Data Spotlight - Employment and Earnings by Occupation, DOL
Women's Bureau - Department of Labor
Notable Occupations:
Note - Percentage of occupation filled by men, ranking in parentheses out of 353 total occupations. Any percentage less than 50% indicates the majority of full time workers are women
- Accountants - 42.52 (232nd)
- Artists - 57.67 (148th)
- Carpenters - 97.75 (3rd)
- Childcare Workers - 5.47 (352nd)
- Computer Programmers - 80.71 (55th)
- Construction - 96.56 (6th)
- Civil Engineers - 84.82 (38th)
- Chief Executives - 70.14 (97th)
- Drivers - 93.96 (15th)
- Electricians - 97.34 (4th)
- Firefighters - 95.27 (9th)
- Lawyers - 60.08 (140th)
- Mental Health Counselors - 24.02 (296th)
- Musicians - 78.38 (67th)
- Nurses - 13.53 (334th)
- Plumbers - 98.36 (1st)
- Police - 86.14% (34th)
- Secondary Teachers - 43.37 (226th)
- Secretaries - 7.08 (350th)
- Servers - 35.23 (254th)
Full Table of Occupations - Updated April 15, 2025
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