20 Leading
Occupations of Employed Women
Full-time Wage and Salary Workers
2001
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 |
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Percent |
Weekly |
| Occupation |
Women |
Women) |
Women |
Earnings |
| Total, 16 years and older |
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| wage and salary workers) |
43,671 |
99,599 |
43.8 |
$511 |
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| Retail and personal sales workers, |
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| including cashiers |
1,971 |
3,474 |
56.7 |
313 |
| Managers and administrators, n.e.c. |
1,836 |
5,747 |
31.9 |
762 |
| Secretaries |
1,821 |
1,846 |
98.6 |
475 |
| Elementary school teachers |
1,596 |
1,959 |
81.5 |
731 |
| Registered nurses |
1,459 |
1,604 |
91 |
820 |
| Sales supervisors and proprietors |
1,423 |
3,380 |
42.1 |
502 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, |
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| and attendants |
1,309 |
1,472 |
88.9 |
356 |
| Cashiers |
1,075 |
1,383 |
77.7 |
292 |
| Bookkeepers, accounting, |
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clerks |
975 |
1,058 |
92.2 |
474 |
| Accountants and auditors |
793 |
1,374 |
57.7 |
687 |
| Investigators and adjusters, |
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| except insurance |
752 |
998 |
75.4 |
487 |
| Receptionists |
697 |
712 |
97.9 |
401 |
| Secondary school teachers |
651 |
1,155 |
56.4 |
759 |
| Administrative support occupations,
n.e.c. |
632 |
830 |
76.1 |
512 |
| Cooks |
546 |
1,382 |
39.5 |
305 |
| General office clerks |
536 |
624 |
85.9 |
462 |
| Managers, medicine and health |
508 |
665 |
76.4 |
725 |
| Social workers |
500 |
711 |
70.3 |
630 |
| Teachers, pre-kindergarten |
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| and kindergarten |
487 |
495 |
98.4 |
476 |
| Janitors and cleaners |
466 |
1,536 |
30.3 |
318 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Annual Averages 2001.
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