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ACS 2010-2014 data

Occupation

	Virginia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,936,638	-	143,435,233
Male¹	2,031,781	51.61%, see rank	52.38%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	811,625	39.95%, see rank	33.12%
Service Occupations²	284,807	14.02%, see rank	15.12%
Sales and Office Occupations²	329,952	16.24%, see rank	17.47%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	12,961	0.64%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	191,520	9.43%, see rank	9.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	285,505	14.05%, see rank	17.94%
Female¹	1,904,857	48.39%, see rank	47.62%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	860,423	45.17%, see rank	40.04%
Service Occupations²	376,543	19.77%, see rank	21.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	567,393	29.79%, see rank	31.93%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	2,817	0.15%, see rank	0.32%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	6,435	0.34%, see rank	0.28%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	86,108	4.52%, 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

	Virginia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,936,638	100%	143,435,233
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	41,440	1.05%, see rank	1.96%
Construction	253,932	6.45%, see rank	6.17%
Manufacturing	289,872	7.36%, see rank	10.43%
Wholesale Trade	75,991	1.93%, see rank	2.75%
Retail Trade	425,312	10.80%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	162,080	4.12%, see rank	4.93%
Information	83,835	2.13%, see rank	2.14%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	249,014	6.33%, see rank	6.60%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	579,393	14.72%, see rank	10.89%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	853,305	21.68%, see rank	23.21%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	346,714	8.81%, see rank	9.49%
Public Administration	368,940	9.37%, see rank	4.92%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	206,810	5.25%, see rank	4.96%

ACS 2008-2012 data

Occupation

	Virginia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,867,416	-	141,996,548
Male¹	1,990,451	51.47%, see rank	52.32%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	787,972	39.59%, see rank	32.75%
Service Occupations²	267,706	13.45%, see rank	14.76%
Sales and Office Occupations²	322,025	16.18%, see rank	17.65%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	13,631	0.68%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	198,256	9.96%, see rank	9.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	283,866	14.26%, see rank	17.87%
Female¹	1,876,965	48.53%, see rank	47.68%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	831,990	44.33%, see rank	39.35%
Service Occupations²	359,774	19.17%, see rank	21.19%
Sales and Office Occupations²	579,138	30.86%, see rank	32.82%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	3,070	0.16%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	7,425	0.40%, see rank	0.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	90,392	4.82%, 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

	Virginia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,867,416	100%	141,996,548
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	40,788	1.05%, see rank	1.90%
Construction	264,814	6.85%, see rank	6.49%
Manufacturing	297,251	7.69%, see rank	10.62%
Wholesale Trade	78,135	2.02%, see rank	2.83%
Retail Trade	421,382	10.90%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	159,811	4.13%, see rank	5.00%
Information	88,978	2.30%, see rank	2.21%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	252,804	6.54%, see rank	6.74%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	561,426	14.52%, see rank	10.66%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	820,375	21.21%, see rank	22.90%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	322,304	8.33%, see rank	9.18%
Public Administration	355,765	9.20%, see rank	4.94%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	203,583	5.26%, see rank	4.95%

ACS 2006-2010 data

Occupation

	Virginia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,824,131	-	141,833,331
Male¹	1,976,011	51.67%, see rank	52.63%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	770,638	39.00%, see rank	32.27%
Service Occupations²	249,832	12.64%, see rank	14.06%
Sales and Office Occupations²	315,547	15.97%, see rank	17.76%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	15,162	0.77%, see rank	1.08%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	214,779	10.87%, see rank	10.60%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	289,132	14.63%, see rank	18.08%
Female¹	1,848,120	48.33%, see rank	47.37%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	799,954	43.28%, see rank	38.62%
Service Occupations²	344,487	18.64%, see rank	20.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	591,210	31.99%, see rank	33.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	2,732	0.15%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	7,641	0.41%, see rank	0.34%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	96,583	5.23%, 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

	Virginia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,824,131	100%	141,833,331
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	42,834	1.12%, see rank	1.86%
Construction	288,394	7.54%, see rank	7.13%
Manufacturing	311,717	8.15%, see rank	10.99%
Wholesale Trade	83,912	2.19%, see rank	3.06%
Retail Trade	413,143	10.80%, see rank	11.49%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	162,389	4.25%, see rank	5.07%
Information	96,967	2.54%, see rank	2.38%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	256,655	6.71%, see rank	7.00%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	544,503	14.24%, see rank	10.42%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	776,545	20.31%, see rank	22.05%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	306,317	8.01%, see rank	8.86%
Public Administration	343,419	8.98%, see rank	4.84%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	197,336	5.16%, see rank	4.86%

ACS 2005-2009 data

Occupation

	Virginia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,768,930	-	141,303,145
Male¹	1,962,904	52.08%, see rank	53.11%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	753,505	38.39%, see rank	31.81%
Service Occupations²	243,859	12.42%, see rank	13.79%
Sales and Office Occupations²	313,488	15.97%, see rank	17.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	14,612	0.74%, see rank	1.06%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	344,752	17.56%, see rank	17.24%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	292,688	14.91%, see rank	18.26%
Female¹	1,806,026	47.92%, see rank	46.89%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	771,178	42.70%, see rank	38.12%
Service Occupations²	332,049	18.39%, see rank	20.39%
Sales and Office Occupations²	591,416	32.75%, see rank	34.43%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	2,563	0.14%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	13,880	0.77%, see rank	0.68%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	94,940	5.26%, 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

	Virginia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,768,930	100%	141,303,145
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	43,571	1.16%, see rank	1.82%
Construction	295,066	7.83%, see rank	7.45%
Manufacturing	317,141	8.41%, see rank	11.24%
Wholesale Trade	86,074	2.28%, see rank	3.20%
Retail Trade	416,445	11.05%, see rank	11.52%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	161,883	4.30%, see rank	5.08%
Information	101,361	2.69%, see rank	2.44%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	253,881	6.74%, see rank	7.10%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	523,897	13.90%, see rank	10.29%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	747,650	19.84%, see rank	21.51%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	295,250	7.83%, see rank	8.77%
Public Administration	333,150	8.84%, see rank	4.74%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	193,561	5.14%, see rank	4.84%

US Census 2000 data

Occupation

	Virginia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,412,647	-	129,721,512
Male¹	1,778,658	52.12%, see rank	53.26%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	651,860	36.65%, see rank	31.42%
Service Occupations²	197,082	11.08%, see rank	12.08%
Sales and Office Occupations²	293,949	16.53%, see rank	17.86%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	12,990	0.73%, see rank	1.09%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	315,423	17.73%, see rank	17.08%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	307,354	17.28%, see rank	20.47%
Female¹	1,633,989	47.88%, see rank	46.74%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	653,046	39.97%, see rank	36.18%
Service Occupations²	271,097	16.59%, see rank	18.03%
Sales and Office Occupations²	574,578	35.16%, see rank	36.75%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	3,346	0.20%, see rank	0.33%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	12,310	0.75%, see rank	0.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	119,612	7.32%, 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

	Virginia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,412,647	100%	129,721,512
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	43,425	1.27%, see rank	1.87%
Construction	250,155	7.33%, see rank	6.78%
Manufacturing	387,104	11.34%, see rank	14.10%
Wholesale Trade	93,477	2.74%, see rank	3.60%
Retail Trade	389,437	11.41%, see rank	11.73%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	158,477	4.64%, see rank	5.20%
Information	130,592	3.83%, see rank	3.08%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	226,222	6.63%, see rank	6.89%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	395,681	11.59%, see rank	9.30%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	626,156	18.35%, see rank	19.92%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	245,967	7.21%, see rank	7.87%
Public Administration	282,259	8.27%, see rank	4.79%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	183,695	5.38%, 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.