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"Nontraditional" Occupations for Women

ADMINISTRATORS, PROTECTIVE SERVICES

AEROSPACE ENGINEERS

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS

AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS

AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE

AIRPLANE PILOTS AND NAVIGATORS

ARCHITECTS

ATHLETES

ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE SCIENTISTS

AUCTIONEERS

AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS

AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC APPRENTICES

AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS

BAGGAGE PORTERS AND BELLHOPS

BARBERS

BOILERMAKERS

BRICKMASON AND STONEMASON APPRENTICES

BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS

BROADCAST EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS

CABINET MAKERS AND BENCH CARPENTERS

CAMERA, WATCH, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIRERS

CAPTAINS AND OTHER OFFICERS, FISHING VESSELS

CARPENTER APPRENTICES

CARPENTERS

CARPET INSTALLERS

CHEMICAL ENGINEERS

CHIEF EXECUTIVES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATORS, PUBLIC ADMINIST

CIVIL ENGINEERS

CLERGY

CONCRETE AND TERRAZZO FINISHERS

CONSTRUCTION INSPECTORS

CONSTRUCTION LABORERS

CONSTRUCTION TRADES, N.E.C.

CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OFFICERS

CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS

DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT REPAIRERS

DENTISTS

DRAFTING OCCUPATIONS

DRILLERS, EARTH

DRILLERS, OIL WELL

DRILLING AND BORING MACHINE OPERATORS

DRIVER-SALES WORKERS

DRYWALL INSTALLERS

ECONOMICS TEACHERS

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS

ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS

ELECTRICIAN APPRENTICES

ELECTRICIANS

ELECTRONIC REPAIRERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

ELEVATOR INSTALLERS AND REPAIRER

ENGINEERS, N.E.C.

EXCAVATING AND LOADING MACHINE OPERATORS

EXPLOSIVES WORKERS

EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS

FARM EQUIPMENT MECHANICS

FARM WORKERS

FARMERS, EXCEPT HORTICULTURAL

FIRE INSPECTION AND FIRE PREVENTION OCCUPATIONS

FIREFIGHTING OCCUPATIONS

FISHERS

FORESTRY AND CONSERVATION SCIENTISTS

FORESTRY WORKERS, EXCEPT LOGGING

FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS

FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL HANDLERS, N.E.C.

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD

GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS

GARBAGE COLLECTORS

GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS

GLAZIERS

GRADER, DOZER, AND SCRAPER OPERATORS

GROUNDSKEEPERS AND GARDENERS, EXCEPT FARM

GUARDS AND POLICE, EXC. PUBLIC SERVICE

HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS

HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS

HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS

HELPERS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES

HELPERS, EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS

HELPERS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS

HELPERS, SURVEYOR

HOIST AND WINCH OPERATORS

HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS

HORTICULTURAL SPECIALTY FARMERS

HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND POWER TOOL REPAIRERS

HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS

INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS

INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

INSULATION WORKERS

JUDGES

LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS

LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS

LAWYERS

LOCKSMITHS AND SAFE REPAIRERS

LOCOMOTIVE OPERATING OCCUPATIONS

LONGSHORE EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS

MACHINIST APPRENTICES

MACHINISTS

MANAGERS, FARMS, EXCEPT HORTICULTURAL

MARINE AND NAVAL ARCHITECTS

MARINE ENGINEERS

MARINE LIFE CULTIVATION WORKERS

MECHANICAL CONTROLS AND VALVE REPAIRERS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS

METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERS

METER READERS

MILLWRIGHTS

MINING ENGINEERS

MINING MACHINE OPERATORS

MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C.

MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPAIRERS

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS

MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION METAL WORKERS

MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WOODWORKERS

MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C.

MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS

MOTION PICTURE PROJECTIONISTS

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C.

NATURAL SCIENCE TEACHERS, N.E.C.

NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS

NUCLEAR ENGINEERS

NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE OPERATORS

OFFICE MACHINE REPAIRERS

OPERATING ENGINEERS

OPTOMETRISTS

PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE

PATTERNMAKERS AND MODEL MAKERS, METAL

PAVING, SURFACING, AND TAMPING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

PEST CONTROL OCCUPATIONS

PETROLEUM ENGINEERS

PHYSICAL SCIENTISTS, N.E.C.

PHYSICIANS

PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS

PHYSICS TEACHERS

PLASTERERS

PLUMBER, PIPEFITTER, AND STEAMFITTER APPRENTICES

PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS

PODIATRISTS

POLICE AND DETECTIVES, PUBLIC SERVICE

POLITICAL SCIENCE TEACHERS

POWER PLANT OPERATORS

PRECISION GRINDERS, FITTERS, AND TOOL SHARPENERS

PRODUCTION HELPERS

PURCHASING AGENTS AND BUYERS, FARM PRODUCTS

RAIL VEHICLE OPERATORS, N.E.C.

RAILROAD BRAKE, SIGNAL, AND SWITCH OPERATORS

RAILROAD CONDUCTORS AND YARDMASTERS

ROASTING AND BAKING MACHINE OPERATORS, FOOD

ROOFERS

SAILORS AND DECKHANDS

SALES ENGINEERS

SALES REPRESENTATIVES, MINING, MANUFACTURING, AND WHOLESALE

SALES WORKERS, HARDWARE AND BUILDING SUPPLIES

SALES WORKERS, MOTOR VEHICLES AND BOATS

SALES WORKERS, PARTS

SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS

SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS

SHEET METAL WORKERS

SHEETMETAL DUCT INSTALLERS

SHERIFFS, BAILIFFS, AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

SHIP CAPTAINS AND MATES, EXCEPT FISHING BOATS

SMALL ENGINE REPAIRERS

SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHERS, N.E.C.

SOCIAL WORK TEACHERS

SOCIOLOGY TEACHERS

SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C.

STATIONARY ENGINEERS

STEVEDORES

STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS

SUPERVISORS, CARPENTERS AND RELATED WORKERS

SUPERVISORS, ELECTRICIANS AND POWER TRANSMISSION INSTALLERS

SUPERVISORS, EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS

SUPERVISORS, FARM WORKERS

SUPERVISORS, FIREFIGHTING AND FIRE PREVENTION OCCUPATIONS

SUPERVISORS, FORESTRY AND LOGGING WORKERS

SUPERVISORS, GUARDS

SUPERVISORS, HANDLERS, EQUIPMENT CLEANERS, AND LABORERS, N.E.C.

SUPERVISORS, MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

SUPERVISORS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS

SUPERVISORS, MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS

SUPERVISORS, N.E.C.

SUPERVISORS, POLICE AND DETECTIVES

SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS

SUPERVISORS, RELATED AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS

SUPERVISORS; BRICKMASONS, STONEMASONS, AND TILE SETTERS

SUPERVISORS; PAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS AND PLASTERERS

SUPERVISORS; PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS AND STEAMFITTERS

SURVEYING AND MAPPING TECHNICIANS

SURVEYORS AND MAPPING SCIENTISTS

TAXICAB DRIVERS AND CHAUFFEURS

TELEPHONE INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS

TELEPHONE LINE INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS

TILE SETTERS, HARD AND SOFT

TIMBER CUTTING AND LOGGING OCCUPATIONS

TOOL AND DIE MAKER APPRENTICES

TOOL AND DIE MAKERS

TOOL PROGRAMMERS, NUMERICAL CONTROL

TRUCK DRIVERS

UPHOLSTERERS

VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS

WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS

WELDERS AND CUTTERS

WOOD LATHE, ROUTING, AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS

 

Data Source: United States Census Bureau

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