What Types of Jobs do Americans Have?

The workforce within the United States continues to shift from manufacturing and agriculture to professional and office jobs. Based on data from the 2000 census, we have created the following chart to illustrate the makeup of the U.S. workforce. The blue component of the horizontal bars represents men and the green component represents women.

type of job	number of workers
sales and office	34,621,000
professional and related	26,199,000
production and transport.	19,968,000
service	19,277,000
mgmt, financial, bus.	17,448,000
construction and maint.	12,256,000
farming, fishing, forestry	952,000

Notes:

• total employed males: 69,091,000
• total employed females: 60,630,000
• total males: 137,916,000
• total females: 143,506,000
• total population: 281,422,000

Written by L. S. Wynn