Figure H-1. Employed women 16 years and older as a percentage of selected occupations: 2007
Figure Updated: December 2008
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, 2007.
In 2007, women continue to constitute the vast majority of those employed in traditionally female occupations.
- More than three-quarters of registered nurses, therapists, and non-postsecondary teachers were female.
- Women were about half of people employed in all occupations and half of postsecondary teachers, one-third of lawyers and judges, and 30% of physicians.
- In science and engineering occupations, women were 64% of psychologists, 41% of biological and life scientists, 26% of mathematical and computer scientists, and 11% of engineers.