Concordance of NHIS Longest Held Job and Current Job by 41 Occupations and Gender-Race-Ethnicity Subgroups
Occupation	Group	Est Population Size	Cohen's Kappa ±SE	99% CI for Kappa
Officials and administrators public admin	Total	487,026	33.7±2.9	[26.2,41.2]
	Male	298,838	32.3±3.8	[22.5,42.1]
	Female	188,188	35.6±4.7	[23.5,47.7]
	White	430,055	33.7±3.2	[25.5,41.9]
	Black	41,831	30.9±9.0	[7.7,54.1]
	Other	15,140	42.6±16.6	[-0.2,85.4]
	Hispanic	18,542	24.8±14.3	[-12.0,61.6]
	NonHispanic	468,484	34.0±3.0	[26.3,41.7]
Managers administrators, except public administration	Total	9,865,920	38.8±0.7	[37.0,40.6]
	Male	6,486,943	39.8±0.9	[37.5,42.1]
	Female	3,378,977	36.4±1.2	[33.3,39.5]
	White	9,137,117	38.8±0.8	[36.7,40.9]
	Black	513,523	33.2±2.9	[25.7,40.7]
	Other	215,280	44.7±5.0	[31.8,57.6]
	Hispanic	511,280	37.5±3.3	[29.0,46.0]
	NonHispanic	9,354,640	38.8±0.8	[36.7,40.9]
Management related occs	Total	3,565,504	49.9±1.1	[47.1,52.7]
	Male	1,870,396	53.5±1.5	[49.6,57.4]
	Female	1,695,108	46.2±1.5	[42.3,50.1]
	White	3,186,251	49.5±1.1	[46.7,52.3]
	Black	272,517	49.1±3.4	[40.3,57.9]
	Other	106,736	64.1±5.6	[49.7,78.5]
	Hispanic	176,216	47.4±5.1	[34.3,60.5]
	NonHispanic	3,389,288	50.0±1.1	[47.2,52.8]
Engineers	Total	1,973,967	66.4±1.3	[63.1,69.7]
	Male	1,825,789	67.7±1.3	[64.4,71.0]
	Female	148,178	46.5±5.1	[33.4,59.6]
	White	1,750,959	66.5±1.3	[63.2,69.8]
	Black	78,641	58.6±7.1	[40.3,76.9]
	Other	144,367	68.2±4.7	[56.1,80.3]
	Hispanic	81,804	67.1±6.1	[51.4,82.8]
	NonHispanic	1,892,163	66.3±1.3	[63.0,69.6]
Architects and surveyors	Total	178,539	61.6±4.4	[50.3,72.9]
	Male	156,398	60.3±4.7	[48.2,72.4]
	Female	22,141	69.6±11.0	[41.3,97.9]
	White	165,523	62.0±4.5	[50.4,73.6]
	Black	8,946	50.0±21.7	[-5.9,100.0]
	Other	4,070	66.6±22.3	[9.2,100.0]
	Hispanic	10,464	49.9±21.7	[-6.0,100.0]
	NonHispanic	168,075	62.1±4.5	[50.5,73.7]
Natural mathematical/computer scientists	Total	1,028,437	50.2±2.0	[45.0,55.4]
	Male	719,713	53.5±2.4	[47.3,59.7]
	Female	308,724	43.4±3.5	[34.4,52.4]
	White	904,935	50.4±2.1	[45.0,55.8]
	Black	60,202	48.9±8.2	[27.8,70.0]
	Other	63,300	48.1±8.2	[27.0,69.2]
	Hispanic	37,668	38.4±11.1	[9.8,67.0]
	NonHispanic	990,769	50.6±2.0	[45.4,55.8]
Health diagnosing occs	Total	714,932	85.6±1.4	[82.0,89.2]
	Male	576,067	90.7±1.3	[87.4,94.0]
	Female	138,865	66.1±4.6	[54.3,77.9]
	White	635,651	85.5±1.5	[81.6,89.4]
	Black	26,052	81.4±8.2	[60.3,100.0]
	Other	53,229	89.2±4.8	[76.8,100.0]
	Hispanic	46,099	90.8±4.6	[79.0,100.0]
	NonHispanic	668,833	85.2±1.5	[81.3,89.1]
Health assessment/treating occs	Total	2,111,451	74.9±1.0	[72.3,77.5]
	Male	284,126	74.6±2.9	[67.1,82.1]
	Female	1,827,325	74.4±1.1	[71.6,77.2]
	White	1,860,463	76.4±1.0	[73.8,79.0]
	Black	192,587	62.5±3.5	[53.5,71.5]
	Other	58,401	77.1±5.7	[62.4,91.8]
	Hispanic	83,213	74.3±5.4	[60.4,88.2]
	NonHispanic	2,028,238	74.9±1.0	[72.3,77.5]
Teachers, librarians, counselors	Total	4,792,819	72.9±0.7	[71.1,74.7]
	Male	1,562,463	71.2±1.3	[67.9,74.5]
	Female	3,230,356	73.3±0.9	[71.0,75.6]
	White	4,260,473	73.2±0.8	[71.1,75.3]
	Black	386,017	73.7±2.2	[68.0,79.4]
	Other	146,329	59.2±4.9	[46.6,71.8]
	Hispanic	163,051	67.6±4.1	[57.0,78.2]
	NonHispanic	4,629,768	73.1±0.7	[71.3,74.9]
Writers, artists, entertainers, athletes	Total	1,825,120	58.1±1.4	[54.5,61.7]
	Male	953,860	58.9±1.9	[54.0,63.8]
	Female	871,260	57.3±2.0	[52.1,62.5]
	White	1,686,901	58.9±1.4	[55.3,62.5]
	Black	92,029	48.1±6.1	[32.4,63.8]
	Other	46,190	50.9±8.4	[29.3,72.5]
	Hispanic	68,797	49.9±6.8	[32.4,67.4]
	NonHispanic	1,756,323	58.5±1.4	[54.9,62.1]
Other professional specialty occs	Total	1,893,314	64.7±1.3	[61.4,68.0]
	Male	1,211,523	73.3±1.5	[69.4,77.2]
	Female	681,791	51.8±2.2	[46.1,57.5]
	White	1,679,851	65.7±1.4	[62.1,69.3]
	Black	175,362	58.3±4.1	[47.7,68.9]
	Other	38,101	58.9±9.7	[33.9,83.9]
	Hispanic	65,680	59.0±6.8	[41.5,76.5]
	NonHispanic	1,827,634	64.9±1.3	[61.6,68.2]
Health technologists/technicians	Total	1,128,295	60.0±1.7	[55.6,64.4]
	Male	159,461	51.0±4.7	[38.9,63.1]
	Female	968,834	61.2±1.8	[56.6,65.8]
	White	878,130	60.1±2.0	[54.9,65.3]
	Black	176,687	61.7±3.7	[52.2,71.2]
	Other	73,478	51.4±7.9	[31.0,71.8]
	Hispanic	63,246	69.4±6.5	[52.7,86.1]
	NonHispanic	1,065,049	59.4±1.8	[54.8,64.0]
Technologists, technicians except health	Total	2,302,531	47.7±1.3	[44.4,51.0]
	Male	1,573,635	49.0±1.6	[44.9,53.1]
	Female	728,896	44.5±2.3	[38.6,50.4]
	White	2,022,399	48.5±1.4	[44.9,52.1]
	Black	152,651	41.4±4.9	[28.8,54.0]
	Other	127,481	41.8±6.1	[26.1,57.5]
	Hispanic	127,056	44.7±5.8	[29.8,59.6]
	NonHispanic	2,175,475	47.8±1.3	[44.5,51.1]
Supervisors and proprietors	Total	3,134,293	36.8±1.3	[33.5,40.1]
	Male	2,034,550	37.5±1.6	[33.4,41.6]
	Female	1,099,743	35.1±2.1	[29.7,40.5]
	White	2,827,081	36.5±1.3	[33.2,39.8]
	Black	191,396	37.2±4.9	[24.6,49.8]
	Other	115,816	42.1±7.1	[23.8,60.4]
	Hispanic	163,684	42.3±5.7	[27.6,57.0]
	NonHispanic	2,970,609	36.5±1.3	[33.2,39.8]
Sales representatives, commodities and finance	Total	3,330,516	50.6±1.1	[47.8,53.4]
	Male	2,275,277	52.0±1.4	[48.4,55.6]
	Female	1,055,239	47.3±2.0	[42.1,52.5]
	White	3,102,042	50.8±1.2	[47.7,53.9]
	Black	150,253	45.3±5.1	[32.2,58.4]
	Other	78,221	48.1±8.2	[27.0,69.2]
	Hispanic	120,787	47.7±5.8	[32.8,62.6]
	NonHispanic	3,209,729	50.7±1.2	[47.6,53.8]
Other sales	Total	4,842,176	43.0±0.9	[40.7,45.3]
	Male	1,559,767	32.5±1.6	[28.4,36.6]
	Female	3,282,409	47.4±1.1	[44.6,50.2]
	White	4,222,624	42.4±1.0	[39.8,45.0]
	Black	451,595	44.5±2.8	[37.3,51.7]
	Other	167,957	54.4±5.1	[41.3,67.5]
	Hispanic	313,558	54.6±3.8	[44.8,64.4]
	NonHispanic	4,528,618	42.4±0.9	[40.1,44.7]
Computer equipment operators	Total	685,495	36.4±2.5	[30.0,42.8]
	Male	262,262	38.1±4.1	[27.5,48.7]
	Female	423,233	35.5±3.0	[27.8,43.2]
	White	545,854	34.0±2.7	[27.0,41.0]
	Black	102,352	49.1±6.1	[33.4,64.8]
	Other	37,289	34.5±10.6	[7.2,61.8]
	Hispanic	40,309	30.5±11.8	[0.1,60.9]
	NonHispanic	645,186	36.7±2.5	[30.3,43.1]
Secretaries, stenographers and typists	Total	4,217,745	63.6±0.8	[61.5,65.7]
	Male	68,067	36.9±6.9	[19.1,54.7]
	Female	4,149,678	62.1±0.9	[59.8,64.4]
	White	3,824,039	63.8±0.9	[61.5,66.1]
	Black	300,261	64.1±2.6	[57.4,70.8]
	Other	93,445	54.8±6.2	[38.8,70.8]
	Hispanic	215,452	59.3±4.0	[49.0,69.6]
	NonHispanic	4,002,293	63.8±0.8	[61.7,65.9]
Financial records processing occs	Total	2,226,136	48.4±1.3	[45.1,51.7]
	Male	231,322	25.7±3.6	[16.4,35.0]
	Female	1,994,814	50.3±1.4	[46.7,53.9]
	White	2,017,919	49.1±1.4	[45.5,52.7]
	Black	147,232	44.3±4.5	[32.7,55.9]
	Other	60,985	34.1±8.7	[11.7,56.5]
	Hispanic	96,782	50.2±6.2	[34.2,66.2]
	NonHispanic	2,129,354	48.3±1.3	[45.0,51.6]
Mail and message distributing	Total	841,173	56.0±2.2	[50.3,61.7]
	Male	548,545	58.7±2.7	[51.7,65.7]
	Female	292,628	51.3±3.8	[41.5,61.1]
	White	662,096	58.2±2.5	[51.8,64.6]
	Black	147,473	49.6±4.8	[37.2,62.0]
	Other	31,604	51.4±11.8	[21.0,81.8]
	Hispanic	48,107	51.8±9.0	[28.6,75.0]
	NonHispanic	793,066	56.3±2.3	[50.4,62.2]
Other administrative support	Total	7,481,071	43.4±0.8	[41.3,45.5]
	Male	2,020,151	35.9±1.5	[32.0,39.8]
	Female	5,460,920	44.2±0.9	[41.9,46.5]
	White	6,412,335	42.3±0.8	[40.2,44.4]
	Black	847,883	50.8±1.9	[45.9,55.7]
	Other	220,853	36.8±4.6	[25.0,48.6]
	Hispanic	554,001	48.5±2.9	[41.0,56.0]
	NonHispanic	6,927,070	43.1±0.8	[41.0,45.2]
Private household occs	Total	807,870	50.6±2.0	[45.4,55.8]
	Male	32,623	20.6±10.1	[-5.4,46.6]
	Female	775,247	51.2±2.1	[45.8,56.6]
	White	533,961	40.6±2.7	[33.6,47.6]
	Black	258,870	64.0±2.9	[56.5,71.5]
	Other	15,039	41.7±14.3	[4.9,78.5]
	Hispanic	122,252	60.8±5.4	[46.9,74.7]
	NonHispanic	685,618	49.1±2.2	[43.4,54.8]
Police and firefighters	Total	1,019,080	63.5±1.8	[58.9,68.1]
	Male	915,765	65.1±1.9	[60.2,70.0]
	Female	103,315	47.3±6.3	[31.1,63.5]
	White	866,129	64.2±2.0	[59.0,69.4]
	Black	134,473	59.0±5.0	[46.1,71.9]
	Other	18,478	66.5±14.1	[30.2,100.0]
	Hispanic	48,781	67.8±7.9	[47.4,88.2]
	NonHispanic	970,299	63.2±1.9	[58.3,68.1]
Other protective service occs	Total	682,105	35.2±2.6	[28.5,41.9]
	Male	522,928	34.6±3.0	[26.9,42.3]
	Female	159,177	36.5±5.1	[23.4,49.6]
	White	526,787	31.8±3.0	[24.1,39.5]
	Black	148,547	44.9±5.2	[31.5,58.3]
	Other	6,771	28.4±22.4	[-29.3,86.1]
	Hispanic	39,529	48.3±10.1	[22.3,74.3]
	NonHispanic	642,576	34.2±2.7	[27.2,41.2]
Food service	Total	3,412,410	56.3±1.0	[53.7,58.9]
	Male	1,178,486	54.1±1.8	[49.5,58.7]
	Female	2,233,924	56.7±1.2	[53.6,59.8]
	White	2,737,403	54.8±1.1	[52.0,57.6]
	Black	460,785	60.4±2.3	[54.5,66.3]
	Other	214,222	64.8±4.0	[54.5,75.1]
	Hispanic	319,206	62.8±3.4	[54.0,71.6]
	NonHispanic	3,093,204	55.7±1.0	[53.1,58.3]
Health service	Total	1,668,725	55.4±1.4	[51.8,59.0]
	Male	157,824	41.7±5.1	[28.6,54.8]
	Female	1,510,901	55.8±1.4	[52.2,59.4]
	White	1,148,951	52.0±1.7	[47.6,56.4]
	Black	460,860	59.9±2.3	[54.0,65.8]
	Other	58,914	62.7±7.2	[44.2,81.2]
	Hispanic	123,871	52.4±5.1	[39.3,65.5]
	NonHispanic	1,544,854	55.6±1.4	[52.0,59.2]
Cleaning and building service	Total	2,492,747	48.3±1.3	[45.0,51.6]
	Male	1,427,418	45.4±1.8	[40.8,50.0]
	Female	1,065,329	51.8±2.0	[46.6,57.0]
	White	1,803,295	45.3±1.6	[41.2,49.4]
	Black	573,578	52.4±2.4	[46.2,58.6]
	Other	115,874	58.2±6.1	[42.5,73.9]
	Hispanic	340,063	56.7±3.6	[47.4,66.0]
	NonHispanic	2,152,684	46.9±1.4	[43.3,50.5]
Personal service	Total	1,936,119	52.1±1.4	[48.5,55.7]
	Male	344,878	48.2±3.5	[39.2,57.2]
	Female	1,591,241	52.3±1.5	[48.4,56.2]
	White	1,644,345	53.4±1.5	[49.5,57.3]
	Black	212,304	43.1±3.8	[33.3,52.9]
	Other	79,470	59.4±7.4	[40.3,78.5]
	Hispanic	129,646	52.7±5.8	[37.8,67.6]
	NonHispanic	1,806,473	52.1±1.4	[48.5,55.7]
Farm operators and managers	Total	1,502,073	59.8±1.5	[55.9,63.7]
	Male	1,227,738	61.7±1.6	[57.6,65.8]
	Female	274,335	49.3±3.8	[39.5,59.1]
	White	1,459,089	60.7±1.5	[56.8,64.6]
	Black	35,186	43.8±8.8	[21.1,66.5]
	Other	7,798	13.0±12.0	[-17.9,43.9]
	Hispanic	52,731	27.8±7.5	[8.5,47.1]
	NonHispanic	1,449,342	61.1±1.5	[57.2,65.0]
Farm workers and other agricultural workers	Total	1,314,420	40.2±1.7	[35.8,44.6]
	Male	1,061,521	39.8±2.0	[34.6,45.0]
	Female	252,899	40.5±3.7	[31.0,50.0]
	White	1,129,088	40.7±1.9	[35.8,45.6]
	Black	158,195	34.5±4.7	[22.4,46.6]
	Other	27,137	58.0±12.0	[27.1,88.9]
	Hispanic	254,045	61.1±3.9	[51.1,71.1]
	NonHispanic	1,060,375	35.6±1.9	[30.7,40.5]
Forestry and fishing occs	Total	199,138	47.2±4.5	[35.6,58.8]
	Male	196,716	48.2±4.6	[36.4,60.0]
	Female	2,422	*	*
	White	165,669	47.6±5.0	[34.7,60.5]
	Black	33,469	45.6±10.5	[18.6,72.6]
	Other	0	*	*
	Hispanic	2,413	*	*
	NonHispanic	196,725	48.0±4.6	[36.2,59.8]
Mechanics and repairers	Total	3,931,846	58.1±1.0	[55.5,60.7]
	Male	3,766,309	58.5±1.0	[55.9,61.1]
	Female	165,537	27.0±4.3	[15.9,38.1]
	White	3,478,810	58.9±1.0	[56.3,61.5]
	Black	362,816	49.3±3.3	[40.8,57.8]
	Other	90,220	64.8±6.6	[47.8,81.8]
	Hispanic	269,110	63.6±3.6	[54.3,72.9]
	NonHispanic	3,662,736	57.7±1.0	[55.1,60.3]
Construction and extractive trades	Total	4,518,784	60.3±0.9	[58.0,62.6]
	Male	4,410,444	59.8±0.9	[57.5,62.1]
	Female	108,340	19.1±5.2	[5.7,32.5]
	White	4,111,750	60.8±0.9	[58.5,63.1]
	Black	311,212	54.6±3.3	[46.1,63.1]
	Other	95,822	60.7±6.4	[44.2,77.2]
	Hispanic	336,327	59.9±3.5	[50.9,68.9]
	NonHispanic	4,182,457	60.3±0.9	[58.0,62.6]
Precision production occs	Total	3,589,632	46.0±1.1	[43.2,48.8]
	Male	2,731,626	48.8±1.2	[45.7,51.9]
	Female	858,006	36.8±2.0	[31.6,42.0]
	White	3,178,818	46.7±1.1	[43.9,49.5]
	Black	271,879	38.9±3.3	[30.4,47.4]
	Other	138,935	50.1±5.8	[35.2,65.0]
	Hispanic	302,471	48.5±3.6	[39.2,57.8]
	NonHispanic	3,287,161	45.7±1.1	[42.9,48.5]
Machine operators/tenderers, except precision	Total	4,968,795	54.8±0.9	[52.5,57.1]
	Male	2,904,470	52.7±1.2	[49.6,55.8]
	Female	2,064,325	57.2±1.2	[54.1,60.3]
	White	4,001,843	53.8±1.0	[51.2,56.4]
	Black	803,971	58.0±1.9	[53.1,62.9]
	Other	162,981	56.3±5.4	[42.4,70.2]
	Hispanic	534,636	57.9±2.8	[50.7,65.1]
	NonHispanic	4,434,159	54.5±0.9	[52.2,56.8]
Fabricators, assemblers, inspectors, samplers	Total	2,403,449	47.9±1.3	[44.6,51.2]
	Male	1,379,089	49.2±1.7	[44.8,53.6]
	Female	1,024,360	46.3±1.9	[41.4,51.2]
	White	1,982,937	47.1±1.4	[43.5,50.7]
	Black	329,517	50.2±3.1	[42.2,58.2]
	Other	90,995	53.8±6.6	[36.8,70.8]
	Hispanic	236,189	49.9±4.2	[39.1,60.7]
	NonHispanic	2,167,260	47.7±1.3	[44.4,51.0]
Motor vehicle operators	Total	3,114,053	63.5±1.1	[60.7,66.3]
	Male	2,748,674	63.3±1.1	[60.5,66.1]
	Female	365,379	59.0±3.3	[50.5,67.5]
	White	2,535,558	62.8±1.2	[59.7,65.9]
	Black	513,858	65.2±2.4	[59.0,71.4]
	Other	64,637	70.1±7.4	[51.0,89.2]
	Hispanic	172,077	65.8±4.5	[54.2,77.4]
	NonHispanic	2,941,976	63.3±1.1	[60.5,66.1]
Other transportation, except motor vehicles	Total	163,494	54.1±5.0	[41.2,67.0]
	Male	161,487	54.2±5.1	[41.1,67.3]
	Female	2,007	50.0±30.6	[-28.8,100.0]
	White	146,822	56.9±5.2	[43.5,70.3]
	Black	14,402	19.9±17.0	[-23.9,63.7]
	Other	2,270	49.9±30.6	[-28.9,100.0]
	Hispanic	1,802	*	*
	NonHispanic	161,692	55.3±5.0	[42.4,68.2]
Material moving equipment operators	Total	1,036,254	51.0±2.0	[45.8,56.2]
	Male	972,458	52.5±2.0	[47.3,57.7]
	Female	63,796	27.7±6.9	[9.9,45.5]
	White	882,140	51.6±2.2	[45.9,57.3]
	Black	140,833	50.0±4.8	[37.6,62.4]
	Other	13,281	17.9±15.7	[-22.5,58.3]
	Hispanic	72,205	47.9±7.6	[28.3,67.5]
	NonHispanic	964,049	51.2±2.0	[46.0,56.4]
Construction laborers	Total	533,823	25.6±2.3	[19.7,31.5]
	Male	505,221	25.6±2.3	[19.7,31.5]
	Female	28,602	16.0±9.9	[-9.5,41.5]
	White	442,220	23.9±2.4	[17.7,30.1]
	Black	71,171	33.8±6.0	[18.3,49.3]
	Other	20,432	30.5±16.7	[-12.5,73.5]
	Hispanic	66,389	29.3±7.0	[11.3,47.3]
	NonHispanic	467,434	25.1±2.4	[18.9,31.3]
Freight, stock, material handlers	Total	2,839,151	31.3±1.2	[28.2,34.4]
	Male	2,166,561	32.5±1.4	[28.9,36.1]
	Female	672,590	27.5±2.1	[22.1,32.9]
	White	2,223,773	29.5±1.3	[26.2,32.8]
	Black	541,812	37.9±2.6	[31.2,44.6]
	Other	73,566	20.8±7.2	[2.3,39.3]
	Hispanic	264,429	31.2±4.0	[20.9,41.5]
	NonHispanic	2,574,722	31.3±1.2	[28.2,34.4]
*Kappa could not be computed for this subgroup.