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.