20 Leading Occupations of
Employed Women
Full-time Wages and Salary Workers
2001 Annual Average
(Employment in thousands)
Occupations
Total, 16 years and older (all employed women, full time wages and salary workers): Total Employed Women = 43,671; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 99,599; Percent Women = 43.8; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $511
Retail and personal sales workers, including cashiers: Total Employed Women = 1,971; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 3,474; Percent Women = 56.7; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $313
Managers and administrators, n.e.c.: Total Employed Women = 1,836; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 5,747; Percent Women = 31.9; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $762
Secretaries: Total Employed Women = 1,821; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,846; Percent Women = 98.6; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $475
Elementary school teachers: Total Employed Women = 1,596; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,959; Percent Women = 81.5; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $731
Registered nurses: Total Employed Women = 1,459; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,604; Percent Women = 91.0; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $820
Sales supervisors and proprietors: Total Employed Women = 1,423; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 3,380; Percent Women = 42.1; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $502
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants: Total Employed Women = 1,309; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,472; Percent Women = 88.9; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $356
Cashiers: Total Employed Women = 1,075; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,383; Percent Women = 77.7; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $292
Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks: Total Employed Women = 975; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,058; Percent Women = 92.2; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $474
Accountants and auditors: Total Employed Women = 793; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,374; Percent Women = 57.7; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $687
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance: Total Employed Women = 752; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 998; Percent Women = 75.4; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $487
Receptionists: Total Employed Women = 697; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 712; Percent Women = 97.9; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $401
Secondary school teachers: Total Employed Women = 651; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,155; Percent Women = 56.4; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $759
Administrative support occupation, n.e.c.: Total Employed Women = 632; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 830; Percent Women = 76.1; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $512
Cooks: Total Employed Women = 546; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,382; Percent Women = 39.5; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $305
General office clerks: Total Employed Women = 536; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 624; Percent Women = 85.9; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $462
Manager, medicine and health: Total Employed Women = 508; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 665; Percent Women = 76.4; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $725
Social Workers: Total Employed Women = 500; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 711; Percent Women = 70.3; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $630
Teachers, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten: Total Employed Women = 487; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 495; Percent Women = 98.4; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $476
Janitors and cleaners: Total Employed Women = 466; Total Employed (Men and Women) = 1,536; Percent Women = 30.3; Women's Median Usual Weekly Earnings = $318
(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 2001.
