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

2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ................................................................ 14,265 14,825 9.3 9.6 10.3 10.5 8.1 8.6

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................. 2,531 2,566 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.5 4.7

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 1,105 1,117 4.9 5.1 4.6 4.7 5.3 5.6

 Management occupations .................................................................. 740 762 4.6 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.3

 Business and financial operations occupations .................................. 365 355 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.9 6.1

 Professional and related occupations ................................................... 1,427 1,449 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.9 4.2 4.2

 Computer and mathematical occupations .......................................... 192 195 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.7 5.7

 Architecture and engineering occupations ......................................... 203 173 6.9 6.2 6.7 5.8 8.0 8.9

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ................................... 63 69 4.5 4.6 5.0 3.9 4.0 5.4

 Community and social services occupations ...................................... 105 114 4.3 4.6 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.9

 Legal occupations ............................................................................... 60 48 3.4 2.7 2.3 1.9 4.5 3.6

 Education, training, and library occupations ....................................... 368 379 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.1 4.1

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .............. 251 269 8.4 8.9 7.8 9.8 9.1 7.8

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ............................. 184 203 2.3 2.5 1.9 1.9 2.5 2.8

Service occupations ............................................................................... 2,605 2,819 9.6 10.3 10.5 11.0 8.9 9.7

 Healthcare support occupations ........................................................... 240 276 6.8 7.6 9.3 8.1 6.4 7.6

 Protective service occupations ............................................................. 177 207 5.3 5.9 5.1 5.2 6.2 8.6

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .............................. 1,011 1,079 11.6 12.4 12.3 13.0 11.0 11.8

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. 736 780 12.1 12.8 13.0 13.7 10.8 11.4

 Personal care and service occupations ................................................ 441 477 8.0 8.7 9.3 10.6 7.7 8.1

Sales and office occupations .................................................................. 3,143 3,315 8.5 9.0 8.8 9.0 8.4 9.1

 Sales and related occupations ............................................................. 1,501 1,596 8.8 9.4 8.0 8.3 9.6 10.5

 Office and administrative support occupations ..................................... 1,642 1,719 8.3 8.7 10.1 10.0 7.7 8.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ............ 2,464 2,504 15.6 16.1 15.6 16.0 16.2 17.0

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ........................................... 179 193 16.2 16.3 15.3 15.4 19.6 19.1

 Construction and extraction occupations .............................................. 1,825 1,809 19.7 20.1 19.7 20.1 21.1 21.8

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ............................... 459 503 8.5 9.3 8.5 9.3 7.3 8.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 2,453 2,365 13.3 12.8 12.8 12.2 15.2 14.7

 Production occupations ........................................................................ 1,322 1,206 14.7 13.1 14.1 12.2 16.3 15.4

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................................. 1,131 1,159 12.0 12.4 11.8 12.2 13.2 13.4

No previous work experience ................................................................. 1,035 1,220 ––––––

 16 to 19 years ...................................................................................... 677 778 ––––––

 20 to 24 years ...................................................................................... 194 265 ––––––

 25 years and over ................................................................................ 164 177 ––––––

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.

41