The most racially segregated groups are laborers and service workers. At each occupational level, women are more racially segregated than are men. The racial composition of any single occupational group at a particular work place tends to follow the racial composition of workers in other occupations at that establishment. (Author/GC)

Indices of racial segregation across different places of employment are presented for black and non-Hispanic white workers in the same general occupational category (e.g., managers; operatives). Black and non-Hispanic white laborers and service workers are more segregated from one another than are their racial counterparts in other occupational…