2021 Breakdown of the U.S. Workforce Based Upon Sex and Race - What Jobs Are Most Common for Women, Blacks, Asians and Hispanics?

Breaking Down the American Workforce by Race and Sex

On January 21, 2021, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published Employed persons by detailed industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (bls.gov) (this is the .pdf version). It is based upon household information from approximately 150 Million workers in the U.S., broken out by 13 Industries. Here are the basic facts (the table breaks down each Industry into many sub-classes, so take a look to learn more!)

Highest percentages highlighted, as are lowest.

Industry	Total # Workers	% Men	% Women	% White	% Black	% Asian	% Hisp./Lat.*
Agriculture	2,349,000	72.3	27.7	92.4	2.8	1.2	24.2
Mining	684,000	85.5	14.5	87.2	4.6	4.2	17.0
Construction	10,786,000	89.1	10.9	88.6	6.0	2.0	30.0
Manufacturing	14,550,000	70.5	29.5	79.7	10.3	7.0	17.3
Wholesale/Retail Trade	18,989,000	56.0	44.0	78.5	11.8	5.7	18.5
Transportation & Utilities	8,552,000	75.9	24.1	72.4	18.7	5.4	19.7
Information	2,594,000	59.5	40.5	76.1	11.5	9.7	13.1
Finance (includes Real Estate)	10,646,000	48.1	51.9	79.2	10.5	7.9	12.8
Professional/ Business	18,816,000	58.6	41.4	77.8	9.9	9.5	16.1
Education/Health	34,105,000	23.4	74.6	75.7	14.8	6.3	13.2
Leisure/Hospitality	11,480,000	49.6	50.4	75.7	12.7	6.3	24.1
Public Admin.	7,501,000	43.6	46.4	73.3	17.5	4.6	13.1
Other	6,742,000	47.4	52.6	78.5	10.3	7.7	19.7

* For BLI statistical purposes, "[p]ersons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race." In a 2018 Report, BLI stated "[t]he majority of Hispanics in the labor force were White (89%), 4 percent were Black and 1 percent were Asian."