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Show 87 Women' in the Labor Force reau of the Census and published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. women (32 percent) were employed in clerical work in More April 1965 than in any other major occupational group (table 41). The next largest group was service workers (except private-house hold), followed by operatives. Professional workers were the fourth largest group, with private-household, sales, and managerial workers following in that order. The remaining group (about 4 percent) included farm workers, craftsmen, and nonfarm laborers. Table 41.-MAJOR GROUPS OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYED SELECTED AND OCCUPATIONS OF WOMEN, APRIL 1965 (Women 14 years of age and over) occupation TotaL _____________________________ Professional, technical, kindred workers (in thousands) Percent distribution As percent oj total 24,648 100.0 34.7 13.5 37.4 Number Major occupational group or selected 1 _____ 3,323 ---- Medical, other health workers ______________ , __________________ ---- 933 3.8 61. 0 1,381 1, 106 1 7,756 5.6 69.2 ________ (except college) Managers, officials, proprietors (except farm) Clerical, kindred workers Teachers employed 4.5 14.8 31. 5 69.9 11. 2 98.2 7.6 40.6 ---- Stenographers, typists, secretaries Sales workers _______ 1 ____________________________ 2,749 1,881 ---- Retail trade _________________________ Craftsmen, foremen, kindred workers Operatives, kindred workers _______ _______________ 1,659 __________ Nondurable goods manufacturing Laborers (except farm, mine) Private-household workers Service workers _______ ________ - - _ - __ _________________ (except private-household) Waitresses, cooks, bartenders Farmers, farm managers Farm laborers, foremen _______ - __ -- ____________________ 3.2 13,656 14.8 27.7 1 ---- 980 4.0 23.0 1,896 7.7 51. 9 116 .5 3.2 2,025 13,829 8.2 97.5 15.5 54.8 1,385 5.6 72.2 140 .6 6.0 534 2.2 29.5 ---- ________________________ Unpaid family workers 57.8 1.1 --- ___________________ Paid wor kers 6.7 281 ---- Durable goods manufacturing ---- ________________ ---- 124 .5 11. 8 410 1.7 53. 9 Includes women in occupationa not shown separately in this category. 1965. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment and Earnings, May employment has expanded in nearly all of the major in occupational groups since 1940. The greatest growth has been Women's the number of women clerical workers-from 2.5 million in 1940 to |
