Rank	COC*	Occupation Title	COUNT**	PERCENT
1	22	Managers and administrators	8609388	7.37058
2	313	Secretaries	3828302	3.27745
3	243	Supervisors/Proprietors, Sales Occupations	3596023	3.07859
4	804	Truck drivers	2640585	2.26063
5	274	Sales workers, other commodities	2118672	1.81382
6	453	Janitors and cleaners	2067101	1.76966
7	276	Cashiers	2043195	1.7492
8	337	Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks	1817127	1.55566
9	95	Registered nurses	1799165	1.54028
10	436	Cooks	1587227	1.35884
11	156	Teachers, elementary school	1524602	1.30523
12	447	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	1477561	1.26495
13	23	Accountants and auditors	1449425	1.24087
14	567	Carpenters	1336839	1.14448
15	259	Sales reps, mining/manufact/wholesale	1305211	1.1174
16	889	Laborers, except construction	1250422	1.0705
17	435	Waiters and waitresses	1243450	1.06453
18	157	Teachers, secondary school	1207921	1.03411
19	379	General office clerks	1187412	1.01655
20	473	Farmers, except horticultural	1166644	0.99877
21	628	Supervisors, production occs	1092668	0.93544
22	785	Assemblers	1026023	0.87839
23	505	Automobile mechanics	924831	0.79176
24	777	Miscellaneous machine operators	912207	0.78095
25	468	Child care workers	855757	0.73262
26	254	Real estate sales occs	788281	0.67485
27	319	Receptionists	747566	0.64
28	178	Lawyers	747311	0.63978
29	458	Hairdressers and cosmetologists	741546	0.63484
30	25	Other financial officers	727887	0.62315
31	389	Administrative support occs	717172	0.61398
32	869	Construction laborers	697191	0.59687
33	479	Farm workers	686987	0.58814
34	308	Computer operators	659841	0.5649
35	744	Textile sewing machine operators	656092	0.56169
36	253	Insurance sales occs	654951	0.56071
37	426	Guards and police, except public service	650456	0.55686
38	877	Stock handlers and baggers	650044	0.55651
39	13	Managers/marketing/advertising/PR	637557	0.54582
40	376	Investigators and adjusters, except insurance	636942	0.54529
41	486	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm	632818	0.54176
42	575	Electricians	626998	0.53678
43	783	Welders and cutters	597287	0.51134
44	55	Electrical and electronic	592715	0.50743
45	365	Stock and inventory clerks	585833	0.50154
46	883	Freight, stock, and material handlers, nec.	571810	0.48953
47	796	Production inspectors, checkers, and examiners	571665	0.48941
48	174	Social workers	569851	0.48785
49	64	Computer systems analysts and scientists	564743	0.48348
50	84	Physicians	564555	0.48332
51	449	Maids and housemen	551376	0.47204
52	159	Teachers	545219	0.46677
53	14	Administrators, education and related fields	532733	0.45608
54	364	Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks	531212	0.45478
55	779	Machine operators, not specified	528820	0.45273
56	185	Designers	526843	0.45104
57	637	Machinists	522513	0.44733
58	7	Financial managers	516489	0.44217
59	229	Computer programmers	515413	0.44125
60	407	Private household cleaners and servants	515168	0.44104
61	315	Typists	515090	0.44097
62	558	Supervisors, construction	509017	0.43577
63	444	Miscellaneous food preparation occs	501893	0.42968
64	579	Painters, construction and maintenance	495214	0.42396
65	385	Data-entry keyers	485635	0.41576
66	418	Police and detectives, public service	481710	0.4124
67	235	Technicians	462626	0.39606
68	303	Supervisors, general office	456019	0.3904
69	383	Bank tellers	452802	0.38765
70	856	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators	450241	0.38546
71	808	Bus drivers	437321	0.37439
72	5	Administrators/officials, public administration	434916	0.37234
73	207	Licensed practical nurses	433437	0.37107
74	27	Personnel/training/labor relations specialists	429136	0.36739
75	18	Managers, properties and real estate	424823	0.36369
76	518	Industrial machinery repairers	423173	0.36228
77	585	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	419839	0.35943
78	155	Teachers, pre-K and K	408944	0.3501
79	257	Sales occs, other business services	393028	0.33647
80	387	Teachers aides	388785	0.33284
81	754	Packaging and filling machine operators	381818	0.32688
82	213	Electrical and electronic technicians	378968	0.32444
83	37	Management related occs	371203	0.31779
84	434	Bartenders	344383	0.29483
85	446	Health aides, except nursing	333037	0.28512
86	57	Mechanical	330773	0.28318
87	208	Health technologists and technicians	330504	0.28295
88	176	Clergy	330405	0.28286
89	203	Clinical lab technologists and technicians	328584	0.2813
90	734	Printing press operators	323661	0.27709
91	507	Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics	312281	0.26735
92	354	Postal clerks, except mail carriers	310003	0.2654
93	375	Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators	304227	0.26045
94	355	Mail carriers, postal service	303415	0.25976
95	264	Sales workers, apparel	296930	0.2542
96	255	Securities and financial services sales occs	288542	0.24702
97	59	Engineers	285379	0.24432
98	503	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers	282895	0.24219
99	65	Operations/systems researchers and analysts	279844	0.23958
100	277	Street and door-to-door sales workers	276408	0.23664
101	217	Drafting occs	265437	0.22724
102	443	Waiters/waitresses assistants	264739	0.22665
103	53	Civil	264614	0.22654
104	163	Counselors, Educational and Vocational	262756	0.22495
105	216	Engineering technicians	261701	0.22404
106	33	Purchasing agents and buyers	260021	0.22261
107	433	Supervisors, food preparation and service occs	259072	0.22179
108	15	Managers, medicine and health	257406	0.22037
109	547	Specified mechanics and repairers	257127	0.22013
110	263	Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats	255606	0.21883
111	549	Not specified mechanics and repairers	254196	0.21762
112	844	Operating engineers	253326	0.21687
113	158	Teachers, special education	252519	0.21618
114	195	Editors and reporters	247967	0.21229
115	888	Hand packers and packagers	245670	0.21032
116	234	Legal assistants	245025	0.20977
117	188	Painters/sculptors/craft-artists/artist printmakers	243308	0.2083
118	56	Industrial	234775	0.20099
119	683	Electrical/electronic equipment assemblers	230284	0.19715
120	154	Postsecondary teachers, subject unspecified	225123	0.19273
121	534	Heating air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics	225091	0.1927
122	469	Personal service occs, ne.c.	222426	0.19042
123	424	Correctional institution officers	219927	0.18828
124	686	Butchers and meat cutters	213405	0.1827
125	26	Management analysts	207706	0.17782
126	363	Production coordinators	204210	0.17483
127	769	Slicing and cutting machine operators	204112	0.17474
128	809	Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs	198640	0.17006
129	417	Firefighting occs	198277	0.16975
130	348	Telephone operators	195396	0.16728
131	514	Automobile body and related repairers	194183	0.16624
132	335	File clerks	193069	0.16529
133	439	Kitchen workers, food preparation	192563	0.16486
134	29	Buyers, wholesale/retail trade except farm products	191990	0.16436
135	167	Psychologists	190497	0.16309
136	164	Librarians	185788	0.15905
137	759	Painting and paint spraying machine operators	184736	0.15815
138	406	Child care workers, private household	184736	0.15815
139	327	Order clerks	183515	0.15711
140	36	Inspectors/compliance officers, except construction	183364	0.15698
141	275	Sales counter clerks	182795	0.15649
142	359	Dispatchers	180789	0.15478
143	563	Brickmasons and stonemasons	179883	0.154
144	356	Mail clerks, except postal service	178110	0.15248
145	307	Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks	177953	0.15235
146	438	Food counter/fountain/related occs	176859	0.15141
147	43	Architects	176710	0.15128
148	445	Dental assistants	176208	0.15085
149	748	Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators	174095	0.14904
150	186	Musicians and composers	171362	0.1467
151	599	Construction trades, nec.	169750	0.14532
152	373	Expediters	169140	0.1448
153	523	Electronic repairers, communication/industrial equipment	169027	0.14471
154	197	Public relations specialists	168127	0.14393
155	475	Managers, farms, except horticultural	167631	0.14351
156	887	Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners	167519	0.14341
157	166	Economists	166170	0.14226
158	339	Billing clerks	165608	0.14178
159	96	Pharmacists	164795	0.14108
160	318	Transportation ticket and reservation agents	164670	0.14098
161	529	Telephone installers and repairers	162838	0.13941
162	516	Heavy equipment mechanics	162026	0.13871
163	448	Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers	159703	0.13672
164	336	Records clerks	159184	0.13628
165	595	Roofers	158847	0.13599
166	885	Garage and service station related occs	158092	0.13534
167	338	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	150511	0.12885
168	696	Stationary engineers	149560	0.12804
169	316	Interviewers	146720	0.12561
170	806	Driver-sales workers	146319	0.12527
171	8	Personnel and labor relations managers	145879	0.12489
172	653	Sheet metal workers	143964	0.12325
173	634	Tool and die makers	143231	0.12262
174	256	Advertising and related sales occs	142145	0.12169
175	508	Aircraft engine mechanics	139849	0.11973
176	85	Dentists	139120	0.1191
177	269	Sales workers, parts	138870	0.11889
178	689	Inspectors, testers, and graders	137766	0.11794
179	573	Drywall installers	137655	0.11785
180	206	Radiologic technicians	137287	0.11753
181	189	Photographers	134989	0.11557
182	378	Bill and account collectors	133916	0.11465
183	747	Pressing machine operators	131707	0.11276
184	687	Bakers	128093	0.10966
185	423	Sheriffs/bailiffs/other law enforcement officers	127159	0.10886
186	706	Punching and stamping press machine operators	126355	0.10817
187	329	Library clerks	125725	0.10763
188	799	Graders and sorters, except agricultural	125068	0.10707
189	73	Chemists, except biochemists	124271	0.10639
190	666	Dressmakers	123787	0.10598
191	756	Mixing and blending machine operators	123593	0.10581
192	357	Messengers	123316	0.10557
193	9	Purchasing managers	122582	0.10494
194	709	Grinding/abrading/buffing/polishing machine operators	121344	0.10388
195	459	Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities	120428	0.1031
196	267	Sales workers, radio, TV, hi-fi and appliances	119117	0.10198
197	859	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	117109	0.10026
198	268	Sales workers, hardware and building supplies	116569	0.0998
199	44	Aerospace	115384	0.09878
200	226	Airplane pilots and navigators	107936	0.0924
201	266	Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings	105818	0.09059
202	97	Dietitians	105770	0.09055
203	496	Timber cutting and logging occs	104819	0.08974
204	719	Molding and casting machine operators	103758	0.08883
205	187	Actors and directors	103368	0.08849
206	485	Supervisors, related agricultural occs	100868	0.08635
* 1990 Census Occupation Code
**annual weight/9