20 Leading Occupations of
Employed Women
Full-time Wages and Salary Workers
1999 Annual Average
(Employment in thousands)
Occupations
Total, 16 years and older (all employed women, full time wages and salary workers): Total Employed Women = 42,444; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 97,626; Percent Women = 43.5; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $473
Secretaries: Total Employed Women = 2,136; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 2,162; Percent Women = 98.8; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $443
Retail and personal sales workers, including cashiers: Total Employed Women = 1,849; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 3,324; Percent Women = 55.6; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $296
Managers and administrators, n.e.c.: Total Employed Women = 1,683; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 5,328; Percent Women = 31.6; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $692
Elementary school teachers: Total Employed Women = 1,529; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,837; Percent Women = 83.2; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $697
Registered nurses: Total Employed Women = 1,443; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,585; Percent Women = 91.0; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $747
Sales supervisors and proprietors: Total Employed Women = 1,351; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 3,275; Percent Women = 41.3; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $454
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants: Total Employed Women = 1,255; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,418; Percent Women = 88.5; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $318
Cashiers: Total Employed Women = 989; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,288; Percent Women = 76.7; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $275
Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks: Total Employed Women = 977; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,084; Percent Women = 90.1; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $440
Accountants and auditors: Total Employed Women = 813; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,362; Percent Women = 59.7; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $651
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance: Accountants and auditors: Total Employed Women = 706; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 925; Percent Women = 76.3; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $435
Receptionists: Total Employed Women = 697; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 727; Percent Women = 95.9; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $373
Secondary school teachers: Total Employed Women = 658; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,179; Percent Women = 55.8; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $722
Administrative support occupation, n.e.c.: Total Employed Women = 572; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 738; Percent Women = 77.5; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $453
Assemblers: Total Employed Women = 521; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,158; Percent Women = 45.0; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $368
Cooks: Total Employed Women = 511; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,311; Percent Women = 39.0; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $279
Social Workers: Total Employed Women = 485; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 705; Percent Women = 68.8; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $579
Data-entry keyers: Total Employed Women = 484; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 594; Percent Women = 81.5; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $420
Waiters and waitresses: Total Employed Women = 480; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 652; Percent Women = 73.6; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $294
Managers, medicine and health: Total Employed Women = 462; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 602; Percent Women = 76.7; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $714
(1) Median not available where base is less than 50,000 male workers.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Annual Average 1999.
