Table B-20.  Active Component Enlisted Members, FY18: 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 94,959 18,501 43,453 23,875 9,974 36,383 48,336 8,684 37,684 3,240 325,089
   Females 2,564 2,564 4,747 9,156 2,178 17,826 4,475 1,119 9,763 194 54,586
   Total 97,523 21,065 48,200 33,031 12,152 54,209 52,811 9,803 47,447 3,434 379,675
   Percent Females 2.63 12.17 9.85 27.72 17.92 32.88 8.47 11.41 20.58 5.65 14.38
NAVY                      
   Males 20,859 41,259 16,559 18,923 3,553 16,579 63,789 9,073 16,668 9,774 217,036
   Females 4,381 6,273 5,421 6,875 372 7,205 12,670 1,980 5,414 3,031 53,622
   Total 25,240 47,532 21,980 25,798 3,925 23,784 76,459 11,053 22,082 12,805 270,658
   Percent Females 17.36 13.20 24.66 26.65 9.48 30.29 16.57 17.91 24.52 23.67 19.81
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 36,889 9,204 12,883 0 3,860 21,387 25,774 4,515 14,994 20,234 149,740
   Females 421 627 1,361 0 437 5,215 1,695 355 1,789 2,443 14,343
   Total 37,310 9,831 14,244 0 4,297 26,602 27,469 4,870 16,783 22,677 164,083
   Percent Females 1.13 6.38 9.55 ----- 10.17 19.60 6.17 7.29 10.66 10.77 8.74
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 5,758 22,842 21,040 9,569 8,578 22,236 60,803 9,627 30,835 15,910 207,198
   Females 548 2,721 5,835 9,777 1,360 13,408 4,901 729 7,572 4,929 51,780
   Total 6,306 25,563 26,875 19,346 9,938 35,644 65,704 10,356 38,407 20,839 258,978
   Percent Females 8.69 10.64 21.71 50.54 13.68 37.62 7.46 7.04 19.72 23.65 19.99
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 158,465 91,806 93,935 52,367 25,965 96,585 198,702 31,899 100,181 49,158 899,063
   Females 7,914 12,185 17,364 25,808 4,347 43,654 23,741 4,183 24,538 10,597 174,331
   Total 166,379 103,991 111,299 78,175 30,312 140,239 222,443 36,082 124,719 59,755 1,073,394
   Percent Females 4.76 11.72 15.60 33.01 14.34 31.13 10.67 11.59 19.67 17.73 16.24
Percent
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 29.21 5.69 13.37 7.34 3.07 11.19 14.87 2.67 11.59 1.00 100
   Females 4.70 4.70 8.70 16.77 3.99 32.66 8.20 2.05 17.89 0.36 100
   Total 25.69 5.55 12.70 8.70 3.20 14.28 13.91 2.58 12.50 0.90 100
NAVY                      
   Males 9.61 19.01 7.63 8.72 1.64 7.64 29.39 4.18 7.68 4.50 100
   Females 8.17 11.70 10.11 12.82 0.69 13.44 23.63 3.69 10.10 5.65 100
   Total 9.33 17.56 8.12 9.53 1.45 8.79 28.25 4.08 8.16 4.73 100
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 24.64 6.15 8.60 0 2.58 14.28 17.21 3.02 10.01 13.51 100
   Females 2.94 4.37 9.49 0 3.05 36.36 11.82 2.48 12.47 17.03 100
   Total 22.74 5.99 8.68 0 2.62 16.21 16.74 2.97 10.23 13.82 100
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 2.78 11.02 10.15 4.62 4.14 10.73 29.35 4.65 14.88 7.68 100
   Females 1.06 5.25 11.27 18.88 2.63 25.89 9.47 1.41 14.62 9.52 100
   Total 2.43 9.87 10.38 7.47 3.84 13.76 25.37 4.00 14.83 8.05 100
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 17.63 10.21 10.45 5.82 2.89 10.74 22.10 3.55 11.14 5.47 100
   Females 4.54 6.99 9.96 14.80 2.49 25.04 13.62 2.40 14.08 6.08 100
   Total 15.50 9.69 10.37 7.28 2.82 13.07 20.72 3.36 11.62 5.57 100
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 64,210 9,373 28,379 12,642 5,826 11,616 26,276 4,139 16,575 2,530 181,566
   Females 1,286 877 2,690 3,885 877 2,976 1,764 314 3,043 92 17,804
   Total 65,496 10,250 31,069 16,527 6,703 14,592 28,040 4,453 19,618 2,622 199,370
   Percent Females 1.96 8.56 8.66 23.51 13.08 20.39 6.29 7.05 15.51 3.51 8.93
NAVY                      
   Males 9,322 19,092 7,340 6,361 2,201 4,732 25,448 4,211 5,350 2,504 86,561
   Females 1,158 2,230 1,823 1,965 197 1,386 3,213 606 1,272 587 14,437
   Total 10,480 21,322 9,163 8,326 2,398 6,118 28,661 4,817 6,622 3,091 100,998
   Percent Females 11.05 10.46 19.90 23.60 8.22 22.65 11.21 12.58 19.21 18.99 14.29
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 25,525 5,648 8,292 0 2,711 8,806 16,520 2,506 8,205 12,597 90,810
   Females 277 324 772 0 309 1,602 944 178 903 1,222 6,531
   Total 25,802 5,972 9,064 0 3,020 10,408 17,464 2,684 9,108 13,819 97,341
   Percent Females 1.07 5.43 8.52 ----- 10.23 15.39 5.41 6.63 9.91 8.84 6.71
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 4,160 14,313 14,021 4,365 5,940 10,712 39,469 5,657 17,569 9,413 125,619
   Females 346 1,263 3,301 4,318 831 4,751 2,858 353 3,520 2,470 24,011
   Total 4,506 15,576 17,322 8,683 6,771 15,463 42,327 6,010 21,089 11,883 149,630
   Percent Females 7.68 8.11 19.06 49.73 12.27 30.72 6.75 5.87 16.69 20.79 16.05
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 103,217 48,426 58,032 23,368 16,678 35,866 107,713 16,513 47,699 27,044 484,556
   Females 3,067 4,694 8,586 10,168 2,214 10,715 8,779 1,451 8,738 4,371 62,783
   Total 106,284 53,120 66,618 33,536 18,892 46,581 116,492 17,964 56,437 31,415 547,339
   Percent Females 2.89 8.84 12.89 30.32 11.72 23.00 7.54 8.08 15.48 13.91 11.47
Percent
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 35.36 5.16 15.63 6.96 3.21 6.40 14.47 2.28 9.13 1.39 100
   Females 7.22 4.93 15.11 21.82 4.93 16.72 9.91 1.76 17.09 0.52 100
   Total 32.85 5.14 15.58 8.29 3.36 7.32 14.06 2.23 9.84 1.32 100
NAVY                      
   Males 10.77 22.06 8.48 7.35 2.54 5.47 29.40 4.86 6.18 2.89 100
   Females 8.02 15.45 12.63 13.61 1.36 9.60 22.26 4.20 8.81 4.07 100
   Total 10.38 21.11 9.07 8.24 2.37 6.06 28.38 4.77 6.56 3.06 100
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 28.11 6.22 9.13 0 2.99 9.70 18.19 2.76 9.04 13.87 100
   Females 4.24 4.96 11.82 0 4.73 24.53 14.45 2.73 13.83 18.71 100
   Total 26.51 6.14 9.31 0 3.10 10.69 17.94 2.76 9.36 14.20 100
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 3.31 11.39 11.16 3.47 4.73 8.53 31.42 4.50 13.99 7.49 100
   Females 1.44 5.26 13.75 17.98 3.46 19.79 11.90 1.47 14.66 10.29 100
   Total 3.01 10.41 11.58 5.80 4.53 10.33 28.29 4.02 14.09 7.94 100
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 21.30 9.99 11.98 4.82 3.44 7.40 22.23 3.41 9.84 5.58 100
   Females 4.89 7.48 13.68 16.20 3.53 17.07 13.98 2.31 13.92 6.96 100
   Total 19.42 9.71 12.17 6.13 3.45 8.51 21.28 3.28 10.31 5.74 100
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 30,749 9,128 15,074 11,233 4,148 24,767 22,060 4,545 21,109 710 143,523
   Females 1,278 1,687 2,057 5,271 1,301 14,850 2,711 805 6,720 102 36,782
   Total 32,027 10,815 17,131 16,504 5,449 39,617 24,771 5,350 27,829 812 180,305
   Percent Females 3.99 15.60 12.01 31.94 23.88 37.48 10.94 15.05 24.15 12.56 20.40
NAVY                      
   Males 11,537 22,167 9,219 12,562 1,352 11,847 38,341 4,862 11,318 7,270 130,475
   Females 3,223 4,043 3,598 4,910 175 5,819 9,457 1,374 4,142 2,444 39,185
   Total 14,760 26,210 12,817 17,472 1,527 17,666 47,798 6,236 15,460 9,714 169,660
   Percent Females 21.84 15.43 28.07 28.10 11.46 32.94 19.79 22.03 26.79 25.16 23.10
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 11,364 3,556 4,591 0 1,149 12,581 9,254 2,009 6,789 7,637 58,930
   Females 144 303 589 0 128 3,613 751 177 886 1,221 7,812
   Total 11,508 3,859 5,180 0 1,277 16,194 10,005 2,186 7,675 8,858 66,742
   Percent Females 1.25 7.85 11.37 ----- 10.02 22.31 7.51 8.10 11.54 13.78 11.70
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 1,598 8,529 7,019 5,204 2,638 11,524 21,334 3,970 13,266 6,497 81,579
   Females 202 1,458 2,534 5,459 529 8,657 2,043 376 4,052 2,459 27,769
   Total 1,800 9,987 9,553 10,663 3,167 20,181 23,377 4,346 17,318 8,956 109,348
   Percent Females 11.22 14.60 26.53 51.20 16.70 42.90 8.74 8.65 23.40 27.46 25.40
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 55,248 43,380 35,903 28,999 9,287 60,719 90,989 15,386 52,482 22,114 414,507
   Females 4,847 7,491 8,778 15,640 2,133 32,939 14,962 2,732 15,800 6,226 111,548
   Total 60,095 50,871 44,681 44,639 11,420 93,658 105,951 18,118 68,282 28,340 526,055
   Percent Females 8.07 14.73 19.65 35.04 18.68 35.17 14.12 15.08 23.14 21.97 21.20
Percent
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 21.42 6.36 10.50 7.83 2.89 17.26 15.37 3.17 14.71 0.49 100
   Females 3.47 4.59 5.59 14.33 3.54 40.37 7.37 2.19 18.27 0.28 100
   Total 17.76 6.00 9.50 9.15 3.02 21.97 13.74 2.97 15.43 0.45 100
NAVY                      
   Males 8.84 16.99 7.07 9.63 1.04 9.08 29.39 3.73 8.67 5.57 100
   Females 8.23 10.32 9.18 12.53 0.45 14.85 24.13 3.51 10.57 6.24 100
   Total 8.70 15.45 7.55 10.30 0.90 10.41 28.17 3.68 9.11 5.73 100
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 19.28 6.03 7.79 0 1.95 21.35 15.70 3.41 11.52 12.96 100
   Females 1.84 3.88 7.54 0 1.64 46.25 9.61 2.27 11.34 15.63 100
   Total 17.24 5.78 7.76 0 1.91 24.26 14.99 3.28 11.50 13.27 100
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 1.96 10.45 8.60 6.38 3.23 14.13 26.15 4.87 16.26 7.96 100
   Females 0.73 5.25 9.13 19.66 1.91 31.18 7.36 1.35 14.59 8.86 100
   Total 1.65 9.13 8.74 9.75 2.90 18.46 21.38 3.97 15.84 8.19 100
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 13.33 10.47 8.66 7.00 2.24 14.65 21.95 3.71 12.66 5.34 100
   Females 4.35 6.72 7.87 14.02 1.91 29.53 13.41 2.45 14.16 5.58 100
   Total 11.42 9.67 8.49 8.49 2.17 17.80 20.14 3.44 12.98 5.39 100
   
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."
4. 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.
Source:  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  The military data in this table reflect enlisted members as of 30 September 2018.