United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Occupations of Employed Workers 387
No, 649. Occupation o f Employed W orkers, by Educational Attainment and Sex:
1970 t o 1981
[As of March. Civilians 25 years and over]
SEX AND OCCUPATION
Less than 4 years
of high school
PERCENT EMPLOYED WJTH—
4 years of high
school only
1 to 3 years of
college
4 years of college
or more
1870 1975 1981 1970 1975 1981 1970 1975 1981 1970 1878 1981
Male, total................................................. 42.3 2 8 .9 21.4 3 0.7 35.4 3S.7 l i e 14.8 17.S 15.4 t0 .9 25.4
White-collar workers................................ 18.0 9.5 6.6 28.4 28,2 26.1 16.9 20.2 20.6 34.7 48,1 47.6
Professional and technical.................... 6.0 2.6 1.7 16.3 13.2 12.2 17.2 16.7 15.3 60.5 68.5 70.7
Managers and administrators, except
farm................................................. 22.6 12.7 9.8 32.1 34.6 30.6 19.7 21.2 22.1 25.6 31.5 37.6
Sales workers...................................... 23.8 12.0 6.9 35.0 34.1 32.0 22.0 26.0 25.2 19.2 27.8 36.0
Clerical workers................................... 29.5 16.7 13.1 41.8 45.7 41.2 18.4 24.0 27.6 10.3 13.6 18.1
Blue-collar workers................................. 59.2 44.5 34.1 39.0 42.6 47.4 6.2 10.0 14.1 1.6 2.7 4.3
Craft workers...................................... 52.1 36.7 27.7 37.7 48.0 50.3 8.0 12.0 16.5 2.2 3.3 5.6
Operatives, except transport................ 62.4 49.5 39.5 31.5 40.1 46.3 5.0 8.7 11.2 1.1 1.7 3.0
Transport equip, operatives.................. 64.8 49.8 40.2 29.8 4 0.6 4 6 .7 4.6 7.1 10.7 .9 2.5 2.4
Laborers.............................................. 72,2 60.2 45.4 22.7 29.8 37.4 4.0 7.8 13.5 1.1 2.2 3.7
Service workers...................................... 58.8 42.2 32.8 30.1 38.9 37.5 8.5 13.6 20.6 2.6 5.3 9,0
Farmers and farmworkers........................ 65.1 55.7 45.4 26.1 32.1 37.6 5.7 6.5 8.0 3.2 5.7 6.8
Female, total............................................. 37.8 25.6 17.6 39.3 45.0 45.6 11.4 13.9 18.0 11.4 15.6 18.8
White-collar workers..... ..... 19.2 10.7 6.7 45.7 47.8 44.8 18.5 18.1 22.1 18.6 23.5 26.3
Professional and technical................... 6.7 2.7 2.2 19.7 17.9 15.9 19.1 17.1 20.5 54.2 62.3 61.4
Managers and administrators, except
farm...................... ..... 27.0 17.3 8.7 42.5 44.2 43.4 16.7 19.9 24.3 13,9 18.6 23.6
Sales workers........... ..... 36.8 23.3 14.6 46.8 55.5 50.0 10.8 13.2 21.7 3,6 7.9 13.8
Clerical workers......... ..... 20.0 11.3 7.3 59.4 63.1 61.1 16.4 19.2 22.6 4.2 6.4 9.0
Blue-collar workers....... ..... 66.4 54.9 43.1 29.9 38.8 47.5 3.0 4.9 6.3 .7 1.5 3.2
Craft workers....................................... 52.5 36.2 26.6 37.8 50.6 51.3 7.3 9.4 13.3 2.4 3.7 8.6
Operatives, except transport................ 68.7 59.4 48.1 28.4 35.6 45.6 2.4 4.0 4.2 .5 1.0 2.0
Transport equip, operatives.................. 50.0 33.5 26.1 43.3 58.1 61.0 5.8 7.8 10.2 .6 .6 2.7
Laborers.............................................. 64.3 47.2 36.9 30.8 43.8 47.4 4.0 5.6 10.8 .9 3.4 4.9
Service workers...................................... 63.4 49.6 37.5 30.4 41.1 47.0 5.1 7.4 12.0 1.1 2.0 3.5
Farmers and farmworkers....................... . 65.4 37.9 35.7 26.0 43.0 43.6 6.3 13.7 10.7 2.4 5.4 10.1
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, M o n th ly L a b o r R eview , and unpublished data.
No. 650. Occupation and Sex of Employed Persons, by Employment Status of the Previous
Year: 1981
[For persons 18 years old and over, not In school]
OCCUPATION
Employed,
Jan.
1961
(1,000)
MALE
Employment status, Jan. 1960
(percent)
Same
occupation
Different
occupation
Unemployed
Not
In
labor
force
Em-
Jan.
1981
(1,000)
FEMALE
Employment status, Jan. 1980
(percent)
Same
occu-
£
Different
occupation
Unemployed
Not
In
labor
force
Total'.............................................. 50,502 93.8 9.2 3.2 3.7 37,632 77.2 10.0 3.5 9.3
Prof., technical, and ktndred workers....... . 8,485 68.6 6.4 1.3 3.7 6,967 82.6 8.3 1.9 7.2
Managers and administrators2................ . 7,831 68.5 8.5 1.4 1.6 3,104 79.6 12.4 1.7 6.3
3,069 83.9 10.3 2.2 3.5 2,334 70.6 11.3 3.9 14.2
Retail sales...,,.....,,— ............................ 900 75.6 12.5 4.5 7,3 1,608 67.5 11.2 4.7 16.6
Clerioal and kindred workers.................... 3,210 79.4 12.5 2.8 5.3 13,218 77.4 11.0 3.2 8.3
Craft and kindred workers..... .................. 10,784 85.7 7.7 4.0 2.7 692 80.7 9.8 2.4 7.1
Operatives, except transport.................... 5,695 79.3 11.6 4.5 4,7 3,805 78.2 8.3 5.8 7.6
Transport equipment operatives............... 2,844 83.8 8.7 4.7 2.8 253 81.1 7.6 3.1 8.3
Nonfarm laborers..................................... 2,905 69.4 15.9 7.8 6.9 423 69.7 13.9 4.9 11.5
Service workers*...................................... 3,928 78.3 10.9 4.4 6.4 5,919 72.0 9.3 5,2 13.5
Cleaning service.................................. 1,313 77.8 11.5 5.0 5.7 834 74.8 8.7 6.3 10.1
Food service................................... ..... 905 71.2 12.6 5.6 10.6 2,253 68.2 12.1 5.8 13.8
Health service....................................... 163 74.7 15.8 4.6 4.9 1,538 75.5 7,7 4.4 12.3
Personal service................................... 306 79.3 9.4 3.5 7.8 1,146 72.3 6.8 4,0 16.9
Farmers and farm managers.................... 1,131 95.5 2.4 .8 1.3 130 86.9 1.4 - 11.7
Farm laborers and supervisors................. 591 73.9 11.1 4.7 10.3 182 77.1 6.5 6.0 10.4
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. 1Includes other occupations, not shown separately. 2Except farm. ’ Excluding
private households.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, S p e c ia l L a b o r F o rce R eport, forthcoming.