NONTRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS FOR WOMEN IN
20001
(numbers in
thousands)
Occupations
Helpers, surveyor: Employed both sexes = 8;
Employed female = 2; Percent female = 25.0
Post
secondary natural science teachers, n.e.c2 : Employed both sexes =
4; Employed female = 1; Percent female = 25.0
Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers:
Employed both sexes = 148; Employed female = 36; Percent female =
24.4
Messengers: Employed both sexes =
157; Employed female = 38; Percent female = 24.2
Production helpers: Employed both sexes = 75; Employed
female = 18; Percent female = 24.0
Post
secondary theology teachers: Employed both sexes = 21; Employed female = 5;
Percent female = 23.8
Architects:
Employed both sexes = 215; Employed female = 51; Percent female =
23.7
Metal and plastic processing
machine operators: Employed both sexes = 150; Employed female = 35; Percent
female = 23.5
Drafting occupations:
Employed both sexes = 219; Employed female = 51; Percent female =
23.4
Supervisors, guards: Employed both
sexes = 53; Employed female = 12; Percent female = 22.6
Sales workers, hardware, and building supplies: Employed
both sexes = 328; Employed female = 73; Percent female = 22.2
Farms managers, except horticultural: Employed both
sexes = 149; Employed female = 33; Percent female = 22.1
Chemical technicians: Employed both sexes = 71; Employed
female = 15; Percent female = 21.1
Laborers, except construction: Employed both sexes =
1,307; Employed female = 272; Percent female = 20.8
Upholsterers: Employed both sexes = 64; Employed female
= 13; Percent female = 20.3
Guards and
police, except public service: Employed both sexes = 745; Employed female =
150; Percent female = 20.1
Elevator
operators: Employed both sexes = 5; Employed female = 1; Percent female =
20.0
Athletes: Employed both sexes = 90;
Employed female = 18; Percent female = 20.0
Supervisors, precision production occupations: Employed
both sexes = 1,129; Employed female = 222; Percent female =
19.7
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers: Employed both sexes = 156; Employed female = 30; Percent
female = 19.2
Funeral directors:
Employed both sexes = 58; Employed female = 11; Percent female =
19.0
Farm workers: Employed both sexes =
768; Employed female = 144; Percent female = 18.7
Dentists: Employed both sexes = 168; Employed female =
31; Percent female = 18.7
Metal working
and plastic working machine operators: Employed both sexes = 349; Employed
female = 64; Percent female = 18.3
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators: Employed both
sexes = 77; Employed female = 14; Percent female = 18.2
Printing press operators: Employed both sexes = 292;
Employed female = 51; Percent female = 17.5
Electrical and electronic technicians: Employed both
sexes = 468; Employed female = 79; Percent female = 16.9
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products: Employed
both sexes = 12; Employed female = 2; Percent female = 16.7
Parking lot attendants: Employed both sexes = 60;
Employed female = 10; Percent female = 16.7
Police and detectives: Employed both sexes = 1,060;
Employed female = 175; Percent female = 16.5
Hand painting, coating, and decorating occupations:
Employed both sexes = 25; Employed female = 4; Percent female =
16.0
Data processing equipment
repairers: Employed both sexes = 342; Employed female = 53; Percent female =
15.4
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and
polishing machine operators: Employed both sexes = 98; Employed female = 15;
Percent female = 15.2
Managers,
horticultural specialty farms: Employed both sexes = 27; Employed female = 4;
Percent female = 14.8
Metal plating
machine operators: Employed both sexes = 27; Employed female = 4; Percent
female = 14.8
Woodworking machine
operators: Employed both sexes = 137; Employed female = 20; Percent female =
14.6
Hand molders and shapers, excluding
jewelers: Employed both sexes = 21; Employed female = 3; Percent female =
14.3
Supervisors, handlers, equipment
cleaners, and laborers: Employed both sexes = 14; Employed female = 2; Percent
female = 14.3
Clergy: Employed both
sexes = 369; Employed female = 51; Percent female = 13.8
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners: Employed both
sexes = 313; Employed female = 43; Percent female = 13.7
Horticultural specialty farmers: Employed both sexes =
69; Employed female = 9; Percent female = 13.0
Meter readers: Employed both sexes = 46; Employed female
= 6; Percent female = 13.0
Air traffic
controllers: Employed both sexes = 23; Employed female = 3; Percent female =
13.0
Geologists and geodesists: Employed
both sexes = 47; Employed female = 6; Percent female = 12.8
Painting and paint spraying machine operators: Employed
both sexes = 187; Employed female = 23; Percent female = 12.4
Helpers, mechanics and repairers: Employed both sexes =
33; Employed female = 4; Percent female = 12.1
Physicists & astronomers: Employed both sexes = 25;
Employed female = 3; Percent female = 12.0
Compressing and compacting machine operators: Employed
both sexes = 17; Employed female = 2; Percent female = 11.8
Fishers, hunters, and trappers: Employed both sexes =
51; Employed female = 6; Percent female = 11.8
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c.2
: Employed both sexes = 739; Employed female = 86; Percent female =
11.6
Supervisors, farm workers: Employed
both sexes = 45; Employed female = 5; Percent female = 11.1
Announcers: Employed both sexes = 54; Employed female =
6; Percent female = 11.1
Precision
woodworking occupations: Employed both sexes = 127; Employed female = 14;
Percent female = 11.0
Sales workers,
motor vehicles and boats: Employed both sexes = 329; Employed female = 36;
Percent female = 10.9
Drivers-sales
workers: Employed both sexes = 167; Employed female = 18; Percent female =
10.8
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs:
Employed both sexes = 280; Employed female = 30; Percent female =
10.7
Engineers: Employed both sexes =
2,093; Employed female = 207; Percent female = 9.9
Construction inspectors: Employed both sexes = 72;
Employed female = 7; Percent female = 9.7
Baggage porters and bellhops: Employed both sexes = 42;
Employed female = 4; Percent female = 9.5
Supervisors, related agricultural occupations: Employed
both sexes = 174; Employed female = 16; Percent female = 9.3
Motor transportation occupations, n.e.c.2 :
Employed both sexes = 11; Employed female = 1; Percent female =
9.1
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers: Employed both sexes = 223; Employed female = 20; Percent female =
9.0
Extruding and forming machine
operators: Employed both sexes = 34; Employed female = 3; Percent female =
8.8
Sales workers, parts: Employed both
sexes = 186; Employed female = 16; Percent female = 8.6
Patternmakers, lay-out workers, and cutters: Employed
both sexes = 12; Employed female = 1; Percent female = 8.3
Forestry
and logging occupations: Employed both sexes = 109; Employed female = 9;
Percent female = 8.3
Mixing and blending
machine operators: Employed both sexes = 112; Employed female = 9; Percent
female = 8.0
Garage and service station
related occupations: Employed both sexes = 184; Employed female = 14; Percent
female = 7.6
Surveying and mapping
technicians: Employed both sexes = 79; Employed female = 6; Percent female =
7.6
Precision metal working occupations:
Employed both sexes = 865; Employed female = 65; Percent female =
7.5
Miscellaneous metal and plastic
processing machine operators: Employed both sexes = 27; Employed female = 2;
Percent female = 7.4
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm: Employed both sexes = 870; Employed female = 64;
Percent female = 7.4
Industrial truck
and tractor equipment operators: Employed both sexes = 569; Employed female =
40; Percent female = 7.0
Stationary
engineers: Employed both sexes = 118; Employed female = 8; Percent female =
6.7
Machinists: Employed both sexes =
488; Employed female = 31; Percent female = 6.3
Sales engineers: Employed both sexes = 32; Employed
female = 2; Percent female = 6.2
Broadcast equipment operators: Employed both sexes = 33;
Employed female = 2; Percent female = 6.1
Helpers, construction and extractive occupations:
Employed both sexes = 120; Employed female = 7; Percent female =
5.9
Mechanical engineers technicians:
Employed both sexes = 17; Employed female = 1; Percent female =
5.9
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators,
except food: Employed both sexes = 53; Employed female = 3; Percent female =
5.7
Pest control occupations: Employed
both sexes = 71; Employed female = 4; Percent female = 5.6
Grading,
dozer, and scraper operators: Employed both sexes = 52; Employed female = 3;
Percent female = 5.5
Material moving
equipment operators: Employed both sexes = 1,152; Employed female = 62; Percent
female = 5.4
Water and sewage treatment
and power plant operators, and related occupations: Employed both sexes = 264;
Employed female = 14; Percent female = 5.3
Mechanics and repairers, excluding supervisors: Employed
both sexes = 4,652; Employed female = 230; Percent female = 4.9
Welders and cutters: Employed both sexes = 594; Employed
female = 29; Percent female = 4.9
Truck
drivers: Employed both sexes = 3,088; Employed female = 145; Percent female =
4.7
Helpers, construction trades:
Employed both sexes = 111; Employed female = 5; Percent female =
4.5
Industrial machinery repairers:
Employed both sexes = 524; Employed female = 22; Percent female =
4.2
Rail transportation occupations:
Employed both sexes = 127; Employed female = 5; Percent female =
3.9
Airplane pilots and navigators:
Employed both sexes = 129; Employed female = 5; Percent female =
3.9
Miscellaneous precision workers,
n.e.c2: Employed both sexes = 26; Employed female = 1; Percent
female = 3.8
Garbage collectors:
Employed both sexes = 54; Employed female = 2; Percent female =
3.7
Construction laborers: Employed both
sexes = 1,015; Employed female = 38; Percent female = 3.7
Firefighting and fire prevention: Employed both sexes =
248; Employed female = 9; Percent female = 3.6
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators:
Employed both sexes = 62; Employed female = 2; Percent female =
3.2
Supervisors, firefighting and fire
prevention: Employed both sexes = 32; Employed female = 1; Percent female =
3.1
Excavating and loading machine
operators: Employed both sexes = 98; Employed female = 3; Percent female =
3.1
Tool and die makers: Employed both
sexes = 121; Employed female = 3; Percent female = 2.7
Construction trades, excluding supervisors: Employed
both sexes = 5,153; Employed female = 138; Percent female = 2.3
Supervisors, construction trades: Employed both sexes =
967; Employed female = 22; Percent female = 2.3
Water transportation occupations: Employed both sexes =
56; Employed female = 1; Percent female = 1.8
Operating engineers: Employed both sexes = 253; Employed
female = 4; Percent female = 1.7
Extractive occupations: Employed both sexes = 128;
Employed female = 2; Percent female = 1.6
Crane and tower operators: Employed both sexes = 70;
Employed female = 1; Percent female = 1.4
Stevedores: Employed both sexes = 14; Employed female =
<1; Percent female = <1.0
Marine
life cultivation workers: Employed both sexes = 2; Employed female = <1;
Percent female = <1.0
Motion picture
projectionists: Employed both sexes = 7; Employed female = 0; Percent female =
<1.0
Washing, cleaning, and pickling
machine operators: Employed both sexes = 8; Employed female = 0; Percent female
= <1.
Heat treating equipment
operators: Employed both sexes = 11; Employed female = 0; Percent female =
<1.0
1Nontraditional
occupations are any that women comprise 25 percent or less of the total
employed.
2Not elsewhere
classified.
Women's Bureau
March 2001
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