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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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