HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2016 2017

Total Men Women

2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017

Total, 16 years and over1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,751 6,982 4.9 4.4 4.9 4.4 4.8 4.3

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,513 1,383 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.6 2.3

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 558 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.7 2.4

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 341 2.3 1.9 2.1 1.8 2.5 2.0

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 225 217 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.5 3.0 3.0

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 825 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.3

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 119 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 3.1 2.9

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 79 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.2

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 34 36 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.0 2.3 2.9

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 48 2.6 1.8 2.2 1.6 2.8 1.9

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 27 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.6

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 251 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.3 3.0 2.8

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 135 4.8 4.0 5.0 4.1 4.5 3.9

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . 133 129 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.4

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,655 1,530 5.8 5.4 5.9 5.4 5.7 5.4

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 165 4.5 4.5 4.1 4.0 4.6 4.6

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 106 3.7 3.3 3.2 2.4 5.4 6.4

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 627 572 6.8 6.4 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.1

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 387 6.9 6.2 7.1 6.5 6.6 5.7

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 300 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.6 5.2 4.9

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,623 1,443 4.6 4.1 4.3 3.7 4.8 4.4

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799 699 4.8 4.2 3.8 2.9 5.8 5.6

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 744 4.5 4.0 5.2 5.0 4.2 3.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953 903 6.4 6.0 6.1 5.7 11.4 10.9

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 113 10.4 8.7 8.2 7.0 17.2 13.7

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 611 7.2 7.1 7.1 6.9 9.9 12.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 207 179 4.1 3.5 4.1 3.4 4.3 5.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,160 1,014 6.1 5.4 5.7 5.1 7.6 6.3

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 435 5.7 4.9 5.1 4.6 7.2 5.5

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 644 579 6.5 5.8 6.2 5.4 8.0 7.5

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 690 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 399 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 157 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 134 – – – – – –

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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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