HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

Occupation

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ................................................................ 8,378 8,774 5.8 6.0 5.9 6.3 5.6 5.7

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................. 1,482 1,556 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 2.9 3.0

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 622 627 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.3

 Management occupations .................................................................. 447 430 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.1

 Business and financial operations occupations .................................. 175 198 3.2 3.5 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.7

 Professional and related occupations ................................................... 859 929 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.7 2.7 2.9

 Computer and mathematical occupations .......................................... 160 181 4.9 5.5 5.0 5.8 4.6 4.6

 Architecture and engineering occupations ......................................... 122 124 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.0 5.0 6.6

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ................................... 42 48 3.1 3.3 2.7 3.3 3.8 3.4

 Community and social services occupations ...................................... 49 57 2.2 2.5 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.7

 Legal occupations ............................................................................... 37 35 2.4 2.3 1.8 1.6 3.2 3.1

 Education, training, and library occupations ....................................... 203 225 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.9

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .............. 160 171 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.5 5.3 5.6

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ............................. 87 88 1.3 1.3 .9 1.2 1.5 1.4

Service occupations ............................................................................... 1,544 1,681 6.6 7.1 6.9 7.5 6.4 6.7

 Healthcare support occupations ........................................................... 144 171 5.1 5.5 7.6 6.0 4.8 5.5

 Protective service occupations ............................................................. 111 129 3.9 4.5 3.4 4.1 5.8 6.3

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .............................. 622 683 8.2 8.6 8.6 9.2 7.8 8.1

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. 405 447 7.4 8.3 7.5 8.6 7.3 7.9

 Personal care and service occupations ................................................ 261 250 5.7 5.6 6.5 6.5 5.4 5.3

Sales and office occupations .................................................................. 2,110 2,070 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.8 5.6

 Sales and related occupations ............................................................. 998 995 5.9 5.9 4.8 4.8 7.1 7.0

 Office and administrative support occupations ..................................... 1,112 1,076 5.4 5.2 6.4 6.4 5.0 4.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ............ 1,155 1,244 7.8 8.1 7.6 7.8 11.9 12.9

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ........................................... 142 136 12.0 11.4 10.5 9.1 16.4 18.7

 Construction and extraction occupations .............................................. 788 814 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.1 13.0 10.9

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ............................... 225 295 4.6 5.5 4.6 5.4 4.7 7.8

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 1,530 1,555 7.6 7.9 6.9 7.5 9.9 9.3

 Production occupations ........................................................................ 848 807 7.8 7.7 6.8 7.0 9.8 9.2

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................................. 682 748 7.4 8.2 7.0 8.0 9.9 9.4

No previous work experience ................................................................. 536 641 ––––––

 16 to 19 years ...................................................................................... 368 424 ––––––

 20 to 24 years ...................................................................................... 83 117 ––––––

 25 years and over ................................................................................ 85 100 ––––––

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

 NOTE: Occupations reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census occupational

classification system derived from the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification

system into the Current Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data

reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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