HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

Occupation

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ................................................................ 8,924 14,265 5.8 9.3 6.1 10.3 5.4 8.1

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................. 1,463 2,531 2.7 4.6 2.6 4.7 2.8 4.5

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 619 1,105 2.7 4.9 2.6 4.6 2.9 5.3

 Management occupations .................................................................. 407 740 2.5 4.6 2.4 4.4 2.6 4.9

 Business and financial operations occupations .................................. 212 365 3.3 5.7 3.1 5.4 3.4 5.9

 Professional and related occupations ................................................... 844 1,427 2.7 4.4 2.6 4.8 2.7 4.2

 Computer and mathematical occupations .......................................... 97 192 2.6 5.2 2.4 5.1 3.2 5.7

 Architecture and engineering occupations ......................................... 95 203 3.1 6.9 3.0 6.7 3.7 8.0

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ................................... 32 63 2.4 4.5 2.3 5.0 2.5 4.0

 Community and social services occupations ...................................... 63 105 2.7 4.3 2.1 4.0 3.0 4.5

 Legal occupations ............................................................................... 44 60 2.6 3.4 2.2 2.3 2.9 4.5

 Education, training, and library occupations ....................................... 247 368 2.8 4.1 2.6 4.2 2.9 4.1

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .............. 156 251 5.3 8.4 5.4 7.8 5.1 9.1

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ............................. 110 184 1.5 2.3 .8 1.9 1.7 2.5

Service occupations ............................................................................... 1,769 2,605 6.7 9.6 7.2 10.5 6.4 8.9

 Healthcare support occupations ........................................................... 150 240 4.5 6.8 5.6 9.3 4.3 6.4

 Protective service occupations ............................................................. 109 177 3.5 5.3 3.1 5.1 4.6 6.2

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .............................. 742 1,011 8.7 11.6 9.1 12.3 8.3 11.0

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. 470 736 7.9 12.1 8.2 13.0 7.5 10.8

 Personal care and service occupations ................................................ 298 441 5.7 8.0 6.5 9.3 5.5 7.7

Sales and office occupations .................................................................. 2,006 3,143 5.3 8.5 5.2 8.8 5.5 8.4

 Sales and related occupations ............................................................. 980 1,501 5.7 8.8 4.7 8.0 6.7 9.6

 Office and administrative support occupations ..................................... 1,026 1,642 5.1 8.3 6.0 10.1 4.8 7.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ............ 1,421 2,464 8.8 15.6 8.7 15.6 11.0 16.2

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ........................................... 112 179 10.2 16.2 9.2 15.3 13.5 19.6

 Construction and extraction occupations .............................................. 1,067 1,825 11.0 19.7 10.9 19.7 13.4 21.1

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ............................... 243 459 4.5 8.5 4.5 8.5 5.4 7.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 1,474 2,453 7.6 13.3 7.2 12.8 9.3 15.2

 Production occupations ........................................................................ 746 1,322 7.7 14.7 7.0 14.1 9.4 16.3

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................................. 727 1,131 7.6 12.0 7.3 11.8 9.1 13.2

No previous work experience ................................................................. 766 1,035  ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆

 16 to 19 years ...................................................................................... 511 677  ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆

 20 to 24 years ...................................................................................... 132 194  ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆

 25 years and over ................................................................................ 123 164  ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆ ̆

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.

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