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Washington, Arlington, Alexandria Metro Area Historical Careers Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

Occupation

	Washington, Arlington, Alexandria Area	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,090,548	-	143,435,233
Male¹	1,591,017	51.48%, see rank	52.38%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	786,568	49.44%, see rank	33.12%
Service Occupations²	221,840	13.94%, see rank	15.12%
Sales and Office Occupations²	243,177	15.28%, see rank	17.47%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	3,307	0.21%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	135,351	8.51%, see rank	9.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	136,812	8.60%, see rank	17.94%
Female¹	1,499,531	48.52%, see rank	47.62%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	790,068	52.69%, see rank	40.04%
Service Occupations²	274,035	18.27%, see rank	21.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	391,033	26.08%, see rank	31.93%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	978	0.07%, see rank	0.32%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	3,480	0.23%, see rank	0.28%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	36,933	2.46%, 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

	Washington, Arlington, Alexandria Area	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	3,090,548	100%	143,435,233
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	10,721	0.35%, see rank	1.96%
Construction	193,258	6.25%, see rank	6.17%
Manufacturing	94,070	3.04%, see rank	10.43%
Wholesale Trade	39,846	1.29%, see rank	2.75%
Retail Trade	258,113	8.35%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	110,709	3.58%, see rank	4.93%
Information	89,117	2.88%, see rank	2.14%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	188,902	6.11%, see rank	6.60%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	635,770	20.57%, see rank	10.89%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	601,321	19.46%, see rank	23.21%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	259,213	8.39%, see rank	9.49%
Public Administration	413,941	13.39%, see rank	4.92%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	195,567	6.33%, see rank	4.96%

ACS 2008-2012 data

Occupation

	Washington, Arlington, Alexandria Area	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	2,976,833	-	141,996,548
Male¹	1,527,395	51.31%, see rank	52.32%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	757,586	49.60%, see rank	32.75%
Service Occupations²	206,143	13.50%, see rank	14.76%
Sales and Office Occupations²	234,695	15.37%, see rank	17.65%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	2,232	0.15%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	132,938	8.70%, see rank	9.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	130,386	8.54%, see rank	17.87%
Female¹	1,449,438	48.69%, see rank	47.68%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	756,400	52.19%, see rank	39.35%
Service Occupations²	257,803	17.79%, see rank	21.19%
Sales and Office Occupations²	390,400	26.93%, see rank	32.82%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	729	0.05%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	3,801	0.26%, see rank	0.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	37,408	2.58%, 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

	Washington, Arlington, Alexandria Area	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	2,976,833	100%	141,996,548
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	9,680	0.33%, see rank	1.90%
Construction	189,556	6.37%, see rank	6.49%
Manufacturing	94,937	3.19%, see rank	10.62%
Wholesale Trade	38,487	1.29%, see rank	2.83%
Retail Trade	246,310	8.27%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	108,076	3.63%, see rank	5.00%
Information	94,169	3.16%, see rank	2.21%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	188,036	6.32%, see rank	6.74%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	609,663	20.48%, see rank	10.66%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	568,094	19.08%, see rank	22.90%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	240,324	8.07%, see rank	9.18%
Public Administration	401,899	13.50%, see rank	4.94%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	187,602	6.30%, see rank	4.95%

ACS 2006-2010 data

Occupation

	Washington, Arlington, Alexandria Area	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	2,889,207	-	141,833,331
Male¹	1,487,301	51.48%, see rank	52.63%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	738,217	49.63%, see rank	32.27%
Service Occupations²	187,683	12.62%, see rank	14.06%
Sales and Office Occupations²	228,802	15.38%, see rank	17.76%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	2,524	0.17%, see rank	1.08%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	138,045	9.28%, see rank	10.60%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	128,192	8.62%, see rank	18.08%
Female¹	1,401,906	48.52%, see rank	47.37%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	726,405	51.82%, see rank	38.62%
Service Occupations²	239,104	17.06%, see rank	20.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	390,574	27.86%, see rank	33.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	763	0.05%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	4,308	0.31%, see rank	0.34%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	37,526	2.68%, 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

	Washington, Arlington, Alexandria Area	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	2,889,207	100%	141,833,331
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	9,747	0.34%, see rank	1.86%
Construction	196,582	6.80%, see rank	7.13%
Manufacturing	94,041	3.25%, see rank	10.99%
Wholesale Trade	40,771	1.41%, see rank	3.06%
Retail Trade	237,128	8.21%, see rank	11.49%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	106,116	3.67%, see rank	5.07%
Information	99,440	3.44%, see rank	2.38%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	193,133	6.68%, see rank	7.00%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	593,159	20.53%, see rank	10.42%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	536,640	18.57%, see rank	22.05%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	221,405	7.66%, see rank	8.86%
Public Administration	382,886	13.25%, see rank	4.84%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	178,159	6.17%, see rank	4.86%

ACS 2005-2009 data

Occupation

	Washington, Arlington, Alexandria Area	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	2,818,975	-	141,303,145
Male¹	1,463,402	51.91%, see rank	53.11%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	719,295	49.15%, see rank	31.81%
Service Occupations²	182,167	12.45%, see rank	13.79%
Sales and Office Occupations²	227,890	15.57%, see rank	17.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	2,382	0.16%, see rank	1.06%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	205,475	14.04%, see rank	17.24%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	126,193	8.62%, see rank	18.26%
Female¹	1,355,573	48.09%, see rank	46.89%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	695,965	51.34%, see rank	38.12%
Service Occupations²	226,555	16.71%, see rank	20.39%
Sales and Office Occupations²	390,651	28.82%, see rank	34.43%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	922	0.07%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	7,948	0.59%, see rank	0.68%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	33,532	2.47%, 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

	Washington, Arlington, Alexandria Area	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	2,818,975	100%	141,303,145
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	9,518	0.34%, see rank	1.82%
Construction	197,096	6.99%, see rank	7.45%
Manufacturing	92,803	3.29%, see rank	11.24%
Wholesale Trade	42,273	1.50%, see rank	3.20%
Retail Trade	236,577	8.39%, see rank	11.52%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	105,333	3.74%, see rank	5.08%
Information	103,562	3.67%, see rank	2.44%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	192,407	6.83%, see rank	7.10%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	573,411	20.34%, see rank	10.29%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	516,076	18.31%, see rank	21.51%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	210,206	7.46%, see rank	8.77%
Public Administration	368,110	13.06%, see rank	4.74%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	171,603	6.09%, see rank	4.84%

* 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.