Chicago, IL Occupation By Population

Employment by Role	Chicago, IL		Illinois		United States
Executives, Managers, Administrators	178,061	6.25%	736,943	5.72%	258,822	0.09%
Professional Specialty Occupations	251,614	8.84%	1,021,290	7.92%	16,434,174	5.44%
Sales Professionals	42,753	1.5%	168,297	1.31%	22,364,294	7.41%
Technologies and Technicians	54,147	1.9%	220,004	1.71%	3,569,135	1.18%
Sales Workers and Clerks	105,893	3.72%	550,576	4.27%	5,077,317	1.68%
Administrative Support	292,942	10.29%	1,207,548	9.37%	12,843,790	4.26%
Technical, Sales and Administrative: Field Occupations	3,822	0.13%	16,513	0.13%	26,091,770	8.64%
Private Household	26	0%	308	0%	341,928	0.11%
Protective Services	21,614	0.76%	100,590	0.78%	6,120	0%
Other Services: Site Based	168,102	5.9%	802,954	6.23%	2,096,956	0.69%
Other Services: Field Based	7,720	0.27%	32,793	0.25%	18,597,815	6.16%
Farming, Forestry, and Fishing	17,375	0.61%	99,128	0.77%	795,293	0.26%
Precision, Craft, and Repair: Site Based	102,734	3.61%	535,727	4.16%	3,372,568	1.12%
Construction, Repair and Mining: Field Based	26,045	0.91%	156,785	1.22%	12,232,286	4.05%
Machine Operators, Assemblers and Inspectors	30,812	1.08%	163,145	1.27%	4,002,423	1.33%
Transportation Materials Moving Workers	33,356	1.17%	173,329	1.34%	3,397,823	1.13%
Handlers, Helpers and Laborers	34,637	1.22%	182,689	1.42%	4,149,520	1.37%
White Collar	1,126,694	39.57%	4,857,816	37.68%	107,682,121	35.68%
Blue Collar	244,959	8.6%	1,310,803	10.17%	27,949,913	9.26%
Total Population	2,847,322		12,892,824		301,825,750

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Data represents the number of people working in the area by their employment role.
Occupation: White Collar - White collar workers are traditionally defined as office workers, but the lines have become increasingly blurred over recent decades. White collar occupations include administrative and clerical support; executive, administrative and managerial; professional specialties; sales; and technicians and related services.
Occupation: Blue Collar - Blue collar occupations include farming, forestry and fishing; handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers and laborers; machine operators, assemblers and inspectors; precision production, craft and repair; private household services; protective services; services other than protective and household; and transportation and material moving.

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