2009 Occupations by Occupational Classification
Five City/Town Comparison
  Boston % Brookline % Cambridge % Newton % Chelsea %
Occupation by Type 609,269 % base 24,275 % base 124,082 % base 54,739 % base 18,862 % base
 
White Collar Employees 453,073 74% 16,606 68% 91,895 74% 38,616 71% 12,074 64%
Blue Collar Employees 156,196 26% 7,669 32% 32,187 26% 16,123 29% 6,788 36%
 
Occupation by Type 609,269 % base 24,275 % base 124,082 % base 54,739 % base 18,862 % base
 
Executive & Managerial 92,483 15% 2,754 11% 18,379 15% 7,601 14% 2,342 12%
Professional 124,190 20% 5,012 21% 30,915 25% 11,964 22% 3,049 16%
Technical 32,015 5% 1,143 5% 7,768 6% 2,222 4% 752 4%
Sales 59,624 10% 2,852 12% 11,434 9% 5,780 11% 2,151 11%
Sales Workers & Clerks 36,774 6% 2,249 9% 8,784 7% 4,412 8% 1,726 9%
Sales Professionals 22,850 4% 603 2% 2,650 2% 1,368 2% 425 2%
Clerical 144,761 24% 4,845 20% 23,399 19% 11,049 20% 3,780 20%
Admin. Support Workers 141,432 23% 4,774 20% 23,244 19% 10,888 20% 3,634 19%
Technical, Sales, & Admin. 3,329 1% 71 0% 155 0% 161 0% 146 1%
Private Household 4 0% 0 0% 1 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Protective Services 8,983 1% 338 1% 1,992 2% 843 2% 378 2%
Services 65,968 11% 3,738 15% 13,018 10% 6,595 12% 2,595 14%
Site based 62,133 10% 3,552 15% 12,322 10% 6,195 11% 2,479 13%
Field based 3,835 1% 186 1% 696 1% 400 1% 116 1%
Agric., Forestry, & Fishing 7,909 1% 399 2% 1,624 1% 863 2% 376 2%
Production & Related 42,750 7% 1,969 8% 9,335 8% 4,746 9% 1,881 10%
Site based 30,293 5% 1,375 6% 6,596 5% 3,307 6% 1,412 7%
Field based 12,457 2% 594 2% 2,739 2% 1,439 3% 469 2%
Operators 8,638 1% 335 1% 1,896 2% 862 2% 392 2%
Materials Handlers 11,528 2% 435 2% 2,243 2% 1,158 2% 592 3%
Laborers 10,416 2% 455 2% 2,078 2% 1,056 2% 574 3%
 
Top 5 Occupations Clerical Professional Professional Professional Clerical
Professional Clerical Clerical Clerical Professional
Exec. & Managerial Services Exec. & Managerial Exec. & Managerial Services
Services Sales Services Services Exec. & Managerial
  Sales   Exec. & Managerial   Sales   Sales   Sales  
 
Data: AGS 2009 Courtesy: Tetrad Computer Applications

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