Nontraditional
Occupations for Women in 19991
(numbers in the
thousands)
Occupations
Sales workers, hardware, and building supplies:
Employed both sexes = 287; Employed female = 72; Percent female =
25.0
Butchers and meat cutters: Employed both sexes = 260; Employed
female = 65; Percent female = 24.9
Physicians: Employed both sexes =
720; Employed female = 176; Percent female = 24.5
Precision production
occupations: Employed both sexes = 3,793; Employed female = 922; Percent female
= 24.3
Printing machine operators: Employed both sexes = 355; Employed
female = 86; Percent female = 24.2
Operators, fabricators, and
laborers: Employed both sexes = 18,167; Employed female = 4,378; Percent female
= 24.1
Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers: Employed
both sexes = 131; Employed female = 31; Percent female = 23.9
Messengers: Employed both sexes = 151; Employed female = 35; Percent
female = 23.3
Upholsterers: Employed both sexes = 69; Employed female =
16; Percent female = 23.2
Mechanical engineering technicians: Employed
both sexes = 18; Employed female = 4; Percent female = 22.2
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators: Employed both sexes = 86;
Employed female = 19; Percent female = 21.8
Metal and plastic
processing machine operators: Employed both sexes = 145; Employed female = 31;
Percent female = 21.7
Laborers, except construction: Employed both
sexes = 1,286; Employed female = 278; Percent female = 21.6
Announcers:
Employed both sexes = 50; Employed female = 11; Percent female = 21.4
Guards and police, except public service: Employed both sexes = 768;
Employed female = 158; Percent female = 20.7
Farm managers, except
horticultural: Employed both sexes = 146; Employed female = 30; Percent female
= 20.7
Barbers: Employed both sexes = 81; Employed female = 16; Percent
female = 20.3
Hand molders and shapers, excluding jewelers: Employed
both sexes = 25; Employed female = 5; Percent female = 20.0
Supervisors,
precision production occupations: Employed both sexes = 1,160; Employed female
= 226; Percent female = 19.5
Farm workers: Employed both sexes = 757;
Employed female = 141; Percent female = 18.6
Funeral directors:
Employed both sexes = 49; Employed female = 9; Percent female = 18.4
Drafting occupations: Employed both sexes = 235; Employed female = 43; Percent
female = 18.3
Shoe repairers: Employed both sexes = 11; Employed female
= 2; Percent female = 18.2
Police and detectives, supervisors: Employed
both sexes = 96; Employed female = 17; Percent female = 17.3
Metal
working and plastic working machine operators: Employed both sexes = 376;
Employed female = 64; Percent female = 17.1
Dentists: Employed both
sexes = 173; Employed female = 28; Percent female = 16.5
Woodworking
machine operators: Employed both sexes = 143; Employed female = 24; Percent
female = 16.6
Architects: Employed both sexes = 194; Employed female =
30; Percent female = 15.7
Data processing equipment repairers: Employed
both sexes = 315; Employed female = 48; Percent female = 15.2
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators: Employed both
sexes = 52; Employed female = 6; Percent female = 14.6
Electrical and
electronic technicians: Employed both sexes = 437; Employed female = 63;
Percent female = 14.50
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers: Employed both sexes = 175; Employed female = 25; Percent female =
14.4
Clergy: Employed both sexes = 352; Employed female = 50; Percent
female = 14.2
Police and detectives, public service: Employed both
sexes = 618; Employed female = 88; Percent female = 14.2
Parking lot
attendants: Employed both sexes = 68; Employed female = 9; Percent female =
13.6
Painting and paint spraying machine operators: Employed both sexes
= 205; Employed female = 28; Percent female = 13.5
Taxicab drivers and
chauffeurs: Employed both sexes = 271; Employed female = 36; Percent female =
13.3
Telephone installers and repairers: Employed both sexes = 249;
Employed female = 33; Percent female = 13.2
Supervisors, protective
service: Employed both sexes = 181; Employed female = 24; Percent female =
13.2
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners: Employed both sexes = 280;
Employed female = 37; Percent female = 13.1
Mixing and blending machine
operators: Employed both sexes = 128; Employed female = 16; Percent female =
12.3
Precision woodworking occupations: Employed both sexes = 114;
Employed female = 14; Percent female = 12.0
Surveying mapping
technicians: Employed both sexes = 67; Employed female = 7; Percent female =
11.0
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats: Employed both sexes =
320; Employed female = 34; Percent female = 10.7
Driver-sales workers:
Employed both sexes = 160; Employed female = 17; Percent female = 10.7
Construction inspectors: Employed both sexes = 69; Employed female = 7;
Percent female = 10.6
Engineers: Employed both sexes = 2,081; Employed
female = 221; Percent female = 10.6
Horticultural specialty farmers:
Employed both sexes = 65; Employed female = 7; Percent female = 10.4
Sales workers, parts: Employed both sexes = 173; Employed female = 17;
Percent female = 10.1
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers: Employed
both sexes = 264; Employed female = 27; Percent female = 10.1
Garbage
collectors: Employed both sexes = 55; Employed female = 5; Percent female = 9.5
Supervisors, related agricultural occupations: Employed both sexes =
164; Employed female = 16; Percent female = 9.5
Meter readers: Employed
both sexes = 46; Employed female = 4; Percent female = 8.7
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment: Employed both sexes = 217; Employed female = 17; Percent female =
7.9
Precision metal working occupations: Employed both sexes = 928;
Employed female = 70; Percent female = 7.5
Forestry and logging
occupations: Employed both sexes = 107; Employed female = 7;Percent female =
7.0
Telephone line installers and repairers: Employed both sexes = 56;
Employed female = 4; Percent female = 6.9
Groundskeepers and gardeners:
Employed both sexes = 943; Employed female = 64; Percent female = 6.8
Fisher, hunters, and trappers: Employed both sexes = 50; Employed
female = 3; Percent female = 6.4
Baggage porters, and bellhops:
Employed both sexes = 48; Employed female = 3; Percent female = 6.3
Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers: Employed both sexes = 927;
Employed female = 53; Percent female = 5.7
Welders and cutters:
Employed both sexes = 571; Employed female = 32; Percent female = 5.7
Machinists: Employed both sexes = 515; Employed female = 29; Percent female =
5.6
Water and sewage treatment plant operators: Employed both sexes =
58; Employed female = 3; Percent female = 5.6
Helpers, construction and
extractive occupations: Employed both sexes = 112; Employed female = 6; Percent
female = 5.5
Material moving equipment operators: Employed both sexes =
1,152; Employed female = 60; Percent female = 5.2
Helpers, construction
trades: Employed both sexes = 100; Employed female = 5; Percent female = 5.1
Truck drivers: Employed both sexes = 3,116; Employed female = 153;
Percent female = 4.9
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
repairers: Employed both sexes = 83; Employed female = 4; Percent female = 4.9
Geologist and geodesists: Employed both sexes = 56; Employed female =
3; Percent female = 4.9
Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors:
Employed both sexes = 4,604; Employed female = 207; Percent female =
4.5
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.2: Employed both
sexes = 22; Employed female = 1; Percent female = 4.5
Furnace, kiln,
and oven operators, except food: Employed both sexes = 70; Employed female = 3;
Percent female = 4.3
Aircraft engine mechanics: Employed both sexes =
147; Employed female = 6; Percent female = 4.2
Construction laborers:
Employed both sexes = 920; Employed female = 38; Percent female = 4.1
Plant and system operators: Employed both sexes = 248; Employed female
= 10; Percent female = 4.0
Garage and service station related
occupations: Employed both sexes = 195; Employed female = 7; Percent female =
3.8
Airplane pilots and navigators: Employed both sexes = 143; Employed
female = 4; Percent female = 3.1
Millwrights: Employed both sexes = 72;
Employed female = 2; Percent female = 2.8
Pest control occupations:
Employed both sexes = 70; Employed female = 2; Percent female = 2.8
Industrial machinery repairs: Employed both sexes = 570; Employed female = 15;
Percent female = 2.7
Construction trades: Employed both sexes = 5,801;
Employed female = 115; Percent female = 2.5
Transportation occupations,
except motor vehicles: Employed both sexes = 163; Employed female = 4; Percent
female = 2.4
Supervisors, construction trades: Employed both sexes =
817; Employed female = 19; Percent female = 2.3
Firefighting: Employed
both sexes = 223; Employed female = 4; Percent female = 1.9
Small
engine repairers: Employed both sexes = 72; Employed female = 1; Percent female
= 1.8
Automobile mechanics: Employed both sexes = 837; Employed female
= 12; Percent female = 1.4
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics: Employed both sexes = 357; Employed female = 5; Percent female =
1.3
Heavy equipment mechanics: Employed both sexes = 160; Employed
female = 2; Percent female = 1.2
Extractive occupations: Employed both
sexes = 130; Employed female = 1; Percent female = .9
Bus, truck, and
stationary engine mechanics: Employed both sexes = 330; Employed female = 3;
Percent female = .8
Stationary engineers: Employed both sexes = 113;
Employed female = 1; Percent female = .8
Automobile body and related
repairers: Employed both sexes = 167; Employed female = 1; Percent female = .7
Industrial engineering technicians: Employed both sexes = 1; Employed
female = <1; Percent female = <1
1 Nontraditional occupations are
any that women comprise 25 percent or less of the total
employed.
2 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).
