Most research on the developmental correlates of gendered vocational aspirations and attainment utilizes cross-sectional designs and begins in adolescence or later. This study used longitudinal data collected from U.S. youth from age 11 to 26 to: (1) chart their gendered vocational development, that is, the gender typicality of vocational aspirations in middle childhood and adolescence and attainment in young adulthood; and (2) examine childhood gendered attributes as predictors of gendered vocational development. Results revealed that gendered vocational development differed for men and women: women's aspirations in childhood and adolescence were less gender-typical compared to their vocational fields attained in young adulthood, whereas men's remained gender-typical from childhood to young adulthood. Further, childhood attributes predicted aspirations and attainment and their developmental trajectory. •Gendered vocational development from childhood to adulthood differed for men and women.•Females aspired to less but entered more stereotypical vocational fields.•Males aspired to and attained stereotypical vocational fields from childhood to adulthood.•Childhood attributes predicted gendered aspirations and attainment.•Childhood gender-typical skills predicted gendered vocational developmental trajectory.