Women in Retail

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Women in the Retail Workforce, 2010

Summary Points:

Retail stores and food service and drinking places employ a higher percentage of women, just over 50 percent, compared to the manufacturing sector, where less that one-third of the workforce are women.

More than one-third (40.4 percent) of all women working in retailing (broadly defined) work at food service and drinking places, where 52.4 percent of the retail workforce is female.

Women in the Retail Workforce, 2010 (NAICS Definitions, Thousands of Employees, and Percent)
NAICS	Kind of Business	Women Employed	Share of Sector's Total
	Total Retail	7,219	50.1%
	Total Retail (Plus Food Service andDrinking Places)	12,117	51.0
441	Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers	295	18.2
442	Furniture & Home Furnishings Stores	216	49.5
443	Electronics & Appliance Stores	153	30.7
444	Bldg. Material & Garden Supply Stores	295	26.2
445	Food & Beverage Stores	1,388	49.4
446	Health & Personal Care Stores	660	67.4
447	Gasoline Stations	467	57.2
448	Clothing & Clothing Accessories Stores	999	72.5
451	Sprtng. Gds., Hbby., Book & Music Stores	274	45.6
452	General Merchandise Stores	1,835	61.8
453	Miscellaneous Store Retailers	456	60.0
454	Non-Store Retailers	181	43.5
722	Food Service & Drinking Places	4,898	52.4
	Manufacturing	3,268	28.4
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	4,491	58.9
	Professional & Business Services	7,438	44.6
	Education & Health Services	15,089	77.1
	Leisure & Hospitality (Less Food Service and Drinking Places)	1,906	52.0
Source: Derived from U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics data.