20 Leading
Occupations of Employed Women
Full-time Wage and Salary Workers
2000
Annual Averages
(Employment in thousands)
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Women’s |
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Median |
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Usual |
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Percent |
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Women |
Women) |
Women |
Earnings |
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| wage and salary workers) |
43,644 |
99,917 |
43.7 |
$491 |
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| Secretaries |
2,002 |
2,023 |
99 |
450 |
| Retail and personal sales workers, |
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1,945 |
3,486 |
55.8 |
301 |
| Managers and administrators, n.e.c. |
1,766 |
5,523 |
32 |
733 |
| Elementary school teachers |
1,563 |
1,878 |
83.2 |
701 |
| Sales supervisors and proprietors |
1,386 |
3,374 |
41.1 |
485 |
| Registered nurses |
1,385 |
1,518 |
91.2 |
782 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, |
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| and attendants |
1,267 |
1,437 |
88.2 |
333 |
| Cashiers |
1,046 |
1,368 |
76.5 |
276 |
| Bookkeepers, accounting, |
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clerks |
1,014 |
1,119 |
88.7 |
478 |
| Accountants and auditors |
785 |
1,311 |
59.9 |
690 |
| Investigators and adjusters, |
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713 |
941 |
75.8 |
459 |
| Receptionists |
688 |
709 |
97 |
388 |
| Secondary school teachers |
653 |
1,154 |
56.6 |
741 |
| Administrative support occupations,
n.e.c. |
599 |
791 |
75.7 |
496 |
| Cooks |
532 |
1,313 |
40.5 |
290 |
| Assemblers |
531 |
1,178 |
45.1 |
382 |
| Social workers |
523 |
734 |
71.3 |
589 |
| Data-entry keyers |
507 |
609 |
83.3 |
436 |
| General office clerks |
498 |
595 |
83.7 |
430 |
| Janitors and cleaners |
483 |
1,613 |
29.9 |
309 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Annual Averages 2000.
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