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Secretarial and clerical work (now labelled administrative support occupations) is the largest women’s occupational category in the U.S. Of the 14.2 million full-time workers in these occupations, 80 percent are women. Almost three-quarters are employed in occupations that are at least 70 percent female including typists, bookkeepers, general support clerks and data entry clerks. Of these female- intensive occupations, secretarial work in the largest with 3.2 million full-time workers. An additional 3.8 million workers are employed part time in these occupations. Of these part-time workers, 86 percent are women.