Occupations ranked by Employment of Women

Employment, Full-time wage and salary workers, 2004

Employment of women	Occupation
0	Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons
0	Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers
0	Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers
0	Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers
0	Structural iron and steel workers
0	Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators
1,000	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
1,000	Millwrights
1,000	Stationary engineers and boiler operators
2,000	Logging workers
2,000	Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
2,000	Highway maintenance workers
2,000	Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
2,000	Security and fire alarm systems installers
2,000	Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics
2,000	Electrical power-line installers and repairers
2,000	Tool and die makers
2,000	Service station attendants
2,000	Crane and tower operators
3,000	Roofers
3,000	Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
3,000	Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
4,000	Pest control workers
4,000	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
4,000	Helpers, construction trades
5,000	Automotive body and related repairers
5,000	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
5,000	Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
5,000	Railroad conductors and yardmasters
5,000	Refuse and recyclable material collectors
6,000	Engineering managers
6,000	First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
6,000	Sheet metal workers
7,000	Telecommunications line installers and repairers
7,000	Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders
8,000	Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
8,000	Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators
8,000	Parking lot attendants
9,000	Surveying and mapping technicians
10,000	Aerospace engineers
10,000	Chemical engineers
10,000	Construction and building inspectors
10,000	Maintenance and repair workers, general
11,000	Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges
11,000	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
11,000	Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics
12,000	Automotive service technicians and mechanics
12,000	Job printers
13,000	Computer hardware engineers
13,000	Fire fighters
13,000	Parts salespersons
14,000	Cost estimators
14,000	Electricians
15,000	Painters, construction and maintenance
16,000	Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
16,000	Mechanical engineers
16,000	Machinists
17,000	Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
17,000	Photographers
17,000	Cutting workers
19,000	Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal
20,000	Environmental scientists and geoscientists
20,000	Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers
21,000	Private detectives and investigators
21,000	Carpenters
21,000	Construction laborers
22,000	Database administrators
22,000	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
22,000	Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
23,000	Construction managers
23,000	Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers
23,000	Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
24,000	Electrical and electronics engineers
24,000	Artists and related workers
24,000	Couriers and messengers
26,000	Detectives and criminal investigators
26,000	Welding, soldering, and brazing workers
27,000	Administrative services managers
27,000	Chemical technicians
27,000	First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
27,000	Painting workers
28,000	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
29,000	Appraisers and assessors of real estate
30,000	Dishwashers
30,000	Food batchmakers
31,000	Office machine operators, except computer
31,000	Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers
32,000	Civil engineers
32,000	Industrial engineers, including health and safety
32,000	Printing machine operators
33,000	Network and computer systems administrators
33,000	Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
33,000	News analysts, reporters and correspondents
33,000	First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers
33,000	Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers
33,000	Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers
34,000	Advertising and promotions managers
34,000	Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
35,000	Producers and directors
36,000	First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
37,000	Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
38,000	Architects, except naval
38,000	Drafters
38,000	Physician assistants
38,000	Respiratory therapists
38,000	Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
38,000	Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
40,000	Industrial truck and tractor operators
41,000	Operations research analysts
41,000	Gaming services workers
41,000	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
41,000	Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
41,000	Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
42,000	Chemists and materials scientists
42,000	Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
42,000	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders
42,000	Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
43,000	Market and survey researchers
44,000	Network systems and data communications analysts
44,000	Writers and authors
45,000	Medical scientists
46,000	Grounds maintenance workers
46,000	Counter and rental clerks
46,000	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
47,000	Psychologists
47,000	Clergy
47,000	Library assistants, clerical
48,000	Eligibility interviewers, government programs
49,000	Industrial production managers
49,000	Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
49,000	Biological scientists
49,000	Dietitians and nutritionists
50,000	Lodging managers
50,000	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial work
50,000	Switchboard operators, including answering service
51,000	Occupational therapists
51,000	Chefs and head cooks
51,000	Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers
53,000	Bakers
54,000	Editors
54,000	Transportation attendants
56,000	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
59,000	Purchasing managers
59,000	Travel agents
59,000	Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
60,000	Food servers, nonrestaurant
61,000	Personal financial advisors
61,000	Public relations specialists
61,000	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
61,000	Telemarketers
62,000	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health, safety, and transportation
62,000	Speech-language pathologists
65,000	Insurance underwriters
67,000	Order clerks
70,000	Physical therapists
71,000	Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
71,000	Medical records and health information technicians
72,000	Pharmacists
73,000	Engineering technicians, except drafters
73,000	Postal service clerks
74,000	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
76,000	Court, municipal, and license clerks
83,000	Police and sheriff's patrol officers
84,000	Advertising sales agents
85,000	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
85,000	Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
88,000	Computer support specialists
89,000	Recreation and fitness workers
89,000	Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
91,000	Computer operators
93,000	Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
95,000	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
96,000	Computer and information systems managers
102,000	Bartenders
107,000	Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers
112,000	Postal service mail carriers
117,000	Miscellaneous legal support workers
117,000	Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers
122,000	Dispatchers
123,000	Payroll and timekeeping clerks
123,000	Construction and extraction occupations
133,000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
136,000	Librarians
138,000	Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
139,000	Dental assistants
139,000	Bill and account collectors
141,000	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
143,000	Loan interviewers and clerks
143,000	Production, planning, and expediting clerks
144,000	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
145,000	Computer programmers
146,000	Management analysts
150,000	Diagnostic related technologists and technicians
152,000	Bus drivers
156,000	Social and community service managers
157,000	Sales representatives, services, all other
158,000	Other teachers and instructors
158,000	Food preparation workers
166,000	Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
168,000	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
169,000	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
171,000	Human resources managers
171,000	Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators
173,000	Physicians and surgeons
175,000	General and operations managers
184,000	Computer software engineers
186,000	Property, real estate, and community association managers
186,000	Computer scientists and systems analysts
186,000	Sewing machine operators
188,000	Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
190,000	Insurance sales agents
190,000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
196,000	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
205,000	File clerks
206,000	Packers and packagers, hand
208,000	Lawyers
216,000	Loan counselors and officers
216,000	Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
223,000	Word processors and typists
230,000	Designers
232,000	Food service managers
233,000	Real estate brokers and sales agents
236,000	Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
240,000	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
244,000	Paralegals and legal assistants
248,000	Chief executives
265,000	Tellers
267,000	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
271,000	Special education teachers
282,000	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
284,000	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
296,000	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing
298,000	Marketing and sales managers
308,000	Personal and home care aides
315,000	Data entry keyers
328,000	Medical and health services managers
330,000	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
331,000	Architecture and engineering occupations
337,000	Postsecondary teachers
338,000	Counselors
349,000	Stock clerks and order fillers
362,000	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
379,000	Janitors and building cleaners
387,000	Child care workers
405,000	Education administrators
415,000	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists
426,000	Life, physical, and social science occupations
443,000	Cooks
445,000	Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations
471,000	Protective service occupations
472,000	Social workers
473,000	Preschool and kindergarten teachers
500,000	Teacher assistants
535,000	Financial managers
538,000	Waiters and waitresses
555,000	Secondary school teachers
559,000	Office clerks, general
603,000	Legal occupations
618,000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
723,000	Maids and housekeeping cleaners
757,000	Computer and mathematical occupations
766,000	Retail salespersons
795,000	Receptionists and information clerks
842,000	Accountants and auditors
842,000	Transportation and material moving occupations
916,000	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
967,000	Customer service representatives
985,000	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
1,001,000	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support
1,016,000	Cashiers
1,082,000	Community and social services occupations
1,113,000	Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
1,208,000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
1,431,000	Personal care and service occupations
1,651,000	Registered nurses
1,755,000	Healthcare support occupations
1,772,000	Elementary and middle school teachers
1,908,000	Food preparation and serving related occupations
2,454,000	Production occupations
2,570,000	Secretaries and administrative assistants
2,613,000	Business and financial operations occupations
3,296,000	Production, transportation, and material moving occupations
3,470,000	Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
3,995,000	Management occupations
4,273,000	Education, training, and library occupations
4,422,000	Sales and related occupations
6,609,000	Management, business, and financial operations occupations
6,773,000	Service occupations
11,118,000	Office and administrative support occupations
11,560,000	Professional and related occupations
15,540,000	Sales and office occupations
18,168,000	Management, professional, and related occupations
44,223,000	Total, 16 years and over (full-time wage and salary workers)

source: Current Population Survey; about this section

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