20 Leading
Occupations of Employed Women
Full-time Wage and Salary Workers
2002
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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| (all employed women, full time |
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| wage and salary workers) |
43,773 |
100,204 |
43.7 |
$530 |
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| Retail and personal sales workers, |
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| including cashiers |
1,907 |
3,519 |
54.1 |
326 |
| Secretaries |
1,709 |
1,732 |
98.7 |
496 |
| Elementary school teachers |
1,677 |
2,039 |
82.2 |
750 |
| Registered nurses |
1,597 |
1,737 |
91.9 |
870 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, |
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| and attendants |
1,434 |
1,603 |
89.5 |
367 |
| Sales supervisors and proprietors |
1,313 |
3,301 |
39.8 |
507 |
| Cashiers |
1,036 |
1,387 |
74.7 |
307 |
| Bookkeepers, accounting, |
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| and auditing
clerks |
928 |
1,011 |
91.8 |
500 |
| Accountants and auditors |
851 |
1,424 |
59.8 |
734 |
| Investigators and adjusters, |
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| except insurance |
723 |
972 |
74.4 |
495 |
| Receptionists |
688 |
709 |
97 |
429 |
| Secondary school teachers |
639 |
1,135 |
56.3 |
767 |
| Managers, medicine and health |
549 |
714 |
76.9 |
750 |
| Social workers |
553 |
753 |
73.4 |
632 |
| Managers, food serving |
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| and lodging
establishments |
487 |
1,031 |
47.2 |
517 |
| Cooks, except short order |
486 |
1,395 |
34.8 |
303 |
| General office clerks |
486 |
579 |
83.4 |
474 |
| Janitors and cleaners |
471 |
1,548 |
30.4 |
336 |
| Administrators, education |
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| and related fields |
453 |
727 |
62.3 |
832 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
441 |
624 |
70.7 |
311 |
(1) Median not available where base is less than 50,000
male workers.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Annual Averages 2002.
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