Table B-20.  Active Component Enlisted Members, FY15: by Occupational Area, Service, Race, and Gender
Number
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 102,664 18,880 44,014 25,257 11,631 40,049 47,904 8,482 37,042 3,093 339,016
   Females 1,413 2,510 4,858 9,076 2,424 18,176 4,613 1,140 9,157 51 53,418
   Total 104,077 21,390 48,872 34,333 14,055 58,225 52,517 9,622 46,199 3,144 392,434
   Percent Females 1.4 11.7 9.9 26.4 17.2 31.2 8.8 11.8 19.8 1.6 13.6
NAVY                      
   Males 21,364 39,988 16,742 20,475 3,512 16,758 66,583 9,600 15,817 8,434 219,273
   Females 4,082 6,211 4,875 5,519 363 6,472 12,788 1,998 4,438 3,109 49,855
   Total 25,446 46,199 21,617 25,994 3,875 23,230 79,371 11,598 20,255 11,543 269,128
   Percent Females 16.0 13.4 22.6 21.2 9.4 27.9 16.1 17.2 21.9 26.9 18.5
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 36,716 11,021 14,535 0 3,943 17,010 25,847 4,606 15,803 20,663 150,144
   Females 364 595 1,401 0 387 3,941 1,511 340 2,153 1,933 12,625
   Total 37,080 11,616 15,936 0 4,330 20,951 27,358 4,946 17,956 22,596 162,769
   Percent Females 0.98 5.1 8.8 ----- 8.9 18.8 5.5 6.9 12.0 8.6 7.8
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 6,272 18,511 19,906 9,985 8,727 26,832 57,576 9,581 29,461 13,182 200,033
   Females 464 1,889 5,462 9,356 1,299 13,940 3,820 649 6,035 3,375 46,289
   Total 6,736 20,400 25,368 19,341 10,026 40,772 61,396 10,230 35,496 16,557 246,322
   Percent Females 6.9 9.3 21.5 48.4 13.0 34.2 6.2 6.3 17.0 20.4 18.8
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 167,016 88,400 95,197 55,717 27,813 100,649 197,910 32,269 98,123 45,372 908,466
   Females 6,323 11,205 16,596 23,951 4,473 42,529 22,732 4,127 21,783 8,468 162,187
   Total 173,339 99,605 111,793 79,668 32,286 143,178 220,642 36,396 119,906 53,840 1,070,653
   Percent Females 3.6 11.2 14.8 30.1 13.9 29.7 10.3 11.3 18.2 15.7 15.1
Percent
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 30.3 5.6 13.0 7.5 3.4 11.8 14.1 2.5 10.9 0.91 100
   Females 2.6 4.7 9.1 17.0 4.5 34.0 8.6 2.1 17.1 0.10 100
   Total 26.5 5.5 12.5 8.7 3.6 14.8 13.4 2.5 11.8 0.80 100
NAVY                      
   Males 9.7 18.2 7.6 9.3 1.6 7.6 30.4 4.4 7.2 3.8 100
   Females 8.2 12.5 9.8 11.1 0.73 13.0 25.7 4.0 8.9 6.2 100
   Total 9.5 17.2 8.0 9.7 1.4 8.6 29.5 4.3 7.5 4.3 100
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 24.5 7.3 9.7 0 2.6 11.3 17.2 3.1 10.5 13.8 100
   Females 2.9 4.7 11.1 0 3.1 31.2 12.0 2.7 17.1 15.3 100
   Total 22.8 7.1 9.8 0 2.7 12.9 16.8 3.0 11.0 13.9 100
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 3.1 9.3 10.0 5.0 4.4 13.4 28.8 4.8 14.7 6.6 100
   Females 1.0 4.1 11.8 20.2 2.8 30.1 8.3 1.4 13.0 7.3 100
   Total 2.7 8.3 10.3 7.9 4.1 16.6 24.9 4.2 14.4 6.7 100
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 18.4 9.7 10.5 6.1 3.1 11.1 21.8 3.6 10.8 5.0 100
   Females 3.9 6.9 10.2 14.8 2.8 26.2 14.0 2.5 13.4 5.2 100
   Total 16.2 9.3 10.4 7.4 3.0 13.4 20.6 3.4 11.2 5.0 100
Number White3
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 70,083 10,361 29,240 13,706 7,063 14,619 27,377 4,248 17,527 2,382 196,606
   Females 815 927 2,786 3,945 1,030 3,325 1,968 334 2,956 25 18,111
   Total 70,898 11,288 32,026 17,651 8,093 17,944 29,345 4,582 20,483 2,407 214,717
   Percent Females 1.1 8.2 8.7 22.4 12.7 18.5 6.7 7.3 14.4 1.0 8.4
NAVY                      
   Males 10,898 21,018 8,194 7,635 2,379 5,429 30,168 5,024 5,871 3,112 99,728
   Females 1,339 2,492 1,893 1,882 216 1,484 3,804 717 1,276 945 16,048
   Total 12,237 23,510 10,087 9,517 2,595 6,913 33,972 5,741 7,147 4,057 115,776
   Percent Females 10.9 10.6 18.8 19.8 8.3 21.5 11.2 12.5 17.9 23.3 13.9
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 26,483 7,201 9,801 0 2,875 7,130 17,318 2,926 8,725 13,107 95,566
   Females 251 319 853 0 276 1,324 867 173 961 1,081 6,105
   Total 26,734 7,520 10,654 0 3,151 8,454 18,185 3,099 9,686 14,188 101,671
   Percent Females 0.94 4.2 8.0 ----- 8.8 15.7 4.8 5.6 9.9 7.6 6.0
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 5,081 13,423 15,040 5,724 6,838 15,931 43,368 6,613 20,432 9,832 142,282
   Females 328 1,069 3,620 5,135 945 6,066 2,710 375 3,528 2,199 25,975
   Total 5,409 14,492 18,660 10,859 7,783 21,997 46,078 6,988 23,960 12,031 168,257
   Percent Females 6.1 7.4 19.4 47.3 12.1 27.6 5.9 5.4 14.7 18.3 15.4
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 112,545 52,003 62,275 27,065 19,155 43,109 118,231 18,811 52,555 28,433 534,182
   Females 2,733 4,807 9,152 10,962 2,467 12,199 9,349 1,599 8,721 4,250 66,239
   Total 115,278 56,810 71,427 38,027 21,622 55,308 127,580 20,410 61,276 32,683 600,421
   Percent Females 2.4 8.5 12.8 28.8 11.4 22.1 7.3 7.8 14.2 13.0 11.0
Percent
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 35.6 5.3 14.9 7.0 3.6 7.4 13.9 2.2 8.9 1.2 100
   Females 4.5 5.1 15.4 21.8 5.7 18.4 10.9 1.8 16.3 0.14 100
   Total 33.0 5.3 14.9 8.2 3.8 8.4 13.7 2.1 9.5 1.1 100
NAVY                      
   Males 10.9 21.1 8.2 7.7 2.4 5.4 30.3 5.0 5.9 3.1 100
   Females 8.3 15.5 11.8 11.7 1.3 9.2 23.7 4.5 8.0 5.9 100
   Total 10.6 20.3 8.7 8.2 2.2 6.0 29.3 5.0 6.2 3.5 100
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 27.7 7.5 10.3 0 3.0 7.5 18.1 3.1 9.1 13.7 100
   Females 4.1 5.2 14.0 0 4.5 21.7 14.2 2.8 15.7 17.7 100
   Total 26.3 7.4 10.5 0 3.1 8.3 17.9 3.0 9.5 14.0 100
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 3.6 9.4 10.6 4.0 4.8 11.2 30.5 4.6 14.4 6.9 100
   Females 1.3 4.1 13.9 19.8 3.6 23.4 10.4 1.4 13.6 8.5 100
   Total 3.2 8.6 11.1 6.5 4.6 13.1 27.4 4.2 14.2 7.2 100
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 21.1 9.7 11.7 5.1 3.6 8.1 22.1 3.5 9.8 5.3 100
   Females 4.1 7.3 13.8 16.5 3.7 18.4 14.1 2.4 13.2 6.4 100
   Total 19.2 9.5 11.9 6.3 3.6 9.2 21.2 3.4 10.2 5.4 100
Number Racially Diverse4
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 32,581 8,519 14,774 11,551 4,568 25,430 20,527 4,234 19,515 711 142,410
   Females 598 1,583 2,072 5,131 1,394 14,851 2,645 806 6,201 26 35,307
   Total 33,179 10,102 16,846 16,682 5,962 40,281 23,172 5,040 25,716 737 177,717
   Percent Females 1.8 15.7 12.3 30.8 23.4 36.9 11.4 16.0 24.1 3.5 19.9
NAVY                      
   Males 10,466 18,970 8,548 12,840 1,133 11,329 36,415 4,576 9,946 5,322 119,545
   Females 2,743 3,719 2,982 3,637 147 4,988 8,984 1,281 3,162 2,164 33,807
   Total 13,209 22,689 11,530 16,477 1,280 16,317 45,399 5,857 13,108 7,486 153,352
   Percent Females 20.8 16.4 25.9 22.1 11.5 30.6 19.8 21.9 24.1 28.9 22.0
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 10,233 3,820 4,734 0 1,068 9,880 8,529 1,680 7,078 7,556 54,578
   Females 113 276 548 0 111 2,617 644 167 1,192 852 6,520
   Total 10,346 4,096 5,282 0 1,179 12,497 9,173 1,847 8,270 8,408 61,098
   Percent Females 1.1 6.7 10.4 ----- 9.4 20.9 7.0 9.0 14.4 10.1 10.7
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 1,191 5,088 4,866 4,261 1,889 10,901 14,208 2,968 9,029 3,350 57,751
   Females 136 820 1,842 4,221 354 7,874 1,110 274 2,507 1,176 20,314
   Total 1,327 5,908 6,708 8,482 2,243 18,775 15,318 3,242 11,536 4,526 78,065
   Percent Females 10.2 13.9 27.5 49.8 15.8 41.9 7.2 8.5 21.7 26.0 26.0
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 54,471 36,397 32,922 28,652 8,658 57,540 79,679 13,458 45,568 16,939 374,284
   Females 3,590 6,398 7,444 12,989 2,006 30,330 13,383 2,528 13,062 4,218 95,948
   Total 58,061 42,795 40,366 41,641 10,664 87,870 93,062 15,986 58,630 21,157 470,232
   Percent Females 6.2 15.0 18.4 31.2 18.8 34.5 14.4 15.8 22.3 19.9 20.4
Percent
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 22.9 6.0 10.4 8.1 3.2 17.9 14.4 3.0 13.7 0.50 100
   Females 1.7 4.5 5.9 14.5 3.9 42.1 7.5 2.3 17.6 0.07 100
   Total 18.7 5.7 9.5 9.4 3.4 22.7 13.0 2.8 14.5 0.41 100
NAVY                      
   Males 8.8 15.9 7.2 10.7 0.95 9.5 30.5 3.8 8.3 4.5 100
   Females 8.1 11.0 8.8 10.8 0.43 14.8 26.6 3.8 9.4 6.4 100
   Total 8.6 14.8 7.5 10.7 0.83 10.6 29.6 3.8 8.5 4.9 100
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 18.7 7.0 8.7 0 2.0 18.1 15.6 3.1 13.0 13.8 100
   Females 1.7 4.2 8.4 0 1.7 40.1 9.9 2.6 18.3 13.1 100
   Total 16.9 6.7 8.6 0 1.9 20.5 15.0 3.0 13.5 13.8 100
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 2.1 8.8 8.4 7.4 3.3 18.9 24.6 5.1 15.6 5.8 100
   Females 0.67 4.0 9.1 20.8 1.7 38.8 5.5 1.3 12.3 5.8 100
   Total 1.7 7.6 8.6 10.9 2.9 24.1 19.6 4.2 14.8 5.8 100
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 14.6 9.7 8.8 7.7 2.3 15.4 21.3 3.6 12.2 4.5 100
   Females 3.7 6.7 7.8 13.5 2.1 31.6 13.9 2.6 13.6 4.4 100
   Total 12.3 9.1 8.6 8.9 2.3 18.7 19.8 3.4 12.5 4.5 100
   
  1. Although women do not serve in infantry positions, they do serve in other positions, such as gun crews, air crews, and seamanship specialties, which are also part of
      this occupational area.
  2. "Non-occupational" may include students, patients, those with unassigned duties, and unknowns.
  3. White includes all individuals who self-identify as "White" and "Not Hispanic."
  3. Racially DIverse includes all individuals who do not self-identify as "White" and "Not Hispanic."  This includes Unknowns for both race and ethnicity.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.