HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

Occupation

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999

 Total, 16 years and over1 ....................................................................... 6,210 5,880 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.6 4.3

Managerial and professional specialty ......................................................... 722 770 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.9

 Executive, administrative, and managerial ................................................. 343 376 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.0

 Professional specialty ................................................................................. 380 394 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.9

Technical, sales, and administrative support ................................................ 1,550 1,477 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.2 4.2 3.9

 Technicians and related support ................................................................ 96 101 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.1 1.9

 Sales occupations ...................................................................................... 745 714 4.5 4.2 3.3 3.0 5.6 5.4

 Administrative support, including clerical .................................................... 710 662 3.7 3.5 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.4

Service occupations ..................................................................................... 1,216 1,081 6.4 5.7 6.3 5.5 6.4 5.8

 Private household ....................................................................................... 74 67 8.0 7.4 8.7 6.0 8.0 7.5

 Protective service ....................................................................................... 85 72 3.4 2.9 3.1 2.4 5.0 4.9

 Service, except private household and protective ...................................... 1,057 943 6.8 6.0 7.5 6.7 6.3 5.7

Precision production, craft, and repair .......................................................... 630 607 4.2 4.0 4.1 3.9 4.8 5.2

 Mechanics and repairers ............................................................................ 149 136 3.0 2.7 3.1 2.6 2.3 4.8

 Construction trades .................................................................................... 338 330 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.3 10.4 8.8

 Other precision production, craft, and repair .............................................. 143 142 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.1 4.6 4.7

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ............................................................. 1,304 1,207 6.7 6.2 6.3 5.9 7.7 7.3

 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................................ 494 440 6.0 5.6 5.0 4.7 7.6 7.2

 Transportation and material moving occupations ....................................... 279 235 4.9 4.1 4.8 4.0 6.3 5.3

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................................ 531 532 9.4 9.2 9.6 9.4 8.8 8.4

 Construction laborers ............................................................................... 136 140 14.2 13.2 14.2 13.0 16.0 18.2

 Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................... 395 392 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.0

Farming, forestry, and fishing ....................................................................... 244 249 6.5 6.8 6.1 6.2 8.0 9.0

No previous work experience ....................................................................... 520 469 ––––––

 16 to 19 years ............................................................................................ 361 328 ––––––

 20 to 24 years ............................................................................................ 80 67 ––––––

 25 years and over ...................................................................................... 80 74 ––––––

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

Forces.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls

used in the household survey.

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