June 19th, 2006
US Department of Labor has posted the annual stats about leading occupations of employed women. Secretaries, cashiers, nurses and school teachers are most popular occupations.
20 Leading Occupations of Employed Women |
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Full-time Wage and Salary Workers |
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2005 Annual Averages |
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(employment in thousands) |
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Women’s |
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Employed |
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Median |
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Employed |
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Percent |
Weekly |
Occupation |
Women |
Women) |
Women |
Earnings |
Total, 16 years and older |
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(all employed women, full-time |
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wage and salary workers) |
65,757 |
141,730 |
46.4 |
$585 |
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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 |
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home health aides |
1,686 |
1900 |
88.7 |
385 |
First-line supervisors/managers |
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of retail sales workers |
1,462 |
3,523 |
41.5 |
525 |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and |
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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 |
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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.
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