U.S. Table 7
Occupations of Workers with Disabilities, 1991-92
Total People Employed in the U.S. = 119,997,000 = 100% | ||
Total People with Disabilities Employed in the U.S. = 16,064,000 | ||
OCCUPATIONS |
WITH NO DISABILITY |
WITH A DISABILITY |
Executive and administrative | 8,224,000 | 995,000 |
Management related | 3,185,000 | 306,000 |
Engineers, architects, surveyors | 1,610,000 | 195,000 |
Math and computer scientists | 890,000 | 126,000 |
Natural scientists | 417,000 | 31,000 |
Physicians, dentists, health diagnosing | 349,000 | 20,000 |
Registered nurses | 1,631,000 | 166,000 |
Pharmacists | 153,000 | 22,000 |
Other health assessment and treating | 481,000 | 39,000 |
Postsecondary Teachers | 765,000 | 104,000 |
Teachers | 3,835,000 | 411,000 |
Counselors (educational and vocational) | 256,000 | 28,000 |
Librarians, archivists, curators | 176,000 | 29,000 |
Social scientists, urban planners | 263,000 | 37,000 |
Social, recreation, religious workers | 911,000 | 178,000 |
Lawyers, judges | 489,000 | 21,000 |
Writers, artists, entertainers, athletes | 1,049,000 | 150,000 |
Health technologists and technicians | 1,149,000 | 181,000 |
Engineering technologists and technicians | 949,000 | 149,000 |
Science technicians | 252,000 | 37,000 |
Computer programmers | 439,000 | 30,000 |
Other technicians (except health, engin., science) | 743,000 | 61,000 |
Sales supervisors and proprietors | 2,480,000 | 354,000 |
Sales representatives (finance and bus. services) | 1,322,000 | 132,000 |
Sales representatives (commodities except retail) | 1,446,000 | 149,000 |
Sales workers (retail and personal services) | 5,827,000 | 803,000 |
Supervisors (administrative support) | 758,000 | 147,000 |
Computer equipment operators | 704,000 | 95,000 |
Secretaries, stenos, typists | 4,432,000 | 493,000 |
Information clerks | 1,432,000 | 179,000 |
Records processing (except financial) | 702,000 | 96,000 |
Financial records processing | 1,950,000 | 271,000 |
Office and communications equip. operators | 267,000 | 52,000 |
Mail and message distributing | 742,000 | 91,000 |
Material recording, sched., distributing clerks | 1,662,000 | 287,000 |
Misc. administrative support | 3,264,000 | 435,000 |
Private household | 382,000 | 97,000 |
Firefighting, fire prevention | 251,000 | 14,000 |
Police, detectives | 775,000 | 82,000 |
Guards | 766,000 | 180,000 |
Food preparation and service | 5,448,000 | 813,000 |
Health service | 2,080,000 | 414,000 |
Cleaning, building service (except household) | 2,495,000 | 669,000 |
Personal service | 1,570,000 | 304,000 |
Farm, forestry, fishing, and related | 1,734,000 | 380,000 |
Mechanics, repairers | 3,467,000 | 603,000 |
Construction trades | 3,243,000 | 484,000 |
Extractive | 82,000 | 33,000 |
Supervisors (production operations) | 1,088,000 | 177,000 |
Precision working | 1,856,000 | 319,000 |
Plant and system operations | 275,000 | 38,000 |
Machine operators | 4,511,000 | 855,000 |
Fabricators, assemblers, hand working | 1,675,000 | 313,000 |
Production inspectors, testers, and related | 728,000 | 152,000 |
Motor vehicle operators | 3,185,000 | 507,000 |
Rail and water transportation | 155,000 | 41,000 |
Material moving equipment operators | 928,000 | 187,000 |
Handlers, equip. cleaners, helpers, laborers | 4,451,000 | 768,000 |
NOTE: Disability was defined as having a non-severe or a severe disability involving difficulty or inability in performing funcational activities, activities of daily living, or instrumental activities, used a wheelchair, had used a cane or similar aid for six months or longer, or had a developmental disability or a mental or emotional disability. The 17 Activities may be found listed in a separate Table. Totals may be used to compute percentages (e.g., 411,000/(411,000 + 3,835,000) = 0.097 = 9.7% = the percent of teachers with a disability).
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Americans with Disabilities: 1991-92.