HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

Occupation

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002

 Total, 16 years and over1 ....................................................................... 6,801 8,378 4.7 5.8 4.8 5.9 4.7 5.6

Managerial and professional specialty ......................................................... 981 1,357 2.3 3.1 2.3 3.2 2.3 3.0

 Executive, administrative, and managerial ................................................. 497 717 2.4 3.4 2.3 3.2 2.5 3.6

 Professional specialty ................................................................................. 484 640 2.2 2.8 2.3 3.2 2.1 2.5

Technical, sales, and administrative support ................................................ 1,701 2,144 4.1 5.2 3.8 5.0 4.3 5.4

 Technicians and related support ................................................................ 132 175 2.8 3.7 3.3 4.5 2.4 3.1

 Sales occupations ...................................................................................... 790 1,001 4.6 5.8 3.6 4.7 5.7 6.9

 Administrative support, including clerical .................................................... 780 968 4.0 5.1 4.7 5.7 3.8 4.9

Service occupations ..................................................................................... 1,150 1,369 5.8 6.7 5.9 6.8 5.7 6.6

 Private household ....................................................................................... 53 63 6.7 7.7 – 13.3 6.5 7.4

 Protective service ....................................................................................... 74 102 2.9 3.8 2.7 3.3 3.8 5.8

 Service, except private household and protective ...................................... 1,023 1,205 6.2 7.1 7.1 8.0 5.8 6.6

Precision production, craft, and repair .......................................................... 722 955 4.6 6.1 4.4 6.0 6.2 7.5

 Mechanics and repairers ............................................................................ 154 225 3.1 4.5 3.0 4.5 3.7 5.3

 Construction trades .................................................................................... 399 509 5.9 7.5 5.8 7.4 9.7 10.9

 Other precision production, craft, and repair .............................................. 170 221 4.2 5.8 3.5 5.3 6.2 7.5

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ............................................................. 1,509 1,720 7.7 8.9 7.3 8.3 9.0 10.6

 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................................ 588 624 7.8 8.8 7.1 7.5 9.2 10.9

 Transportation and material moving occupations ....................................... 303 377 5.0 6.1 4.9 6.0 6.1 6.8

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................................ 618 719 10.2 11.8 10.3 11.7 10.0 12.0

 Construction laborers ............................................................................... 159 178 13.1 14.1 12.9 13.8 16.9 21.0

 Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................... 459 541 9.5 11.2 9.4 11.0 9.7 11.6

Farming, forestry, and fishing ....................................................................... 262 275 7.3 7.3 6.7 7.2 9.4 7.8

No previous work experience ....................................................................... 459 536 ––––––

 16 to 19 years ............................................................................................. 311 368 ––––––

 20 to 24 years ............................................................................................. 71 83 ––––––

 25 years and over ....................................................................................... 77 85 ––––––

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

Forces.

2 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000.