Table 6
Occupational distribution of the employed second- and third-and-higher-generation Americans aged 25 to 54, March 2005

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Occupational distribution of the employed second- and third-and-higher-generation Americans aged 25 to 54, March 2005
  Second generation Third-and-higher generation
Total Men Women Total Men Women
  distribution
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, business, and financial operations 17.6 16.7 18.8 16.3 17.2 15.4
Professional and related occupations 27.1 22.4 32.8 22.8 17.7 28.3
Sales and service occupations 37.0 30.8 44.4 37.8 27.0 49.4
Blue collar: construction, transport, production, etc. 18.2 30.1 4.0 23.1 38.2 6.9
White non-Hispanic or Latino 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, business, and financial operations 20.8 21.2 20.2 17.5 18.7 16.2
Professional and related occupations 30.0 23.7 37.7 24.0 18.7 29.9
Sales and service occupations 32.3 26.9 38.8 36.0 25.6 47.8
Blue collar: construction, transport, production, etc. 16.8 28.2 3.3 22.5 37.0 6.3
Blacks 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, business, and financial operations 12.1 8.2 15.9 10.6 8.5 12.3
Professional and related occupations 30.3 30.0 30.6 17.4 11.6 22.1
Sales and service occupations 44.8 36.3 53.3 45.9 34.7 54.9
Blue collar: construction, transport, production, etc. 12.8 25.6 0.3 26.1 45.3 10.7
Asians 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, business, and financial operations 19.0 14.3 25.3 19.2 19.9 18.4
Professional and related occupations 36.7 37.9 35.1 31.1 26.6 35.8
Sales and service occupations 32.9 30.5 36.2 39.7 38.1 41.4
Blue collar: construction, transport, production, etc. 11.4 17.3 3.4 10.0 15.4 4.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, business, and financial operations 12.3 10.5 14.4 12.7 12.5 12.9
Professional and related occupations 19.2 13.7 25.7 16.5 12.7 20.8
Sales and service occupations 45.2 37.6 54.2 45.6 33.4 59.3
Blue collar: construction, transport, production, etc. 23.3 38.2 5.7 25.2 41.5 7.0
Source(s):
Mosisa (2006).
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