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Women's Share of Workers in the Occupations With the Most Openings
Women as a share of employed people, the 20 occupations with the most projected openings, %
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Openings: Employment Projections, the average a year over the ten-year projection, counting new jobs and replacements for workers who retire or change occupation. Women and men: Palanor calculation, openings times each sex's share of the occupation's workers in the Current Population Survey for the projection's base year, so they show who would fill the openings if each occupation hires in today's mix. The CPS has no separate rows for restaurant cooks, heavy truck drivers or security guards; their shares are for all cooks, all truck drivers and guards with gambling surveillance officers.
Who does the jobs that will hire the most. Women hold the great majority of secretarial, nursing and housekeeping jobs and very few truck-driving jobs, so the mix of openings shapes the job market for women and men differently.
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- Women's Share of Workers: Fast food and counter workers (U.S.)as “Fast food and counter workers”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Home health and personal care aides (U.S.)as “Home health and care aides”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Cashiers (U.S.)as “Cashiers”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Retail salespersons (U.S.)as “Retail salespersons”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Stockers and order fillers (U.S.)as “Stockers and order fillers”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Waiters and waitresses (U.S.)as “Waiters and waitresses”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Laborers and material movers, hand (U.S.)as “Laborers and material movers, hand”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Janitors and cleaners (U.S.)as “Janitors and cleaners”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Customer service representatives (U.S.)as “Customer service representatives”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: General and operations managers (U.S.)as “General and operations managers”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Office clerks, general (U.S.)as “Office clerks, general”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Restaurant cooks (U.S.)as “Restaurant cooks”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (U.S.)as “Heavy truck drivers”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Nursing assistants (U.S.)as “Nursing assistants”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Registered nurses (U.S.)as “Registered nurses”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Teaching assistants (U.S.)as “Teaching assistants”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Maids and housekeeping cleaners (U.S.)as “Maids and housekeeping cleaners”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Food service supervisors (U.S.)as “Food service supervisors”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Secretaries and administrative assistants (U.S.)as “Secretaries and admin assistants”latest 2025-12-31
- Women's Share of Workers: Security guards (U.S.)as “Security guards”latest 2025-12-31
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Women's Share of Workers: Fast food and counter workers (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Home health and personal care aides (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Cashiers (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Retail salespersons (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Stockers and order fillers (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Waiters and waitresses (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Laborers and material movers, hand (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Janitors and cleaners (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Customer service representatives (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: General and operations managers (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Office clerks, general (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Restaurant cooks (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Nursing assistants (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Registered nurses (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Teaching assistants (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Maids and housekeeping cleaners (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Food service supervisors (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Secretaries and administrative assistants (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
Women's Share of Workers: Security guards (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Table 11 (employed persons by detailed occupation and sex), annual averages. Public domain.
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