Table 3. Employed persons 18 years and over by occupation, sex, veteran status, and period of service, 2008 annual averages
(Percent distribution)
Gulf War era WW II,
Korean Other Non-
Occupation Veterans War, and service veterans
Total Gulf War Gulf War Vietnam periods
era I era II era
TOTAL
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)................... 11,795 3,782 2,479 1,303 4,492 3,522 131,578
Percent................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations........... 36.0 34.9 36.8 31.4 38.6 34.0 36.8
Management, business, and financial operations occupations 17.5 15.0 15.7 13.7 20.8 16.2 15.2
Professional and related occupations....................... 18.5 19.9 21.1 17.7 17.8 17.8 21.6
Service occupations......................................... 12.4 15.1 14.3 16.6 9.8 12.9 16.7
Sales and office occupations................................ 18.0 18.0 17.0 20.0 18.3 17.7 24.9
Sales and related occupations.............................. 9.7 8.2 7.8 8.9 11.2 9.4 11.1
Office and administrative support occupations.............. 8.3 9.8 9.2 11.1 7.1 8.3 13.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 15.6 15.9 15.7 16.1 14.6 16.5 9.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................. .4 .3 .2 .5 .6 .4 .7
Construction and extraction occupations.................... 7.4 6.8 6.7 7.0 7.4 8.1 5.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.......... 7.7 8.8 8.8 8.7 6.5 8.0 3.2
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 17.9 16.1 16.2 15.9 18.6 18.9 11.8
Production occupations..................................... 7.4 6.5 6.9 5.9 7.5 8.1 6.1
Transportation and material moving occupations............. 10.5 9.6 9.3 10.0 11.1 10.8 5.7
MEN
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)................... 10,739 3,256 2,147 1,109 4,349 3,134 65,821
Percent................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations........... 35.0 32.9 34.7 29.5 38.3 32.6 33.6
Management, business, and financial operations occupations 17.7 14.8 15.4 13.7 21.0 16.1 16.3
Professional and related occupations....................... 17.3 18.1 19.3 15.8 17.2 16.5 17.3
Service occupations......................................... 12.2 15.0 14.3 16.3 9.8 12.7 13.3
Sales and office occupations................................ 16.8 16.0 15.1 17.8 17.8 16.0 16.8
Sales and related occupations.............................. 9.7 8.1 7.9 8.3 11.2 9.1 10.7
Office and administrative support occupations.............. 7.1 8.0 7.2 9.5 6.6 6.9 6.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 17.0 18.3 18.1 18.6 15.0 18.3 18.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................. .5 .3 .2 .6 .7 .4 1.0
Construction and extraction occupations.................... 8.1 7.9 7.8 8.2 7.7 9.0 11.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.......... 8.4 10.1 10.2 9.8 6.7 8.9 6.2
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 19.0 17.8 17.8 17.8 19.1 20.3 17.7
Production occupations..................................... 7.7 7.0 7.4 6.3 7.7 8.6 8.3
Transportation and material moving occupations............. 11.3 10.7 10.4 11.4 11.4 11.7 9.4
WOMEN
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)................... 1,057 526 332 194 143 388 65,757
Percent................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations........... 46.5 47.4 50.3 42.5 48.4 44.5 40.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations 15.8 16.1 17.5 13.7 12.8 16.4 14.1
Professional and related occupations....................... 30.7 31.3 32.8 28.7 35.7 28.1 25.9
Service occupations......................................... 14.6 16.0 14.6 18.3 10.5 14.3 20.2
Sales and office occupations................................ 31.0 30.2 29.0 32.2 33.5 31.1 33.0
Sales and related occupations.............................. 10.3 8.9 6.8 12.4 11.1 11.8 11.6
Office and administrative support occupations.............. 20.7 21.3 22.1 19.9 22.4 19.3 21.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 1.5 .9 .3 1.9 2.0 2.3 .9
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................. .2 - - - .4 .3 .3
Construction and extraction occupations.................... .6 - - .1 1.1 1.1 .3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.......... .8 .8 .3 1.8 .4 .9 .3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 6.4 5.6 5.8 5.2 5.5 7.8 5.9
Production occupations..................................... 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.3 4.3 4.0
Transportation and material moving occupations............. 2.7 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.2 3.5 1.9
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the
Gulf War era, and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Other
service periods include the periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the Korean War and the Vietnam era, and
between the Vietnam era and the Gulf War era. More detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release. Dash
represents or rounds to zero.
