20 Leading
Occupations of Employed Women
Full-time Wage and Salary Workers
2003
Annual Averages
(Employment in thousands)
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| Total | Women’s | |||
| Total | Employed | Median | ||
| Employed | (Men and | Percent | Weekly | |
| Occupation | Women | Women) | Women | Earnings |
| Total, 16 years and older | ||||
| (all employed women, full time | ||||
| wage and salary workers) | 44,076 | 100,302 | 43.9 | $552 |
| Secretaries and administrative assistants | 2,692 | 2,794 | 96.3 | 531 |
| Elementary and middle school teachers | 1,780 | 2,208 | 80.6 | 757 |
| Registered nurses | 1,650 | 1,829 | 90.2 | 887 |
| Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides | 1,144 | 1,285 | 89 | 372 |
| Cashiers | 1,040 | 1,378 | 75.5 | 315 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,038 | 1,503 | 69.1 | 503 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of | ||||
| office and administrative support | 984 | 1,450 | 67.9 | 609 |
| First-line supervisors/managers | ||||
| of retail sales workers | 938 | 2,259 | 41.5 | 496 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 894 | 978 | 91.4 | 512 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 831 | 892 | 93.2 | 446 |
| Accountants and auditors | 784 | 1,344 | 58.3 | 756 |
| Retail salespersons | 765 | 1,840 | 41.6 | 382 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 682 | 806 | 84.6 | 317 |
| Secondary school teachers | 540 | 1,009 | 53.5 | 824 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 528 | 775 | 68.1 | 318 |
| Teacher assistants | 527 | 580 | 90.9 | 344 |
| Office clerks, general | 511 | 610 | 83.8 | 502 |
| Financial managers | 491 | 952 | 51.6 | 823 |
| Preschool and kindergarten teachers | 476 | 484 | 98.3 | 493 |
| Cooks | 452 | 1,149 | 39.3 | 317 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Annual Averages 2003.