HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

Occupation

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998

 Total, 16 years and over1 ....................................................................... 6,739 6,210 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.4 5.0 4.6

Managerial and professional specialty ......................................................... 761 722 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.7 2.1 2.0

 Executive, administrative, and managerial ................................................. 359 343 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 2.0 2.0

 Professional specialty ................................................................................. 403 380 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.0

Technical, sales, and administrative support ................................................ 1,646 1,550 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.3 4.4 4.2

 Technicians and related support ................................................................ 104 96 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.1

 Sales occupations ...................................................................................... 814 745 4.9 4.5 3.6 3.3 6.2 5.6

 Administrative support, including clerical .................................................... 728 710 3.8 3.7 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.6

Service occupations ..................................................................................... 1,255 1,216 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.8 6.4

 Private household ....................................................................................... 73 74 8.4 8.0 12.6 8.7 8.2 8.0

 Protective service ....................................................................................... 89 85 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.1 5.2 5.0

 Service, except private household and protective ...................................... 1,093 1,057 7.0 6.8 7.6 7.5 6.7 6.3

Precision production, craft, and repair .......................................................... 719 630 4.8 4.2 4.8 4.1 5.1 4.8

 Mechanics and repairers ............................................................................ 167 149 3.5 3.0 3.4 3.1 4.5 2.3

 Construction trades .................................................................................... 406 338 7.0 5.7 7.0 5.6 7.2 10.4

 Other precision production, craft, and repair .............................................. 145 143 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.1 5.0 4.6

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ............................................................. 1,490 1,304 7.5 6.7 7.1 6.3 8.8 7.7

 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................................ 551 494 6.5 6.0 5.1 5.0 8.6 7.6

 Transportation and material moving occupations ....................................... 306 279 5.4 4.9 5.3 4.8 6.0 6.3

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................................ 633 531 11.1 9.4 11.3 9.6 10.5 8.8

 Construction laborers ............................................................................... 167 136 17.1 14.2 16.9 14.2 20.8 16.0

 Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................... 467 395 9.9 8.4 9.9 8.4 10.1 8.5

Farming, forestry, and fishing ....................................................................... 267 244 7.1 6.5 6.9 6.1 7.8 8.0

No previous work experience ....................................................................... 569 520 ––––––

 16 to 19 years ............................................................................................ 388 361 ––––––

 20 to 24 years ............................................................................................ 85 80 ––––––

 25 years and over ...................................................................................... 96 80 ––––––

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

Forces.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation

procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey.

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