HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2011 2012

Total Men Women

2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012

Total, 16 years and over1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,747 12,506 8.9 8.1 9.4 8.2 8.5 7.9

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . 2,458 2,318 4.5 4.1 4.4 3.8 4.5 4.4

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,067 935 4.7 4.0 4.5 3.7 5.0 4.3

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 615 4.4 3.7 4.2 3.3 4.8 4.3

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 366 320 5.5 4.6 5.5 4.8 5.4 4.5

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,392 1,383 4.3 4.2 4.4 3.9 4.3 4.4

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 144 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.3 5.0 4.7

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 123 5.1 4.2 4.9 3.7 6.2 6.8

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 51 55 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.4 3.2 3.5

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 113 4.9 4.7 3.9 5.3 5.5 4.4

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 50 3.7 2.7 2.6 1.5 4.7 3.9

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 426 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.1 4.5 5.0

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 225 7.5 7.4 8.1 7.6 6.7 7.2

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations. . . . . . . . 212 246 2.7 3.0 2.0 2.3 2.9 3.2

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,727 2,540 9.9 9.1 10.0 9.0 9.8 9.1

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 276 7.8 7.3 8.2 7.7 7.7 7.3

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 205 6.0 6.2 5.1 5.4 9.3 9.1

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,037 925 11.8 10.3 12.2 10.3 11.5 10.4

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 692 11.7 11.0 11.8 10.5 11.4 11.7

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 443 8.7 7.8 8.9 8.1 8.6 7.7

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,135 2,775 8.7 7.7 8.2 7.3 8.9 8.0

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,481 1,318 8.8 7.9 7.2 6.3 10.4 9.4

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,653 1,457 8.5 7.6 9.8 8.8 8.0 7.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000 1,668 13.3 11.5 13.1 11.2 17.5 17.9

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 167 15.3 14.4 13.4 12.0 21.8 21.6

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,414 1,181 16.6 14.4 16.5 14.3 17.7 17.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . . 406 320 7.7 6.2 7.5 6.0 11.4 12.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,099 1,845 11.3 9.8 10.9 9.3 12.9 11.5

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025 865 11.2 9.3 10.4 8.5 13.0 11.3

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 1,073 980 11.4 10.3 11.2 10.0 12.6 12.0

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,284 1,316 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 758 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 334 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 224 – – – – – –

1 Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not

shown where base is less than 35,000).

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