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Des Moines Employment by Job Type Total Civilian Population Graph

2010 Employment by Job Type for Civilian Population (Age 16+) Des Moines, IA Iowa United States
White Collar 61,919 74.70% 957,791 72.15% 92,009,214 74.72%
Blue Collar 20,974 25.30% 369,672 27.85% 31,125,749 25.28%
 
Management, Business, and Financial Operations 14,238 14.58% 251,454 16.28% 23,044,053 16.09%
Professional and Related 17,710 18.14% 306,595 19.85% 31,190,648 21.78%
Sales and Office 29,971 30.69% 399,742 25.88% 37,774,513 26.38%
Service 14,615 14.97% 206,780 13.39% 19,324,452 13.50%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry 147 0.15% 10,524 0.68% 727,249 0.51%
Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance 8,683 8.89% 126,388 8.18% 12,677,154 8.85%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving 12,291 12.59% 243,284 15.75% 18,448,595 12.88%

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White Collar Employment: perform tasks that are considered less physically laborious

Blue Collar Employment: perform tasks that are manual, technical labor or are in technical maintenance "trades"

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Des Moines Employment by Industry for Total Civilian Population Graph

2010 Employment by Industry for Civilian Population (Age 16+) Des Moines, IA Iowa United States
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining 273 0.28% 53,362 3.45% 2,134,305 1.49%
Construction 6,775 6.94% 97,744 6.33% 9,982,202 6.97%
Manufacturing 7,883 8.07% 221,343 14.33% 17,078,738 11.93%
Wholesale Trade 3,082 3.16% 47,402 3.07% 4,371,371 3.05%
Retail Trade 10,249 10.50% 159,923 10.35% 14,346,753 10.02%
Transportation and Warehousing, and Utilities 5,663 5.80% 82,390 5.33% 7,992,800 5.58%
Information 3,337 3.42% 42,549 2.75% 4,210,964 2.94%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 12,886 13.20% 110,163 7.13% 9,894,999 6.91%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, etc. 9,623 9.85% 107,814 6.98% 14,935,847 10.43%
Educational, Health and Social Services 19,480 19.95% 382,115 24.74% 31,705,830 22.14%
Arts, Entertainment, Accommodation and Food Services, etc. 8,629 8.84% 110,645 7.16% 12,115,678 8.46%
Other Services 4,920 5.04% 73,907 4.78% 7,373,033 5.15%
Public Administration 4,855 4.97% 55,410 3.59% 7,044,144 4.92%

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Employment by Industry: This data represents 2010 employment by industry for the total civilian population.

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Des Moines Employment Statistics for all Potential Employees Graph

2010 Employment Statistics for Potential Employees (Age 16+) Des Moines, IA Iowa United States
Employment Potential 150,933 2,339,192 237,450,726
Civilian Total 97,655 1,544,767 143,186,664
Employed Civilian Males 49,510 32.80% 809,230 34.59% 76,490,548 32.21%
Employed Civilian Females 48,145 31.90% 735,537 31.44% 66,696,116 28.09%
Armed Forces Male 137 0.09% 1,645 0.07% 1,041,883 0.44%
Armed Forces Female 17 0.01% 286 0.01% 194,250 0.08%
Unemployed Males 7,633 5.06% 72,356 3.09% 8,607,960 3.63%
Unemployed Females 4,520 2.99% 41,886 1.79% 5,967,224 2.51%
Not in the Labor Force Male 16,902 11.20% 278,682 11.91% 32,071,333 13.51%
Not in the Labor Force Female 24,069 15.95% 399,570 17.08% 46,381,412 19.53%

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Workforce Statistics: The Workforce breakdown is derived from data, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

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Des Moines Population Growth Statistics Graph

2010 Employment by Type of Employer Total Civilian Population (Age 16+) Des Moines, IA Iowa United States
Private for-Profit Wage and Salary Workers 74,465 76.25% 1,112,391 72.01% 105,622,009 73.77%
Private Not-for-Profit Wage and Salary Workers 8,271 8.47% 125,798 8.14% 10,090,727 7.05%
Local Government Workers 4,448 4.55% 82,347 5.33% 8,961,757 6.26%
State Government Workers 4,662 4.77% 90,465 5.86% 6,692,635 4.67%
Federal Government Workers 1,935 1.98% 25,601 1.66% 3,541,754 2.47%
Self-Employed Workers in Own Not Incorporated Business 3,801 3.89% 105,111 6.80% 8,072,936 5.64%
Unpaid Family Workers 73 0.07% 3,054 0.20% 204,846 0.14%

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Civilian Employers (Population Age 16+): This data represents 2010 employment by type of employers for the total civilian population, over age 16.

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Des Moines, Iowa Demographics Summary


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