Occupations ranked by Employment Percentage of Women and Men

Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, percentage of total occupational employment, 2004

Percent of total employment: Women	Percent of total employment: Men	Occupation
0.1%	99.9%	Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators
0.2%	99.8%	Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers
0.3%	99.7%	Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics
0.6%	99.4%	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
0.7%	99.3%	Small engine mechanics
0.8%	99.2%	Structural iron and steel workers
0.9%	99.1%	Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons
0.9%	99.1%	Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
1.0%	99.0%	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
1.0%	99.0%	Stationary engineers and boiler operators
1.1%	98.9%	Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers
1.1%	98.9%	Electrical power-line installers and repairers
1.3%	98.7%	Roofers
1.3%	98.7%	Automotive service technicians and mechanics
1.5%	98.5%	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
1.8%	98.2%	Carpenters
1.9%	98.1%	Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers
2.1%	97.9%	Electricians
2.2%	97.8%	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
2.4%	97.6%	Automotive body and related repairers
2.5%	97.5%	Construction and extraction occupations
2.7%	97.3%	Highway maintenance workers
2.9%	97.1%	Logging workers
3.0%	97.0%	Tool and die makers
3.1%	96.9%	Millwrights
3.2%	96.8%	Construction laborers
3.2%	96.8%	Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers
3.4%	96.6%	Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
3.7%	96.3%	Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics
3.9%	96.1%	Security and fire alarm systems installers
4.0%	96.0%	Sheet metal workers
4.0%	96.0%	Crane and tower operators
4.1%	95.9%	Maintenance and repair workers, general
4.4%	95.6%	Machinists
4.4%	95.6%	Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
4.5%	95.5%	Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations
4.5%	95.5%	Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
4.6%	95.4%	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
4.8%	95.2%	Telecommunications line installers and repairers
5.0%	95.0%	Welding, soldering, and brazing workers
5.1%	94.9%	Fire fighters
5.3%	94.7%	Helpers, construction trades
5.3%	94.7%	Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
5.8%	94.2%	Mechanical engineers
5.8%	94.2%	Painters, construction and maintenance
5.9%	94.1%	Engineering managers
6.1%	93.9%	Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
6.4%	93.6%	Construction managers
7.1%	92.9%	Pest control workers
7.1%	92.9%	Grounds maintenance workers
7.1%	92.9%	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
7.5%	92.5%	Industrial truck and tractor operators
7.8%	92.2%	Railroad conductors and yardmasters
7.9%	92.1%	Electrical and electronics engineers
8.1%	91.9%	First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
8.2%	91.8%	Refuse and recyclable material collectors
8.7%	91.3%	Service station attendants
11.0%	89.0%	Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
11.3%	88.7%	Aerospace engineers
11.3%	88.7%	First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers
11.7%	88.3%	Civil engineers
11.9%	88.1%	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
12.0%	88.0%	Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
12.1%	87.9%	Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
12.2%	87.8%	Surveying and mapping technicians
12.4%	87.6%	Parts salespersons
12.4%	87.6%	Construction and building inspectors
12.7%	87.3%	Computer hardware engineers
12.9%	87.1%	Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
13.1%	86.9%	Painting workers
13.3%	86.7%	Police and sheriff's patrol officers
13.3%	86.7%	Parking lot attendants
13.6%	86.4%	Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers
13.8%	86.2%	Architecture and engineering occupations
14.0%	86.0%	Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders
14.7%	85.3%	Transportation and material moving occupations
14.8%	85.2%	Couriers and messengers
14.9%	85.1%	Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
15.0%	85.0%	Clergy
15.8%	84.2%	Chemical engineers
16.2%	83.8%	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
16.5%	83.5%	Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
17.5%	82.5%	Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges
17.7%	82.3%	Cost estimators
17.8%	82.2%	Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers
18.0%	82.0%	Industrial production managers
18.4%	81.6%	Barbers
18.8%	81.2%	Industrial engineers, including health and safety
18.9%	81.1%	Chefs and head cooks
19.3%	80.7%	Printing machine operators
19.3%	80.7%	Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
19.6%	80.4%	Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers
19.7%	80.3%	Engineering technicians, except drafters
20.0%	80.0%	Precision instrument and equipment repairers
20.1%	79.9%	Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
20.1%	79.9%	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
20.1%	79.9%	Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers
20.2%	79.8%	Detectives and criminal investigators
20.3%	79.7%	Network and computer systems administrators
20.6%	79.4%	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
21.1%	78.9%	Helpers--production workers
21.2%	78.8%	First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
21.2%	78.8%	Job printers
21.6%	78.4%	Announcers
21.7%	78.3%	Protective service occupations
21.9%	78.1%	Network systems and data communications analysts
22.0%	78.0%	Dentists
22.6%	77.4%	Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
22.7%	77.3%	Chiropractors
23.0%	77.0%	Production, transportation, and material moving occupations
23.3%	76.7%	Chief executives
23.7%	76.3%	Drafters
23.8%	76.2%	Dishwashers
24.0%	76.0%	Architects, except naval
24.9%	75.1%	Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
25.0%	75.0%	Computer software engineers
25.2%	74.8%	Farmers and ranchers
25.5%	74.5%	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing
25.6%	74.4%	Cutting workers
26.6%	73.4%	Personal financial advisors
26.7%	73.3%	General and operations managers
26.7%	73.3%	Computer programmers
27.0%	73.0%	Computer and mathematical occupations
27.3%	72.7%	Environmental scientists and geoscientists
28.1%	71.9%	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
28.1%	71.9%	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
28.4%	71.6%	Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers
28.4%	71.6%	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
28.5%	71.5%	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
29.4%	70.6%	Computer scientists and systems analysts
29.4%	70.6%	Lawyers
29.4%	70.6%	Physicians and surgeons
29.7%	70.3%	Computer support specialists
30.4%	69.6%	Production occupations
31.0%	69.0%	Computer and information systems managers
31.1%	68.9%	Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
31.2%	68.8%	Appraisers and assessors of real estate
31.6%	68.4%	Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
32.3%	67.7%	Producers and directors
32.5%	67.5%	Chemists and materials scientists
32.7%	67.3%	Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
33.1%	66.9%	Private detectives and investigators
33.2%	66.8%	Janitors and building cleaners
33.3%	66.7%	Chemical technicians
33.6%	66.4%	Database administrators
34.6%	65.4%	Administrative services managers
36.4%	63.6%	Musicians, singers, and related workers
36.7%	63.3%	Management occupations
37.1%	62.9%	Postal service mail carriers
37.4%	62.6%	Stock clerks and order fillers
37.6%	62.4%	Photographers
38.0%	62.0%	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
39.1%	60.9%	Purchasing managers
39.1%	60.9%	Veterinarians
39.4%	60.6%	Sales representatives, services, all other
39.9%	60.1%	Machine feeders and offbearers
40.4%	59.6%	Marketing and sales managers
40.5%	59.5%	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
40.6%	59.4%	Cooks
40.6%	59.4%	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
41.2%	58.8%	Food service managers
41.8%	58.2%	Management analysts
42.1%	57.9%	Management, business, and financial operations occupations
42.3%	57.7%	First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers
43.0%	57.0%	Operations research analysts
43.0%	57.0%	Life, physical, and social science occupations
43.0%	57.0%	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
43.2%	56.8%	Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
44.7%	55.3%	Insurance sales agents
45.0%	55.0%	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
45.2%	54.8%	Biological scientists
45.6%	54.4%	Bakers
46.0%	54.0%	Postsecondary teachers
46.5%	53.5%	Total, 16 years and over
46.5%	53.5%	Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
47.0%	53.0%	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
47.0%	53.0%	Pharmacists
48.0%	52.0%	Postal service clerks
48.2%	51.8%	Market and survey researchers
48.5%	51.5%	Property, real estate, and community association managers
48.5%	51.5%	Bus drivers
48.9%	51.1%	Legal occupations
49.2%	50.8%	Advertising sales agents
49.3%	50.7%	Sales and related occupations
50.3%	49.7%	Management, professional, and related occupations
50.7%	49.3%	Artists and related workers
50.8%	49.2%	Retail salespersons
51.0%	49.0%	Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
51.2%	48.8%	Prepress technicians and workers
51.3%	48.7%	Lodging managers
51.5%	48.5%	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
52.0%	48.0%	Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
52.2%	47.8%	Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
52.5%	47.5%	Food batchmakers
52.8%	47.2%	Gaming services workers
53.1%	46.9%	Production, planning, and expediting clerks
53.2%	46.8%	Medical scientists
53.7%	46.3%	News analysts, reporters and correspondents
53.9%	46.1%	Editors
54.0%	46.0%	Designers
54.2%	45.8%	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
54.5%	45.5%	Real estate brokers and sales agents
54.7%	45.3%	Respiratory therapists
54.9%	45.1%	Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers
54.9%	45.1%	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
55.1%	44.9%	Writers and authors
55.1%	44.9%	Computer operators
55.2%	44.8%	Counter and rental clerks
55.3%	44.7%	Secondary school teachers
55.6%	44.4%	Dispatchers
55.8%	44.2%	Business and financial operations occupations
56.1%	43.9%	Professional and related occupations
56.1%	43.9%	Food preparation and serving related occupations
56.6%	43.4%	Financial managers
56.7%	43.3%	Loan counselors and officers
56.7%	43.3%	Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
56.8%	43.2%	Service occupations
56.9%	43.1%	Office machine operators, except computer
57.5%	42.5%	Food preparation workers
58.2%	41.8%	Bartenders
59.0%	41.0%	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
60.0%	40.0%	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
60.3%	39.7%	Advertising and promotions managers
60.3%	39.7%	Sales and related workers, all other
60.5%	39.5%	Accountants and auditors
60.8%	39.2%	Packers and packagers, hand
61.1%	38.9%	Community and social services occupations
61.1%	38.9%	Public relations specialists
62.0%	38.0%	Nonfarm animal caretakers
62.6%	37.4%	Education administrators
63.1%	36.9%	Tax preparers
63.6%	36.4%	Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
63.6%	36.4%	Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers
63.8%	36.2%	Telemarketers
63.9%	36.1%	Sales and office occupations
64.4%	35.6%	Human resources managers
64.7%	35.3%	Other teachers and instructors
64.8%	35.2%	Directors, religious activities and education
64.9%	35.1%	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
64.9%	35.1%	Food servers, nonrestaurant
64.9%	35.1%	Recreation and fitness workers
65.4%	34.6%	Physical therapists
65.6%	34.4%	Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
65.7%	34.3%	Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
65.9%	34.1%	Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators
65.9%	34.1%	Religious workers, all other
66.0%	34.0%	Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
66.7%	33.3%	Psychologists
67.0%	33.0%	Social and community service managers
67.3%	32.7%	Physician assistants
67.3%	32.7%	Physical therapist assistants and aides
67.3%	32.7%	First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
67.9%	32.1%	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists
68.2%	31.8%	Photographic process workers and processing machine operators
68.6%	31.4%	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
69.1%	30.9%	Counselors
69.9%	30.1%	Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers
70.2%	29.8%	Bill and account collectors
70.3%	29.7%	Miscellaneous media and communication workers
71.1%	28.9%	Customer service representatives
71.2%	28.8%	Insurance underwriters
71.4%	28.6%	Transportation attendants
71.4%	28.6%	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
71.7%	28.3%	Medical and health services managers
71.8%	28.2%	Diagnostic related technologists and technicians
71.9%	28.1%	Order clerks
72.0%	28.0%	Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
73.1%	26.9%	Waiters and waitresses
73.2%	26.8%	Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
73.4%	26.6%	Education, training, and library occupations
75.0%	25.0%	Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
75.3%	24.7%	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
75.9%	24.1%	Office and administrative support occupations
76.1%	23.9%	Cashiers
76.4%	23.6%	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
76.5%	23.5%	Eligibility interviewers, government programs
76.6%	23.4%	Miscellaneous legal support workers
77.6%	22.4%	Personal care and service occupations
77.7%	22.3%	Social workers
77.7%	22.3%	Sewing machine operators
79.8%	20.2%	File clerks
80.3%	19.7%	Data entry keyers
80.6%	19.4%	Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
81.3%	18.7%	Elementary and middle school teachers
81.6%	18.4%	Telephone operators
82.0%	18.0%	Travel agents
82.9%	17.1%	Loan interviewers and clerks
83.2%	16.8%	Librarians
83.2%	16.8%	Library assistants, clerical
83.3%	16.7%	Special education teachers
83.5%	16.5%	Office clerks, general
84.1%	15.9%	Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
84.6%	15.4%	Massage therapists
84.7%	15.3%	Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
85.4%	14.6%	Miscellaneous personal appearance workers
86.4%	13.6%	Paralegals and legal assistants
86.4%	13.6%	Models, demonstrators, and product promoters
86.5%	13.5%	Switchboard operators, including answering service
87.2%	12.8%	Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
87.6%	12.4%	Personal and home care aides
88.1%	11.9%	Tellers
88.2%	11.8%	Court, municipal, and license clerks
88.6%	11.4%	Medical records and health information technicians
89.2%	10.8%	Dietitians and nutritionists
89.3%	10.7%	Healthcare support occupations
89.3%	10.7%	Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
90.0%	10.0%	Maids and housekeeping cleaners
90.1%	9.9%	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
91.5%	8.5%	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
91.6%	8.4%	Teacher assistants
91.6%	8.4%	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
91.8%	8.2%	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
91.9%	8.1%	Payroll and timekeeping clerks
92.2%	7.8%	Registered nurses
92.4%	7.6%	Receptionists and information clerks
92.7%	7.3%	Occupational therapists
93.5%	6.5%	Word processors and typists
94.3%	5.7%	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
94.5%	5.5%	Child care workers
95.1%	4.9%	Speech-language pathologists
96.5%	3.5%	Dental assistants
96.9%	3.1%	Secretaries and administrative assistants
98.1%	1.9%	Preschool and kindergarten teachers
98.8%	1.2%	Dental hygienists

source: Current Population Survey; about this section

This table says:

In 2004, women workers accounted for 93.5% of employment of all word processors and typists.

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