CITY OF IRVING, TX
FIGURE 31. DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION, 2014 SHARE OF TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY MAJOR OCCUPATIONAL GROUP Irving has a substantially higher percentage of jobs in office and professional occupations than the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, Texas and the US. The city a relatively large share of workers in these occupations: office & administrative support (21.5 percent of all jobs); business & financial operations (8.7%); computer & mathematical (7.9%); and management (5.8%). Irving has a relatively low percentage of workers in these occupations: healthcare practitioners & technical (3.2%); education, training, & library (3.1%); and healthcare support (1.3%).
SO C Code & Description
Irving
Da lla s-Fort W orth M SA
Tex a s
US
43-0000 Office & Administrative Support
2 1 .5 %
1 7 .3 %
1 5 .9 %
1 5 .3 %
41-0000 Sales & Related
1 1 .3 %
1 1 .1 %
1 0 .6 %
1 0 .4 %
8 .7 %
5.7%
4.5%
4.9%
15-0000 Computer & Mathematical
7.9%
3.7%
2.7%
2.6%
53-0000 Transportation & Material Moving
7.0%
7.0%
6.7%
6.4%
11-0000 Management
5.8%
5.0%
4.9%
5.3%
35-0000 Food Prep. & Serving Related
5.2%
8 .0 %
8 .2 %
8 .2 %
49-0000 Installation, Maintenance, & Repair
4.7%
4.1%
4.3%
3.8%
51-0000 Production
4.0%
5.5%
5.6%
6.0%
47-0000 Construction & Extraction
3.8%
4.8%
5.9%
4.4%
29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners & Technical
3.2%
4.8%
4.8%
5.4%
25-0000 Education, Training, & Library
3.1%
5.1%
5.7%
5.8%
37-0000 Building/ Grounds Cleaning & Maint.
2.8%
3.6%
3.6%
3.8%
33-0000 Protective Service
2.2%
2.2%
2.3%
2.2%
39-0000 Personal Care & Service
2.2%
3.5%
4.2%
3.9%
17-0000 Architecture & Engineering
2.1%
1.9%
2.0%
1.7%
27-0000 Arts, Entertainment, & Media
1.4%
1.5%
1.3%
1.7%
31-0000 Healthcare Support
1.3%
2.2%
2.4%
2.8%
19-0000 Life, Physical, & Social Science
0.7%
0.5%
0.7%
0.8%
21-0000 Community & Social Service
0.5%
1.1%
1.2%
1.6%
23-0000 Legal
0.4%
0.8%
0.7%
0.8%
55-0000 Military
0.3%
0.5%
1.4%
1.3%
45-0000 Farming, Fishing, & Forestry
0.1%
0.1%
0.5%
0.7%
13-0000 Business & Financial Operations
Source: EMSI, 2014.4 – QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed.
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