Nontraditional Occupations for Women in 20001
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  Employed Employed Percent
Occupations Both Sexes Female Female
       
Helpers, surveyor 8 2 25.0
Post secondary natural science teachers, n.e.c.2 4 1 25.0
Atmospheric and space scientist 12 3 25.0
Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers 148 36 24.3
Messengers 157 38 24.2
Production helpers 75 18 24.0
Post secondary theology teachers 21 5 23.8
Architects 215 51 23.7
Metal and plastic processing machine operators 150 35 23.5
Drafting occupations 219 51 23.4
Supervisors, guards 53 12 22.6
Sales workers, hardware, and building supplies 328 73 22.2
Farms managers, except horticultural 149 33 22.1
Chemical technicians 71 15 21.1
Laborers, except construction 1,307 272 20.8
Upholsterers 64 13 20.3
Guards and police, except public service 745 150 20.1
Elevator operators 5 1 20.0
Athletes 90 18 20.0
Supervisors, precision production occupations 1,129 222 19.7
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers 156 30 19.2
Funeral directors 58 11 19.0
Farm workers 768 144 18.7
Dentists 168 31 18.7
Metal working and plastic working machine operators 349 64 18.3
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators 77 14 18.2
Printing press operators 292 51 17.5
Electrical and electronic technicians 468 79 16.9
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products 12 2 16.7
Parking lot attendants 60 10 16.7
Police and detectives 1,060 175 16.5
Hand painting, coating and decorating occupations 25 4 16.0
Data processing equipment repairers 342 53 15.4
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing 98 15 15.2
Managers, horticultural specialty farms 27 4 14.8
Metal plating machine operators 27 4 14.8
Woodworking machine operators 137 20 14.6
Hand molders and shapers, excluding jewelers 21 3 14.3
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers 14 2 14.3
Clergy 369 51 13.8
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners 313 43 13.7
Horticultural specialty farmers 69 9 13.0
Meter readers 46 6 13.0
Air traffic controllers 23 3 13.0
Horticultural specialty farmers 69 9 12.8
Geologists and geodesists 47 6 12.8
Painting and paint spraying machine operators 187 23 12.4
Helpers, mechanics and repairers 33 4 12.1
Physicists and astronomers 25 3 12.0
Compressing and compacting machine oprators 17 2 11.8
Fishers, hunters, and trappers 51 6 11.8
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c.2 739 86 11.6
Supervisors, farm workers 45 5 11.1
Announcers 54 6 11.1
Precision woodworking occupations 127 14 11.0
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats 329 36 10.9
Drivers-sales workers 167 18 10.8
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs 280 30 10.7
Engineers 2,093 207 9.9
Construction inspectors 72 7 9.7
Baggage porters and bellhops 42 4 9.5
Supervisors, related agricultural occupations 174 16 9.3
Motor transportation occupations, n.e.c.2 11 1 9.1
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers 223 20 9.0
Extruding and forming machine operators 34 3 8.8
Sales workers, parts 186 16 8.6
Patternmakers, lay-out workers, and cutters 12 1 8.3
Forestry and logging occupations 109 9 8.3
Mixing and blending machine operators 112 9 8.0
Garage and service station related occupations 184 14 7.6
Surveying and mapping technicians 79 6 7.6
Precision metal working occupations 865 65 7.5
Misc. metal and plastic processing machine operators 27 2 7.4
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm 870 64 7.4
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 569 40 7.0
Stationary engineers 118 8 6.7
Machinists 488 31 6.3
Sales engineers 32 2 6.2
Broadcast equipment operators 33 2 6.1
Helpers, construction and extractive occupations 120 7 5.9
Mechanical engineering technicians 17 1 5.9
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 53 3 5.7
Pest control occupations 71 4 5.6
Grading, dozer, and scraper operators 52 3 5.5
Material moving equipment operators 1,152 62 5.4
Water & sewage treatment & power plant opers., & related occs. 264 14 5.3
Mechanics and repairers, excluding supervisors 4,652 230 4.9
Welders and cutters 594 29 4.9
Truck drivers 3,088 145 4.7
Helpers, construction and extractive occupations trades 111 5 4.5
Industrial machinery repairs 524 22 4.2
Rail transportation occupations 127 5 3.9
Airplane pilots and navigators 129 5 3.9
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.2 26 1 3.8
Garbage collectors 54 2 3.7
Construction laborers 1,015 38 3.7
Firefighting and fire prevention occupations 248 9 3.6
Separating, filtering and clarifying machine operators 62 2 3.2
Supervisors, firefighting and fire prevention 32 1 3.1
Excavating and loading machine operators 98 3 3.1
Tool and die makers 121 3 2.7
Construction trades, excluding supervisors 5,153 138 2.3
Supervisors, construction trades 967 22 2.3
Water transportation occupations 56 1 1.8
Operating engineers 253 4 1.7
Extractive occupations 128 2 1.6
Crane and tower operators 70 1 1.4
Stevedores 14 <1 <1.0
Marine life cultivation workers 2 <1 <1.0
Motion picture projectionists 7 0 <1.0
Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators 8 0 <1.0
Heat treating equipment operators 11 0 <1.0

1 Nontraditional occupations are those that women comprise 25 percent of less of the total employed.
2 n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified.


Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employed persons by detailed occupations, Annual Averages 1999, based on Current Population Survey (CPS).

Women’s Bureau
March 2001

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