HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2021 2022

Total Men Women

2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022

Total, 16 years and over1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,623 5,996 5.3 3.6 5.5 3.7 5.2 3.6

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,889 1,355 2.8 2.0 2.8 1.8 2.9 2.1

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812 530 2.8 1.8 2.7 1.6 3.0 2.0

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 330 2.7 1.6 2.4 1.5 3.1 1.7

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 283 200 3.1 2.1 3.4 1.9 2.8 2.4

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,077 825 2.8 2.1 2.9 2.0 2.8 2.2

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 118 2.1 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.4 2.0

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 52 2.6 1.5 2.4 1.4 3.3 2.2

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 52 26 3.0 1.4 3.8 1.7 2.2 1.0

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 54 2.5 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.9 1.8

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 26 2.1 1.4 1.5 0.9 2.7 1.8

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 254 3.4 2.7 3.7 2.8 3.3 2.6

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 144 7.0 4.0 7.4 4.0 6.6 4.0

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . 156 152 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.1 1.6 1.6

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,057 1,281 7.8 4.8 7.9 4.8 7.7 4.8

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 203 5.9 3.9 5.3 3.3 6.0 4.1

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 108 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.0 4.8 4.6

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 850 480 10.3 5.7 11.1 5.6 9.7 5.8

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 319 7.5 5.4 6.6 5.0 8.8 5.9

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 170 8.3 4.1 12.5 5.6 7.1 3.7

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,685 1,176 5.3 3.7 4.9 3.6 5.5 3.8

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853 579 5.6 3.9 4.6 3.2 6.6 4.5

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 832 598 5.0 3.6 5.5 4.2 4.8 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 984 658 6.6 4.4 6.4 4.3 9.1 6.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 71 8.9 6.8 8.3 6.3 10.9 7.9

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 477 7.8 5.4 7.7 5.4 11.0 5.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 199 110 3.9 2.2 4.0 2.1 3.7 4.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,473 1,027 7.1 4.9 6.9 4.7 7.6 5.4

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 332 5.8 3.9 5.5 3.6 6.3 4.6

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 988 695 8.0 5.5 7.8 5.4 8.8 6.1

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 482 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 265 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 127 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 90 – – – – – –

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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 (values

not shown where base is less than 50,000).

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