From: Classification of occupational activity categories using accelerometry: NHANES 2003–2004
Rank | Occupational category | Overall n | Activity counts/min M (SE) | Men n | Activity counts/min M (SE) | Women n | Activity counts/min M (SE) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Related agricultural, forestry, and fishing | 21 | 567.4 (34.4) | 21 | 567.4 (34.4) | 0 | - |
2 | Construction laborers | 9 | 551.4 (47) | 9 | 551.4 (47) | 0 | - |
3 | Farm and nursery workers | 6 | 509.3 (76.3) | 5 | 551.6 (68.1) | 1 | 257.4 (0) |
4 | Cleaning and building service occupations | 23 | 496.4 (31) | 15 | 530.9 (49.6) | 8 | 442 (83.8) |
5 | Construction trades | 58 | 487.9 (19.9) | 57 | 489.6 (20.4) | 1 | 283 (0) |
6 | Other helpers, cleaners, packagers, laborers | 18 | 483.4 (40.3) | 12 | 554 (52.4) | 6 | 365.8 (17) |
7 | Farm operators, managers, and supervisors | 5 | 479.8 (12.1) | 4 | 491.6 (17.5) | 1 | 366.8 (0) |
8 | Freight, stock, and material movers (hand) | 14 | 465.8 (40.2) | 11 | 457 (51.2) | 3 | 493.4 (25.2) |
9 | Textile, apparel, furnishings machine operators | 8 | 454.4 (90.2) | 3 | 518.6 (67.4) | 5 | 437 (113.5) |
10 | Other mechanics and repairers | 37 | 410.6 (19.7) | 37 | 410.6 (19.7) | 0 | - |
11 | Machine operators, assorted materials | 22 | 405.4 (34.6) | 17 | 437.7 (29.6) | 5 | 253 (19.2) |
12 | Other transportation and material moving | 21 | 399.9 (20.3) | 20 | 407.4 (20.4) | 1 | 287.4 (0) |
13 | Waiters and waitresses | 7 | 398.8 (36.3) | 2 | 598.4 (78.5) | 5 | 365.6 (42.1) |
14 | Motor vehicle operators | 61 | 398.2 (28.1) | 59 | 407.3 (28.7) | 2 | 193.3 (26.9) |
15 | Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations | 27 | 393.4 (35.8) | 19 | 416.9 (46) | 8 | 340.8 (40.1) |
16 | Private household occupations | 9 | 391 (98.1) | 0 | - | 9 | 391 (98.1) |
17 | Material recording, scheduling, distributing clerks | 19 | 386.8 (75.8) | 12 | 426.5 (105.6) | 7 | 287.8 (35.3) |
18 | Fabricators, assemblers, inspectors, and samplers | 28 | 380 (34.4) | 16 | 435.2 (46.7) | 12 | 278.1 (18.2) |
19 | Vehicle and mobile equip. mechanics, repairers | 15 | 374.5 (42) | 15 | 374.5 (42) | 0 | - |
20 | Extractive and precision production occupations | 47 | 362.4 (16.4) | 38 | 367.3 (15.1) | 9 | 344 (69.2) |
21 | Sales workers, retail and personal services | 26 | 360.2 (19.8) | 12 | 383 (21.8) | 14 | 340.4 (28.7) |
22 | Miscellaneous food preparation and service | 14 | 348.2 (27.6) | 6 | 351.6 (39.2) | 8 | 346.7 (34.5) |
23 | Sales reps., finance, business, & commodities | 29 | 348 (24.5) | 16 | 387.8 (45.1) | 13 | 281.6 (23.1) |
24 | Cooks | 24 | 341.9 (22.8) | 13 | 354.3 (31) | 11 | 316.1 (33.6) |
25 | Health service occupations | 38 | 339.6 (25.8) | 7 | 385.8 (41.2) | 31 | 327.9 (21.8) |
26 | Laborers, except construction | 3 | 339.2 (65.1) | 1 | 219.4 (0) | 2 | 433.4 (32) |
27 | Technicians and related support occupations | 33 | 338.9 (19.2) | 18 | 315.3 (26.2) | 15 | 365 (35) |
28 | Management related occupations | 49 | 337.6 (16.1) | 23 | 374.5 (25.8) | 26 | 295.6 (16.7) |
29 | Executive, administrators, and managers | 112 | 335.5 (11.7) | 67 | 370.4 (13.5) | 45 | 276.4 (18.3) |
30 | Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes | 15 | 335.3 (33.1) | 9 | 385 (44.7) | 6 | 264.3 (26.7) |
31 | Engineers, architects and scientists | 29 | 332.3 (35.8) | 22 | 336.6 (42.1) | 7 | 313.5 (34.9) |
32 | Teachers | 40 | 328.8 (29.8) | 11 | 418.5 (61.7) | 29 | 300.6 (28.8) |
33 | Protective service occupations | 13 | 327 (40.2) | 10 | 326.7 (47) | 3 | 328.6 (5.7) |
34 | Health diagnosing, assessing and treating | 42 | 326.1 (14.9) | 8 | 348.2 (27.2) | 34 | 320.3 (19.4) |
35 | Miscellaneous administrative support occupations | 65 | 320.7 (17) | 16 | 400.1 (56.1) | 49 | 297.6 (19.6) |
36 | Other professional specialty occupations | 39 | 319.3 (20.1) | 16 | 336.2 (37.8) | 23 | 302.1 (15.6) |
37 | Information clerks | 18 | 312.6 (44.4) | 4 | 262.9 (4.4) | 14 | 320.6 (51.1) |
38 | Personal service occupations | 14 | 287.5 (24.7) | 3 | 365.3 (30.7) | 11 | 253.5 (21.8) |
39 | Records processing occupations | 33 | 269.6 (11.6) | 0 | - | 33 | 269.6 (11.6) |
40 | Secretaries, stenographers, and typists | 21 | 268.7 (19.2) | 0 | - | 21 | 268.7 (19.2) |