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Houston, Texas
| Employment by Role | Houston, TX | Texas | United States | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executives, Managers, Administrators | 658 | 0.03% | 1,239,654 | 5.09% | 16,988,854 | 5.56% |
| Professional Specialty Occupations | 181,085 | 8.52% | 1,599,118 | 6.56% | 23,227,756 | 7.61% |
| Sales Professionals | 215,125 | 10.12% | 266,616 | 1.09% | 3,712,588 | 1.22% |
| Technologies and Technicians | 38,112 | 1.79% | 361,267 | 1.48% | 5,338,800 | 1.75% |
| Sales Workers and Clerks | 60,252 | 2.84% | 1,018,153 | 4.18% | 13,280,146 | 4.35% |
| Administrative Support | 126,614 | 5.96% | 1,963,997 | 8.06% | 27,011,326 | 8.85% |
| Technical, Sales and Administrative: Field Occupations | 278,450 | 13.1% | 23,087 | 0.09% | 351,707 | 0.12% |
| Private Household | 3,521 | 0.17% | 394 | 0% | 6,226 | 0% |
| Protective Services | 45 | 0% | 141,955 | 0.58% | 2,170,454 | 0.71% |
| Other Services: Site Based | 16,406 | 0.77% | 1,376,841 | 5.65% | 19,167,165 | 6.28% |
| Other Services: Field Based | 165,530 | 7.79% | 51,674 | 0.21% | 833,648 | 0.27% |
| Farming, Forestry, and Fishing | 6,490 | 0.31% | 264,381 | 1.09% | 3,511,525 | 1.15% |
| Precision, Craft, and Repair: Site Based | 31,884 | 1.5% | 974,471 | 4% | 12,602,718 | 4.13% |
| Construction, Repair and Mining: Field Based | 120,650 | 5.68% | 312,642 | 1.28% | 4,135,755 | 1.35% |
| Machine Operators, Assemblers and Inspectors | 39,405 | 1.85% | 230,150 | 0.94% | 3,491,728 | 1.14% |
| Transportation Materials Moving Workers | 29,696 | 1.4% | 329,999 | 1.35% | 4,294,962 | 1.41% |
| Handlers, Helpers and Laborers | 42,082 | 1.98% | 315,861 | 1.3% | 4,065,562 | 1.33% |
| White Collar | 80.07% | 76.82% | 77.74% | |||
| Blue Collar | 19.93% | 23.18% | 22.26% | |||
| Total Population | 2,125,069 | 24,361,558 | 305,316,813 | |||
The data for Houston, TX may also contain data for the following areas: Houston
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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