Nontraditional
Occupations for Women in 20031
(Numbers in
Thousands)
Occupations
Upholsters: Employed both sexes = 56; Employed Female = 14; Percent
female = 25.0 Farmers and ranchers: Employed both sexes = 825; Employed Female
= 204; Percent female = 24.70
Metalworkers and plastic workers, all other: Employed both sexes = 423;
Employed Female = 103; Percent female = 24.3
Dishwashers: Employed both sexes = 294; Employed Female = 70; Percent
female = 23.8
Detectives and criminal investigators: Employed both sexes = 112;
Employed Female = 26; Percent female = 23.2
Supervisors, protective service workers, all other: Employed both sexes
= 100; Employed Female = 23; Percent female = 23.0
Architects, except navel: Employed both sexes = 180; Employed Female =
40; Percent female = 22.2
Drafters: Employed both sexes = 224; Employed Female = 49; Percent
female = 21.9
Engineering technicians, except drafters: Employed both sexes = 419;
Employed Female = 91; Percent female = 21.7
Coin, vending, and amusment machine services and repairers: Employed
both sexes = 65; Employed Female = 14; Percent female = 21.5
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives: Employed both
sexes = 127; Employed Female = 27; Percent female = 21.3
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers: Employed both sexes =
781; Employed Female = 165; Percent female = 21.1
Miscellaneous agricultural workers: Employed both sexes = 741; Employed
Female = 156; Percent female = 21.0
Cutting workers: Employed both sexes = 95; Employed Female = 20; Percent
female = 21.0
Job printers: Employed both sexes = 83; Employed Female = 17; Percent
female = 20.5
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers:
Employed both sexes = 939; Employed Female = 189; Percent female = 20.1
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges: Employed both sexes = 85;
Employed Female = 17; Percent female = 20.0
Chefs and head cooks: Employed both sexes = 281; Employed Female = 56;
Percent female = 19.9
Industrial engineers, including health and safety: Employed both sexes =
180; Employed Female = 35; Percent female = 19.4
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand: Employed both
sexes = 1,748; Employed Female = 321; Percent female = 18.4
Couriers and messengers: Employed both sexes = 244; Employed Female =
44; Percent female = 18.0
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers: Employed both sexes = 206;
Employed Female = 37; Percent female = 18.0
Barbers: Employed both sexes = 95; Employed Female = 17; Percent female
= 17.9
Printing machine operator: Employed both sexes = 191; Employed Female =
34; Percent female = 17.8
Industrial production managers: Employed both sexes = 276; Employed
Female = 48; Percent female = 17.4
Surveying and mapping technicians: Employed both sexes = 75; Employed
Female = 13; Percent female = 17.3
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic: Employed both sexes = 79; Employed
Female = 13; Percent female = 16.5
Supervisor, transportation and material moving workers: Employed both
sexes = 216; Employed Female = 35; Percent female = 16.2
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers: Employed both sexes
= 225; Employed Female = 36; Percent female = 16.0
Meter readers, utilities: Employed both sexes = 50; Employed Female = 8;
Percent female = 16.0
Service station attendants: Employed both sexes = 96; Employed Female =
15; Percent female = 15.6
Painting workers: Employed both sexes = 177; Employed Female = 27;
Percent female = 15.2
Cost estimators: Employed both sexes = 100; Employed Female = 15;
Percent female = 15.0
Chemical engineers: Employed both sexes = 75; Employed Female = 11;
Percent female = 14.7
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood: Employed both
sexes = 62; Employed Female = 9; Percent female = 14.5
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment: Employed both sexes = 326; Employed
Female = 46; Percent female = 14.1
Clergy: Employed both sexes = 410; Employed Female = 57; Percent female
= 13.9
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers:
Employed both sexes = 251; Employed Female = 35; Percent female = 13.9
Parts salesperson: Employed both sexes = 137; Employed Female = 19;
Percent female = 13.9
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs: Employed both sexes = 286; Employed Female
= 39; Percent female = 13.6
Motor vehicle operators, all other: Employed both sexes = 66; Employed
Female = 9; Percent female = 13.6
Precision instrument and equipment repairers: Employed both sexes = 62;
Employed Female = 8; Percent female = 12.9
Material moving workers, all other: Employed both sexes = 64; Employed
Female = 8; Percent female = 12.5
Police and sheriff's patrol officers: Employed both sexes = 612;
Employed Female = 76; Percent female = 12.4
Engineers, all other: Employed both sexes = 282; Employed Female = 35;
Percent female = 12.4
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers: Employed both
sexes = 296; Employed Female = 36; Percent female = 12.2
Aerospace engineers: Employed both sexes = 82; Employed Female = 9;
Percent female = 11.0
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry
workers: Employed both sexes = 65; Employed Female = 7; Percent female =
10.8
Engineering managers: Employed both sexes = 77; Employed Female = 8;
Percent female = 10.4
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers: Employed
both sexes = 107; Employed Female = 11; Percent female = 10.3
Computer hardware engineers: Employed both sexes = 99; Employed Female =
10; Percent female = 10.1
Sales engineers: Employed both sexes = 50; Employed Female = 5; Percent
female = 10.0
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders: Employed
both sexes = 72; Employed Female = 7; Percent female = 9.7
Construction and building inspectors: Employed both sexes = 95; Employed
Female = 9; Percent female = 9.5
Parking lot attendants: Employed both sexes = 74; Employed Female = 7;
Percent female = 9.5
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators and tenders, metal
and plastic: Employed both sexes = 11; Employed Female = 1; Percent female =
9.1
Industrial truck and tractor: Employed both sexes = 534; Employed Female
= 46; Percent female = 8.6
Civil engineers: Employed both sexes = 278; Employed Female = 24;
Percent female = 8.6
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators:
Employed both sexes = 94; Employed Female = 8; Percent female = 8.5
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers:
Employed both sexes = 340; Employed Female = 28; Percent female = 8.2
Refuse and recyclable material collectors: Employed both sexes = 63;
Employed Female = 5; Percent female = 7.9
Electrical and electronic engineers: Employed both sexes = 363; Employed
Female = 26; Percent female = 7.2
Grounds maintenance workers: Employed both sexes = 1,135; Employed
Female = 78; Percent female = 6.9
Miscellaneous construction and related workers: Employed both sexes =
58; Employed Female = 4; Percent female = 6.9
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers: Employed both sexes = 528;
Employed Female = 36; Percent female = 6.8
Painting, construction and maintenance: Employed both sexes = 660;
Employed Female = 44; Percent female = 6.7
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators: Employed
both sexes = 61; Employed Female = 4; Percent female = 6.6
Telecommunications line installers and repairers: Employed both sexes =
138; Employed Female = 9; Percent female = 6.5
Pest control workers: Employed both sexes = 81; Employed Female = 5;
Percent female = 6.2
Construction managers: Employed both sexes = 680; Employed Female = 40;
Percent female = 5.9
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters: Employed both sexes = 70; Employed
Female = 4; Percent female = 5.7
Railroad conductors and yardmasters: Employed both sexes = 53; Employed
Female = 3; Percent female = 5.7
Glaziers: Employed both sexes = 53; Employed Female = 3; Percent female
= 5.7
Mechanical engineers: Employed both sexes = 285; Employed Female = 16;
Percent female = 5.6
Other, installation, maintenance, and repair workers; Employed both
sexes = 272; Employed Female = 15; Percent female = 5.5
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and
groundskeeping workers: Employed both sexes = 223; Employed Female = 12;
Percent female = 5.4
Machinists: Employed both sexes = 454; Employed Female = 22; Percent
female = 4.8
Sheet metal workers: Employed both sexes = 147; Employed Female = 7;
Percent female = 4.8
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers: Employed both sexes = 3,214;
Employed Female = 148; Percent female = 4.6
Tool and die makers: Employed both sexes = 88; Employed Female = 4;
Percent female = 4.5
Millwrights: Employed both sexes = 73; Employed Female = 3; Percent
female = 4.1
Highway maintenance: Employed both sexes = 79; Employed Female = 3;
Percent female = 3.8
Fire fighters: Employed both sexes = 258; Employed Female = 9; Percent
female = 3.5
Helpers, construction trades: Employed both sexes = 114; Employed Female
= 4; Percent female = 3.5
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers: Employed both sexes = 116;
Employed Female = 4; Percent female = 3.4
Crane and tower operators: Employed both sexes = 61; Employed Female =
2; Percent female = 3.3
Security and fire alarm systems installer: Employed both sexes = 60;
Employed Female = 2; Percent female = 3.3
Construction laborers: Employed both sexes = 1,151; Employed Female =
35; Percent female = 3.0
Maintenance and repair workers, general: Employed both sexes = 309;
Employed Female = 8; Percent female = 2.6
Carpet floor, and tile installers and finishers: Employed both sexes =
271; Employed Female = 7; Percent female = 2.6
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers: Employed both
sexes = 120; Employed Female = 3; Percent female = 2.5
Logging workers: Employed both sexes = 79; Employed Female = 2; Percent
female = 2.5
First-line supervisors/mangers of construction trades and extraction
workers: Employed both sexes = 897; Employed Female = 22; Percent female =
2.4
Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics: Employed both sexes =
460; Employed Female = 11; percent female = 2.4
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians: Employed both sexes = 128;
Employed Female = 3; Percent female = 2.3
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and
repairers: Employed both sexes = 86; Employed Female = 2; Percent female =
2.3
Electricians: Employed both sexes = 774; Employed Female = 16; Percent
female = 2.1
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers: Employed both
sexes = 205; Employed Female = 4; Percent female = 1.9
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers: Employed both
sexes = 205; Employed Female = 4; Percent female = 1.9
Plasterers and stucco masons: Employed both sexes = 53; Employed Female
= 1; Percent female = 1.9
Stationary engineers and boiler operators: Employed both sexes = 113;
Employed Female = 2; Percent female = 1.8
Carpenters: Employed both sexes = 1,595; Employed Female = 26; Percent
female = 1.6
Automobile service technicians and mechanics: Employed both sexes = 884;
Employed Female = 12; Percent female = 1.4
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators: Employed
both sexes = 376; Employed Female = 5; Percent female = 1.3
Roofers: Employed both sexes = 233; Employed Female = 3; Percent female
= 1.3
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators: Employed both sexes =
88; Employed Female = 1; Percent female = 1.1
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters: Employed both sexes
= 595; Employed Female = 6; Percent female = 1.0
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service: Employed both sexes = 200;
Employed Female = 2; Percent female = 1.0
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists: Employed both
sexes = 339; Employed Female = 3; Percent female = 0.9
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasos: Employed both sexes = 218;
Employed Female = 2; Percent female = 0.9
Electrical power-line installers and repairers: Employed both sexes =
111; Employed Female = 1; Percent female = 0.9
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers:
Employed both sexes = 350; Employed Female = 2; Percent female = 0.6
Structural iron and steel workers: Employed both sexes = 71; Employed
Female = 0; Percent female = 0.0
Small engine mechanics: Employed both sexes = 54; Employed Female = 0;
Percent female = 0
1Nontradittional
occupations are those in which women comprise 25 percent or less of total
employed.
Source: U.S. Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unpublished data, Annual Average 2002,
Current Population Survey.
Women’s Bureau
March
2003
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