Distribution of occupational groups among 30- to 60-year-old men and women stratified by sex and occupational group.
| Occupational Groups | Men, n = 574,617 | Women, n = 561,037 | Percentage of Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Age | % | Age | ||
| Upper-level nonmanual | |||||
| Managers | 5.8 | 46.3 | 2.8 | 46.2 | 32.2 |
| Professionals | 13.5 | 43.9 | 10.2 | 44.2 | 42.6 |
| Teaching professionals | 4.0 | 45.2 | 8.3 | 44.0 | 66.9 |
| Lower-level nonmanual | |||||
| Physical and engineering science technicians | 8.3 | 44.4 | 1.9 | 43.4 | 18.4 |
| Environmental officers and nurses | 1.0 | 43.4 | 7.6 | 44.0 | 88.6 |
| Finance and sales associate professionals, and administrative secretaries | 8.7 | 44.6 | 12.6 | 45.1 | 58.6 |
| Office clerks | 3.2 | 44.7 | 10.6 | 46.0 | 76.6 |
| Customer service clerks | 0.3 | 41.7 | 3.2 | 46.7 | 91.8 |
| Service workers | 3.9 | 42.4 | 18.7 | 45.5 | 82.5 |
| Shop workers | 2.3 | 42.8 | 5.0 | 43.8 | 67.6 |
| Manual occupations | |||||
| Agricultural and fishery workers | 6.0 | 46.8 | 3.2 | 46.2 | 34.6 |
| Construction workers, electricians, and plumbers | 8.3 | 44.7 | 0.4 | 45.9 | 4.2 |
| Metal and machinery workers | 10.8 | 45.0 | 1.1 | 45.5 | 8.8 |
| Craft workers | 2.0 | 44.7 | 1.2 | 46.0 | 36.9 |
| Chemical, wood, and metal processing workers | 3.3 | 44.6 | 0.8 | 45.6 | 18.3 |
| Machine operators and assemblers | 4.6 | 43.4 | 3.2 | 45.6 | 40.6 |
| Professional drivers | 8.0 | 45.1 | 0.5 | 45.9 | 5.5 |
| Building caretakers, cleaners, assistant nurses, and kitchen workers | 2.9 | 45.2 | 7.8 | 47.5 | 72.8 |
| Unskilled transport, construction, and manufacturing workers | 3.2 | 44.1 | 1.2 | 45.7 | 25.8 |