Occupation in South Carolina

The Census Bureau groups occupations into six categories:

Management, Professional, and Related Occupations: management occupations; farmers and farm managers; business operations specialists; financial specialists; computer and mathematical occupations; architects, surveyors, cartographers, and engineers; drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians; life, physical and social science occupations; community and social services occupations; legal occupations; education, training and library occupations; arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations; health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations; health technologists and technicians.

Service Occupations: healthcare support occupations; fire fighting, prevention, and law enforcement workers, including supervisors; other protective service workers, including supervisors; food preparation and serving related occupations; building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations; personal care and service occupations.

Sales and Office Occupations: sales and related occupations; office and administrative support occupations.

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations

Constructions, Extraction, and Maintenance Occupations: supervisors, construction and extraction workers; construction trades workers; extraction workers; installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.

Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations: production occupations; supervisors, transportation and material moving workers; aircraft and traffic control occupations; motor vehicle operators; rail, water and other transportation occupations; material moving workers.

Employees by Occupation: 2000

	South Carolina		United States
	#	%	#	%
Employed Civilian Population 16 Years and Over	1,822,969	100.0	128,279,228	100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations	530,117	29.1	43,646,731	33.6
Service occupations	268,661	14.7	19,276,947	14.9
Sales and office occupations	459,724	25.2	34,621,390	26.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	10,679	0.6	951,810	0.7
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	209,048	11.5	12,256,138	9.4
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	346,471	19.0	18,968,496	14.6

Occupation by Sex in South Carolina

The majority of female workers in South Carolina in 2000 were employed in the fields of Sales and Office occupations (35.1 percent), and Management, Professional, and Related occupations (32.7 percent). About half of all male workers were employed in the areas of Management, Professional, and Related occupations (25.7 percent) and Production, Transportation, and Material Moving occupations (24.6 percent).

In the United States, the majority of female workers were employed in Sales and Office occupations (36.7 percent), and Management, Professional, and Related occupations (36.2 percent). Most men worked in Management, Professional, and Related occupations (31.4 percent) and Production, Transportation, and Material Moving occupations (20.5 percent).

Occupation by Sex: 2000

	South Carolina				United States
	Male		Female		Male		Female
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Employed Civilian Population 16 Years and Over	955,764	100.0	868,936	100.0	69,091,443	100.0	60,630,069	100.0
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations	245,970	25.7	284,147	32.7	21,708,758	31.4	21,937,973	36.2
Service Occupations	110,748	11.6	157,913	18.2	8,346,408	12.1	10,930,539	18.0
Sales and Office Occupations	155,086	16.2	304,638	35.1	12,341,968	17.9	22,279,422	36.7
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	8,604	0.9	2,075	0.2	750,915	1.1	200,895	0.3
Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance Occupations	199,793	20.9	9,255	1.1	11,802,699	17.1	453,439	0.7
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations	235,563	24.6	110,908	12.8	14,140,695	20.5	4,827,801	8.0

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF3, Table P50.