20 Leading Occupations of
Employed Women
Full-time Wages and Salary Workers
2000 Annual Average
(Employment in thousands)
Occupations
Total, 16 years and older (all employed women, full time wages and salary workers): Total Employed Women = 43,644; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 99,917; Percent Women = 43.7; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $491
Secretaries: Total Employed Women = 2,002; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 2,023; Percent Women = 99.0; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $450
Retail and personal sales workers, including cashiers: Total Employed Women = 1,945; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 3,486; Percent Women = 55.8; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $301
Managers and administrators, n.e.c.: Total Employed Women = 1,766; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 5,523; Percent Women = 32.0; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $733
Elementary school teachers: Total Employed Women = 1,563; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,878; Percent Women = 83.2; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $701
Sales supervisors and proprietors: Total Employed Women = 1,386; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 3,374; Percent Women = 41.1; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $485
Registered nurses: Total Employed Women = 1,385; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,518; Percent Women = 91.2; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $782
Nursing aid, orderlies, and attendants: Total Employed Women = 1,267; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,437; Percent Women = 88.2; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $333
Cashiers: Total Employed Women = 1,046; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,368; Percent Women = 76.5; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $276
Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks: Total Employed Women = 1,014; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,119; Percent Women = 88.7; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $478
Accountants and auditors: Total Employed Women = 785; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,311; Percent Women = 59.9; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $690
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance: Accountants and auditors: Total Employed Women = 713; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 941; Percent Women = 75.8; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $459
Receptionists: Total Employed Women = 688; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 709; Percent Women = 97.0; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $388
Secondary school teachers: Total Employed Women = 653; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,154; Percent Women = 56.6; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $741
Administrative support occupation, n.e.c.: Total Employed Women = 599; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 791; Percent Women = 75.7; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $496
Cooks: Total Employed Women = 532; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,313; Percent Women = 40.5; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $290
Assemblers: Total Employed Women = 531; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,178; Percent Women = 45.1; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $382
Social Workers: Total Employed Women = 523; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 734; Percent Women = 71.3; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $589
Data-entry keyers: Total Employed Women = 507; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 609; Percent Women = 83.3; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $436
General office clerks: Total Employed Women = 498; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 595; Percent Women = 83.7; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $430
Janitors and cleaners: Total Employed Women = 483; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,613; Percent Women = 29.9; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $309
(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 2000.
