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Love and work — who knew the two were so intimately connected? Based on research by Bloomberg Business, it turns out that your job could help you predict who you'll end up marrying.
By scanning US Census Bureau data covering 3.5 million households, Bloomberg compiled this cool interactive chart that shows how people are pairing up by profession.
Here are the most common matchups for 27 jobs:
1) Elementary- and middle-school teachers
Female elementary-school teachers are most likely to marry male or female elementary- and middle-school teachers.
Male elementary-school teachers are most likely to marry female elementary- and middle-school teachers or male education administrators.
2) Financial analysts
Female financial analysts are most likely to marry male financial managers or female retail salespersons.
Male financial analysts are most likely to marry female elementary- and middle-school teachers or male operations research analysts.
3) Flight attendants
Female flight attendants are most likely to marry male managers or female flight attendants.
Male flight attendants are most likely to marry female flight attendants or male elementary- and middle-school teachers.
4) Chefs and head cooks
Female chefs and head cooks are most likely to marry male chefs and head cooks, or female maids and housekeeping cleaners.
Male chefs and head cooks are most likely to marry female waitresses, or male chefs and head cooks.
5) Retail salespersons
Female retail salespersons are most likely to marry male retail salespersons or female retail supervisors.
Male retail salespersons are most likely to marry female retail salespersons or male health-practitioner-support technologists and technicians.
6) Farmers and ranchers
Female farmers and ranchers are most likely to marry male farmers and ranchers or female clinical-laboratory technologists or technicians.
Male farmers and ranchers are most likely to marry female farmers and ranchers or male elementary- and middle-school teachers.
7) Physicians and surgeons
Female physicians and surgeons are most likely to marry male or female physicians and surgeons.
Male physicians and surgeons are most likely to marry female physicians and surgeons or male registered nurses.
8) Secretaries and administrative assistants
Female secretaries and administrative assistants are most likely to marry male managers or female flight attendants.
Male secretaries and administrative assistants are most likely to marry male office and administrative-support supervisors.
9) Waiters and waitresses
Female waitresses are most likely to marry male cooks or female cashiers.
Male waiters are most likely to marry female waitresses or male maids and housekeeping cleaners.
10) Actors
Female actors are most likely to marry male actors or female designers.
Male actors are most likely to marry female actors or male TV, video, and motion-picture camera operators and editors.
11) Lawyers and judges
Female lawyers and judges are most likely to marry male lawyers and judges or female computer workers.
Male lawyers and judges are most likely to marry female or male lawyers and judges.
12) CEOs
Female CEOs are most likely to marry male CEOs or female managers.
Male CEOs are most likely to marry female elementary- and middle-school teachers or male CEOs.
13) Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Female maids and housekeeping cleaners are most likely to marry male janitors and building cleaners or female chefs and head cooks.
Male maids and housekeeping cleaners are most likely to marry male waiters.
14) Registered nurses
Female registered nurses are most likely to marry male managers or female registered nurses.
Male registered nurses are most likely to marry female or male registered nurses.
15) Truck drivers
Female truck drivers are most likely to marry female truck drivers.
Male truck drivers are most likely to marry female secretaries and administrative assistants or male managers.
16) Police officers
A policeman kisses his fiance after proposing to him during the Pride in London parade, as it makes its way through the streets of central London. (PA)
Female police officers are most likely to marry male police officers or female office and administrative-support supervisors.
Male police officers are most likely to marry female or male elementary- and middle-school teachers.
17) Marketing and sales managers
Female marketing and sales managers are most likely to marry male managers or female insurance claims and policy-processing clerks.
Male marketing and sales managers are most likely to marry female elementary- and middle-school teachers or male business-operations specialists.
18) Customer-service representatives
Female customer-service representatives are most likely to marry male truck drivers or female business-operations specialists.
Male customer-service representatives are most likely to marry female or male customer-service representatives.
19) Artists
Female artists are most likely to marry male or female artists.
Male artists are most likely to marry female elementary- and middle-school teachers or male counselors.
20) Civil engineers
Female civil engineers are most likely to marry female hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists.
Male civil engineers are most likely to marry female or male elementary- and middle-school teachers.
21) Computer and information-systems managers
Female computer and information-systems managers are most likely to marry female database administrators.
Male computer and information-systems managers are most likely to marry female elementary- and middle-school teachers or male production workers.
22) Psychologists
Female psychologists are most likely to marry male or female psychologists.
Male psychologists are most likely to marry female psychologists or male postsecondary teachers.
23) Musicians and singers
Female musicians and singers are most likely to marry male musicians and singers or female textile-machine operators.
Male musicians and singers are most likely to marry female musicians and singers or male retail supervisors.
24) Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
Female aircraft pilots and flight engineers are most likely to marry female registered nurses.
Male aircraft pilots and flight engineers are most likely to marry female elementary- and middle-school teachers or male human-resource workers.
25) Dancers and choreographers
Female dancers and choreographers are most likely to marry male welding, soldering, and brazing workers or female lawyers and judges.
Male dancers and choreographers are most likely to marry female dancers and choreographers or male secretaries and administrative assistants.
26) Construction workers
Female construction workers are most likely to marry female construction workers.
Male construction workers are most likely to marry female maids and housekeeping cleaners or male business-operations specialists.
27) Unemployed people with no work experience in the last five years
Female unemployed people are most likely to marry male truck drivers or female licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
Male unemployed people are most likely to marry female unemployed people or male eligibility interviewers for government programs.
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