Women's Bureau (WB) - 20 Leading Occupations of Employed Women 2004

20 Leading Occupations of Employed Women
Full-time Wage and Salary Workers
2005 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)	65,757	141,730	46.4	$585


Secretaries and admin. assistants	3,404	3,499	97.3	559
Cashiers	2,334	3,075	75.9	322
Registered Nurses	2,229	2,416	92.3	930
Elementary and middle school teachers	2,151	2,616	82.2	813
Retail salespersons	1,687	3,248	51.9	401
Nursing, psychiatric, and
home health aides	1,686	1900	88.7	385
First-line supervisors/managers
of retail sales workers	1,462	3,523	41.5	525
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks	1,329	1,456	91.3	551
Waiters and waitresses	1,383	1,927	71.8	332
Receptionists and information clerks	1,271	1,376	92.4	463
Childcare workers	1,260	1,329	94.8	330
Customer service representatives	1,258	1,833	68.6	505
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	1,237	1,382	89.5	328
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support	1,115	1,598	69.8	656
Accountants and auditors	1,042	1,683	61.9	784
Teacher assistants	861	947	90.9	398
Office clerks, general	816	965	84.6	509
Cooks	778	1,838	42.3	314
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	702	719	97.6	520
Janitors and building cleaners	681	2,074	32.8	363

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Annual Averages 2005.