20 Leading
Occupations of Employed Women
Full-time Wage and Salary Workers
1999
Annual Averages
(Employment in thousands)
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Women’s |
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Total |
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Median |
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Total |
Employed |
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Usual |
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Employed |
(Men and |
Percent |
Weekly |
| Occupation |
Women |
Women) |
Women |
Earnings |
| Total, 16 years and older |
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| wage and salary workers) |
42,444 |
97,626 |
43.5 |
$473 |
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| Secretaries |
2,136 |
2,162 |
98.8 |
443 |
| Retail and personal sales workers, |
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| including cashiers |
1,849 |
3,324 |
55.6 |
296 |
| Managers and administrators, n.e.c. |
1,683 |
5,328 |
31.6 |
692 |
| Elementary school teachers |
1,529 |
1,837 |
83.2 |
697 |
| Registered nurses |
1,443 |
1,585 |
91 |
747 |
| Sales supervisors and proprietors |
1,351 |
3,275 |
41.3 |
454 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, |
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| and attendants |
1,255 |
1,418 |
88.5 |
318 |
| Cashiers |
989 |
1,288 |
76.7 |
275 |
| Bookkeepers, accounting, |
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clerks |
977 |
1,084 |
90.1 |
440 |
| Accountants and auditors |
813 |
1,362 |
59.7 |
651 |
| Investigators and adjusters, |
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| except insurance |
706 |
925 |
76.3 |
435 |
| Receptionists |
697 |
727 |
95.9 |
373 |
| Secondary school teachers |
658 |
1,179 |
55.8 |
722 |
| Administrative support occupations,
n.e.c. |
572 |
738 |
77.5 |
453 |
| Assemblers |
521 |
1,158 |
45 |
368 |
| Cooks |
511 |
1,311 |
39 |
279 |
| Social workers |
485 |
705 |
68.8 |
579 |
| Data-entry keyers |
484 |
594 |
81.5 |
420 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
480 |
652 |
73.6 |
294 |
| Managers, medicine and health |
462 |
602 |
76.7 |
714 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Annual Averages 1999.
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