction equipment operators, except Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 475 332 77 79 23.1% 23.7%
6330 Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers 142 131 15 15 11.2% 11.7%
6355 Electricians 904 690 226 234 32.7% 34.0%
6360 Glaziers 48 34 7 8 20.4% 24.7%
6400 Insulation workers 64 46 12 12 26.4% 26.4%
6420 Painters, construction and maintenance and paperhangers 402 390 33 34 8.4% 8.8%
6440 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 604 481 130 137 27.0% 28.5%
6460 Plasterers and stucco masons 24 20 1 1 5.0% 5.0%
6500 Reinforcing iron and rebar workers 8 9 3 3 36.5% 36.5%
6515 Roofers 199 189 21 22 11.1% 11.8%
6520 Sheet metal workers 140 113 27 30 24.1% 26.6%
6530 Structural iron and steel workers 73 59 22 23 37.9% 38.8%
6600 Helpers, construction trades 56 53 4 5 7.7% 9.5%
6660 Construction and building inspectors 89 71 15 18 20.8% 25.1%
6700 Elevator installers and repairers 24 23 11 13 47.1% 55.4%
6710 Fence erectors 39 36 4 4 10.6% 10.6%
6720 Hazardous materials removal workers 46 43 11 11 26.2% 26.2%
6730 Highway maintenance workers 135 94 18 24 18.7% 25.7%
6740 Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators 17 10 4 5 40.5% 46.1%
6750 Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners 10 8 2 2 19.1% 19.1%
6765 Miscellaneous construction and related workers, including photovoltaic installers 43 37 5 5 13.6% 13.6%
6800 Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining 49 28 2 2 6.3% 6.7%
6820 Earth drillers, except oil and gas 46 30 1 2 4.6% 8.1%
6830 Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters 8 5 2 2 44.0% 44.0%
6840 Mining machine operators 128 68 12 15 18.0% 21.6%
6920 Roustabouts, oil and gas 24 7 0 0 1.4% 1.4%
6940 Other extraction workers, including roof bolters and helpers 138 74 4 4 4.8% 4.8%
  INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR OCCUPATIONS 5,672 4,530 666 709 14.7% 15.7%
7000 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 373 275 32 32 11.5% 11.5%
7010 Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 258 214 18 18 8.5% 8.6%
7020 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers 164 143 32 33 22.0% 22.7%
7030 Avionics technicians 7 4 1 1 24.1% 35.9%
7040 Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers 28 24 1 1 2.7% 2.7%
7100 Electrical and electronics repairers, transportation equipment, industrial and utility 28 23 4 4 19.6% 19.6%
7110 Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles 20 17 4 4 26.4% 26.4%
7120 Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 38 33 0 0 0.9% 0.9%
7130 Security and fire alarm systems installers 75 70 3 3 4.2% 4.2%
7140 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 177 135 47 51 34.6% 37.6%
7150 Automotive body and related repairers 154 129 4 5 2.9% 3.7%
7160 Automotive glass installers and repairers 28 22 0 0 2.3% 2.3%
7200 Automotive service technicians and mechanics 911 754 45 51 6.0% 6.8%
7210 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 426 336 64 68 19.2% 20.4%
7220 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics 286 211 47 51 22.2% 24.4%
7240 Small engine mechanics 58 43 2 2 4.1% 4.1%
7260 Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers 101 74 0 0 0.3% 0.3%
7300 Control and valve installers and repairers 28 23 9 9 41.1% 41.1%
7315 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 423 353 61 65 17.4% 18.4%
7320 Home appliance repairers 42 38 4 4 9.4% 9.4%
7330 Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics 523 403 61 66 15.2% 16.4%
7340 Maintenance and repair workers, general 647 519 72 77 14.0% 14.8%
7350 Maintenance workers, machinery 38 32 7 7 22.4% 22.4%
7360 Millwrights 62 50 22 22 44.4% 44.7%
7410 Electrical power-line installers and repairers 161 113 48 48 42.4% 42.4%
7420 Telecommunications line installers and repairers 201 161 37 42 23.2% 25.9%
7430 Precision instrument and equipment repairers 82 65 10 10 15.7% 15.7%
7510 Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 55 45 3 3 7.4% 7.4%
7540 Locksmiths and safe repairers 18 12 2 3 15.3% 20.7%
7550 Manufactured building and mobile home installers 9 5 1 1 24.7% 24.7%
7560 Riggers 11 8 0 2 5.3% 22.2%
7610 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 24 21 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
7630 Other installation, maintenance, repair workers, including wind turbine techs, divers, train switch 216 177 22 25 12.2% 13.9%
  PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 9,992 8,175 1,028 1,096 12.6% 13.4%
7700 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 996 798 67 81 8.4% 10.1%
7710 Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers 16 15 4 4 24.2% 29.5%
7720 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers 157 128 11 11 8.6% 8.9%
7730 Engine and other machine assemblers 15 14 2 2 11.5% 11.5%
7740 Structural metal fabricators and fitters 39 31 10 11 31.2% 34.4%
7750 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators 1,138 1,011 144 146 14.3% 14.5%
7800 Bakers 261 210 23 24 11.0% 11.6%
7810 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers 351 291 61 61 20.8% 20.8%
7830 Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders 13 12 3 3 23.9% 23.9%
7840 Food batchmakers 119 105 10 10 9.9% 9.9%
7850 Food cooking machine operators and tenders 10 9 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
7855 Food processing workers, all other 191 137 20 21 14.4% 15.5%
7900 Computer control programmers and operators 108 83 14 15 16.7% 17.9%
7920 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 13 8 3 3 38.6% 38.6%
7940 Rolling machine setters, operators; tenders and forging machine setters, operators; tenders, metal a 25 21 7 7 30.9% 30.9%
7950 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 93 80 8 10 10.5% 11.9%
8000 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pl 55 44 6 6 13.9% 13.9%
8010 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 13 12 0 0 2.8% 2.8%
8030 Machinists 424 350 57 60 16.3% 17.3%
8040 Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders 31 29 7 7 25.1% 25.1%
8100 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 60 50 5 5 10.3% 10.3%
8130 Tool and die makers 62 49 9 10 18.7% 21.4%
8140 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers 767 584 96 101 16.4% 17.3%
8200 Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 29 25 3 3 10.3% 10.3%
8210 Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners 9 6 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
8220 Metalworkers and plastic workers, all other 454 382 62 65 16.3% 17.1%
8250 Prepress technicians and workers 23 18 0 0 0.6% 0.6%
8255 Printing press operators 199 170 12 14 6.9% 8.3%
8256 Print binding and finishing workers 25 19 1 1 4.7% 4.7%
8300 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 234 179 14 14 7.6% 7.6%
8310 Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 42 35 2 4 6.6% 10.9%
8320 Sewing machine operators 202 175 9 9 5.1% 5.2%
8330 Shoe and leather workers and repairers 8 6 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
8350 Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers 65 51 3 3 5.7% 5.7%
8400 Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders 11 10 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
8410 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders 10 8 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
8420 Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders 8 9 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
8450 Upholsterers 33 33 2 2 7.2% 7.2%
8460 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, except upholsterers 28 24 2 2 6.3% 6.3%
8500 Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 56 44 3 3 5.7% 6.0%
8510 Furniture finishers 12 8 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
8530 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 36 27 2 2 8.3% 8.3%
8540 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 28 22 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
8550 Miscellaneous woodworkers, including model makers and pattern makers 25 21 2 2 11.1% 11.1%
8600 Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers 56 36 15 16 40.8% 44.0%
8610 Stationary engineers and boiler operators 111 85 26 27 30.7% 31.5%
8620 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 111 85 19 25 22.4% 29.5%
8630 Miscellaneous plant and system operators 66 35 7 7 20.0% 20.5%
8640 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders 85 66 14 14 20.8% 22.0%
8650 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers 99 86 7 7 8.2% 8.2%
8710 Cutting workers 66 58 5 5 8.8% 8.8%
8720 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 39 32 3 4 8.5% 11.2%
8730 Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders 11 6 2 3 40.0% 44.9%
8740 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 910 762 66 70 8.7% 9.2%
8750 Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers 36 27 1 1 5.2% 5.2%
8760 Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians 115 102 4 4 3.8% 3.8%
8800 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 324 258 36 38 14.1% 14.8%
8810 Painting workers 151 134 18 21 13.5% 15.9%
8830 Photographic process workers and processing machine operators 36 32 1 1 3.6% 3.6%
8850 Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders 13 9 2 2 23.2% 23.2%
8860 Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders 8 4 1 1 14.6% 14.6%
8910 Etchers and engravers 15 13 2 2 12.8% 12.8%
8920 Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic 19 16 0 1 0.0% 7.0%
8930 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 37 29 8 10 29.0% 34.4%
8940 Tire builders 9 8 3 3 39.2% 39.2%
8950 Helpers--production workers 47 36 1 1 1.7% 1.7%
8965 Production workers, including semiconductor processors and cooling and freezing equipment operators 1,134 911 104 110 11.4% 12.1%
  TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIAL MOVING OCCUPATIONS 10,191 8,491 1,332 1,420 15.7% 16.7%
9000 Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers 240 203 29 31 14.5% 15.5%
9030 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers 180 135 75 75 55.3% 55.5%
9040 Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists 44 32 13 13 40.7% 41.3%
9050 Flight attendants 107 89 63 66 71.4% 74.1%
9110 Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians 24 20 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
9120 Bus drivers 712 544 163 179 30.0% 32.9%
9130 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers 3,708 3,001 355 381 11.8% 12.7%
9140 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 388 346 40 44 11.7% 12.7%
9150 Motor vehicle operators, all other 65 53 3 3 6.3% 6.3%
9200 Locomotive engineers and operators 71 47 36 37 77.5% 79.0%
9240 Railroad brake, signal, switch operators, conductors and yardmasters 88 60 41 43 68.9% 71.9%
9260 Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers 18 16 9 9 60.8% 60.8%
9300 Sailors and marine oilers, and ship engineers 29 16 3 3 16.5% 19.7%
9310 Ship and boat captains and operators 45 31 6 6 18.1% 18.1%
9350 Parking lot attendants 85 85 8 10 9.9% 11.3%
9360 Service station attendants 114 90 7 7 8.2% 8.2%
9410 Transportation inspectors 30 22 8 8 33.6% 35.0%
9415 Transportation attendants, except flight attendants 33 24 12 14 50.0% 55.7%
9420 Other transportation workers, including bridge and lock tenders 56 46 13 13 27.3% 27.7%
9510 Crane and tower operators 101 77 24 27 31.3% 35.0%
9520 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators 47 28 2 4 6.6% 14.1%
9560 Hoist and winch operators, and conveyor operators and tenders 18 13 2 2 19.2% 19.2%
9600 Industrial truck and tractor operators 657 604 80 85 13.3% 14.1%
9610 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 350 296 17 20 5.8% 6.8%
9620 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,168 1,894 242 253 12.8% 13.4%
9630 Machine feeders and offbearers 37 32 2 2 6.1% 7.5%
9640 Packers and packagers, hand 588 538 57 62 10.6% 11.6%
9650 Pumping station operators 32 19 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
9720 Refuse and recyclable material collectors 94 82 8 8 9.5% 10.2%
9750 Material moving workers, including mine shuttle operators and tank car, truck, and ship loaders 62 50 12 13 24.5% 25.2%
               
     
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