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Watertown Employment by Job Type Total Civilian Population Graph

2010 Employment by Job Type for Civilian Population (Age 16+) Watertown, MA Massachusetts United States
White Collar 15,792 89.04% 2,317,000 80.54% 92,009,214 74.72%
Blue Collar 1,943 10.96% 559,784 19.46% 31,125,749 25.28%
 
Management, Business, and Financial Operations 5,053 26.01% 597,095 18.06% 23,044,053 16.09%
Professional and Related 6,387 32.88% 885,767 26.79% 31,190,648 21.78%
Sales and Office 4,352 22.40% 834,138 25.23% 37,774,513 26.38%
Service 1,677 8.63% 424,296 12.84% 19,324,452 13.50%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry 13 0.07% 4,654 0.14% 727,249 0.51%
Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance 820 4.22% 228,446 6.91% 12,677,154 8.85%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving 1,123 5.78% 331,338 10.02% 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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Watertown Employment by Industry for Total Civilian Population Graph

2010 Employment by Industry for Civilian Population (Age 16+) Watertown, MA Massachusetts United States
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining 24 0.12% 10,185 0.31% 2,134,305 1.49%
Construction 649 3.34% 184,508 5.58% 9,982,202 6.97%
Manufacturing 1,405 7.23% 358,882 10.86% 17,078,738 11.93%
Wholesale Trade 502 2.58% 89,945 2.72% 4,371,371 3.05%
Retail Trade 1,499 7.72% 312,453 9.45% 14,346,753 10.02%
Transportation and Warehousing, and Utilities 627 3.23% 146,466 4.43% 7,992,800 5.58%
Information 1,274 6.56% 115,469 3.49% 4,210,964 2.94%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 1,999 10.29% 265,588 8.03% 9,894,999 6.91%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, etc. 3,756 19.34% 420,714 12.73% 14,935,847 10.43%
Educational, Health and Social Services 5,173 26.63% 865,601 26.18% 31,705,830 22.14%
Arts, Entertainment, Accommodation and Food Services, etc. 1,139 5.86% 240,568 7.28% 12,115,678 8.46%
Other Services 793 4.08% 152,715 4.62% 7,373,033 5.15%
Public Administration 585 3.01% 142,640 4.31% 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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Watertown Employment Statistics for all Potential Employees Graph

2010 Employment Statistics for Potential Employees (Age 16+) Watertown, MA Massachusetts United States
Employment Potential 28,558 5,215,695 237,450,726
Civilian Total 19,425 3,305,734 143,186,664
Employed Civilian Males 9,690 33.93% 1,713,447 32.85% 76,490,548 32.21%
Employed Civilian Females 9,735 34.09% 1,592,287 30.53% 66,696,116 28.09%
Armed Forces Male 0 0.00% 4,239 0.08% 1,041,883 0.44%
Armed Forces Female 0 0.00% 1,018 0.02% 194,250 0.08%
Unemployed Males 489 1.71% 162,936 3.12% 8,607,960 3.63%
Unemployed Females 349 1.22% 106,599 2.04% 5,967,224 2.51%
Not in the Labor Force Male 3,181 11.14% 657,051 12.60% 32,071,333 13.51%
Not in the Labor Force Female 5,114 17.91% 978,118 18.75% 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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Watertown Population Growth Statistics Graph

2010 Employment by Type of Employer Total Civilian Population (Age 16+) Watertown, MA Massachusetts United States
Private for-Profit Wage and Salary Workers 13,572 69.87% 2,373,899 71.81% 105,622,009 73.77%
Private Not-for-Profit Wage and Salary Workers 2,934 15.10% 343,794 10.40% 10,090,727 7.05%
Local Government Workers 921 4.74% 219,381 6.64% 8,961,757 6.26%
State Government Workers 594 3.06% 124,735 3.77% 6,692,635 4.67%
Federal Government Workers 233 1.20% 61,940 1.87% 3,541,754 2.47%
Self-Employed Workers in Own Not Incorporated Business 1,167 6.01% 179,278 5.42% 8,072,936 5.64%
Unpaid Family Workers 4 0.02% 2,707 0.08% 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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