What is the total number of white collar employees in the U.S.?

What is the total number of business owners in the U.S.?

Dear copyguy,

Here is the latest available data. Unfortunately, there is not yet
newer official business ownership data available than for 2002; since
there is nothing more up-to-date, I hope that this will suffice. I'd
also like to note that the term "white collar" as a classification is
not in use any longer by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, so I created
the list by including all professions traditionally considered white
collar work.

Regards,
Scriptor



"White Collar" Employment, May 2005

Management.......................................5,960,560
Business and Financial Operations................5,410,410
Computer and Mathematical........................2,952,740
Architecture and Engineering.....................2,382,480
Life, Physical, and Social Science...............1,185,730
Community and Social Services....................1,692,950
Legal..............................................986,740
Education, Training, and Library.................8,078,500
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media...1,683,310
Healthcare Practitioner and Technical............6,547,350
Healthcare Support...............................3,363,800
Sales and Related...............................13,930,320
Office and Administrative Support...............22,784,330
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Total...........................................76,959,220



Business Ownership Data, 2002 Survey of Business Owners

All firms................................22,974,685
Female-owned..............................6,489,483
Male-owned...............................13,184,529
Equally male-/female-owned................2,693,171
Publicly held and other firms...............494,253




Sources:

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: May 2005
National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm

U.S. Census Bureau: 2002 Survey of Business Owners
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=D&-ds_name=SB0200A1&-_lang=en

U.S. Census Bureau: 2002 Economic Census and the Survey of Business
Owners and Self-Employed Persons
http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/geoupdate.ppt