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ACS 2010-2014 data

Occupation

	Pennsylvania	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	5,946,480	-	143,435,233
Male¹	3,072,496	51.67%, see rank	52.38%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	1,014,947	33.03%, see rank	33.12%
Service Occupations²	431,832	14.05%, see rank	15.12%
Sales and Office Occupations²	521,498	16.97%, see rank	17.47%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	19,780	0.64%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	264,751	8.62%, see rank	9.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	630,933	20.53%, see rank	17.94%
Female¹	2,873,984	48.33%, see rank	47.62%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	1,153,092	40.12%, see rank	40.04%
Service Occupations²	610,612	21.25%, see rank	21.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	923,754	32.14%, see rank	31.93%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	6,302	0.22%, see rank	0.32%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	6,202	0.22%, see rank	0.28%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	167,335	5.82%, see rank	5.65%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Pennsylvania	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	5,946,480	100%	143,435,233
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	85,917	1.44%, see rank	1.96%
Construction	339,420	5.71%, see rank	6.17%
Manufacturing	725,132	12.19%, see rank	10.43%
Wholesale Trade	166,806	2.81%, see rank	2.75%
Retail Trade	699,680	11.77%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	301,443	5.07%, see rank	4.93%
Information	103,669	1.74%, see rank	2.14%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	381,790	6.42%, see rank	6.60%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	580,495	9.76%, see rank	10.89%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	1,544,371	25.97%, see rank	23.21%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	494,546	8.32%, see rank	9.49%
Public Administration	246,592	4.15%, see rank	4.92%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	276,619	4.65%, see rank	4.96%

ACS 2008-2012 data

Occupation

	Pennsylvania	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	5,930,125	-	141,996,548
Male¹	3,067,420	51.73%, see rank	52.32%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	1,004,551	32.75%, see rank	32.75%
Service Occupations²	419,886	13.69%, see rank	14.76%
Sales and Office Occupations²	523,623	17.07%, see rank	17.65%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	18,416	0.60%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	276,082	9.00%, see rank	9.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	633,116	20.64%, see rank	17.87%
Female¹	2,862,705	48.27%, see rank	47.68%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	1,125,082	39.30%, see rank	39.35%
Service Occupations²	597,555	20.87%, see rank	21.19%
Sales and Office Occupations²	945,269	33.02%, see rank	32.82%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	5,613	0.20%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	6,831	0.24%, see rank	0.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	175,046	6.11%, see rank	5.77%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Pennsylvania	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	5,930,125	100%	141,996,548
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	78,029	1.32%, see rank	1.90%
Construction	349,627	5.90%, see rank	6.49%
Manufacturing	747,232	12.60%, see rank	10.62%
Wholesale Trade	171,277	2.89%, see rank	2.83%
Retail Trade	694,765	11.72%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	305,597	5.15%, see rank	5.00%
Information	111,184	1.87%, see rank	2.21%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	383,236	6.46%, see rank	6.74%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	570,928	9.63%, see rank	10.66%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	1,520,746	25.64%, see rank	22.90%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	474,287	8.00%, see rank	9.18%
Public Administration	247,599	4.18%, see rank	4.94%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	275,618	4.65%, see rank	4.95%

ACS 2006-2010 data

Occupation

	Pennsylvania	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	5,940,972	-	141,833,331
Male¹	3,091,790	52.04%, see rank	52.63%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	997,409	32.26%, see rank	32.27%
Service Occupations²	408,846	13.22%, see rank	14.06%
Sales and Office Occupations²	534,227	17.28%, see rank	17.76%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	19,073	0.62%, see rank	1.08%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	290,828	9.41%, see rank	10.60%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	644,870	20.86%, see rank	18.08%
Female¹	2,849,182	47.96%, see rank	47.37%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	1,095,019	38.43%, see rank	38.62%
Service Occupations²	577,082	20.25%, see rank	20.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	973,204	34.16%, see rank	33.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	6,151	0.22%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	7,633	0.27%, see rank	0.34%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	182,030	6.39%, see rank	6.07%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Pennsylvania	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	5,940,972	100%	141,833,331
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	74,319	1.25%, see rank	1.86%
Construction	368,430	6.20%, see rank	7.13%
Manufacturing	771,180	12.98%, see rank	10.99%
Wholesale Trade	184,408	3.10%, see rank	3.06%
Retail Trade	693,991	11.68%, see rank	11.49%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	315,085	5.30%, see rank	5.07%
Information	121,488	2.04%, see rank	2.38%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	391,578	6.59%, see rank	7.00%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	565,753	9.52%, see rank	10.42%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	1,470,918	24.76%, see rank	22.05%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	461,454	7.77%, see rank	8.86%
Public Administration	244,512	4.12%, see rank	4.84%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	277,856	4.68%, see rank	4.86%

ACS 2005-2009 data

Occupation

	Pennsylvania	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	5,901,533	-	141,303,145
Male¹	3,085,128	52.28%, see rank	53.11%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	990,346	32.10%, see rank	31.81%
Service Occupations²	396,594	12.86%, see rank	13.79%
Sales and Office Occupations²	534,996	17.34%, see rank	17.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	19,427	0.63%, see rank	1.06%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	497,673	16.13%, see rank	17.24%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	646,092	20.94%, see rank	18.26%
Female¹	2,816,405	47.72%, see rank	46.89%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	1,062,749	37.73%, see rank	38.12%
Service Occupations²	565,119	20.07%, see rank	20.39%
Sales and Office Occupations²	985,312	34.98%, see rank	34.43%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	5,751	0.20%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	16,276	0.58%, see rank	0.68%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	181,198	6.43%, see rank	6.09%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Pennsylvania	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	5,901,533	100%	141,303,145
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	73,203	1.24%, see rank	1.82%
Construction	376,777	6.38%, see rank	7.45%
Manufacturing	781,563	13.24%, see rank	11.24%
Wholesale Trade	190,959	3.24%, see rank	3.20%
Retail Trade	691,148	11.71%, see rank	11.52%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	311,251	5.27%, see rank	5.08%
Information	123,885	2.10%, see rank	2.44%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	392,584	6.65%, see rank	7.10%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	554,720	9.40%, see rank	10.29%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	1,435,932	24.33%, see rank	21.51%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	449,930	7.62%, see rank	8.77%
Public Administration	242,248	4.10%, see rank	4.74%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	277,333	4.70%, see rank	4.84%

US Census 2000 data

Occupation

	Pennsylvania	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	5,653,500	-	129,721,512
Male¹	2,992,780	52.94%, see rank	53.26%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	913,636	30.53%, see rank	31.42%
Service Occupations²	347,824	11.62%, see rank	12.08%
Sales and Office Occupations²	522,868	17.47%, see rank	17.86%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	19,307	0.65%, see rank	1.09%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	486,138	16.24%, see rank	17.08%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	703,007	23.49%, see rank	20.47%
Female¹	2,660,720	47.06%, see rank	46.74%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	927,539	34.86%, see rank	36.18%
Service Occupations²	490,313	18.43%, see rank	18.03%
Sales and Office Occupations²	1,002,263	37.67%, see rank	36.75%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	7,415	0.28%, see rank	0.33%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	14,760	0.55%, see rank	0.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	218,430	8.21%, see rank	7.96%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Pennsylvania	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	5,653,500	100%	129,721,512
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	73,459	1.30%, see rank	1.87%
Construction	339,363	6.00%, see rank	6.78%
Manufacturing	906,398	16.03%, see rank	14.10%
Wholesale Trade	201,084	3.56%, see rank	3.60%
Retail Trade	684,179	12.10%, see rank	11.73%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	304,335	5.38%, see rank	5.20%
Information	148,841	2.63%, see rank	3.08%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	372,148	6.58%, see rank	6.89%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	478,937	8.47%, see rank	9.30%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	1,237,090	21.88%, see rank	19.92%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	397,871	7.04%, see rank	7.87%
Public Administration	235,767	4.17%, see rank	4.79%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	274,028	4.85%, see rank	4.87%

* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.