occupations

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Breaking down jobs within healthcare and social assistance, some of California’s biggest growth came from mental health practitioners and occupations that work with elderly people and people with disabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The Labor Department maintains a database of what workers in different occupations actually do: Bakers need to mix dough and put it in the oven, financial analysts need to assess companies, and so on.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

This phenomenon of having more employed women than men also reflects a gradual shift in the labor market: The industry composition is moving away from traditionally male-dominated blue-collar occupations and more toward healthcare work.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for management, business and financial operations occupations was 2.6% and 2.4% in professional occupations, a category that includes computer and legal jobs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Special days were set aside for suffragists who represented specific states, organizations, occupations, or schools.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler