HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2020 2021

Total Men Women

2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021

Total, 16 years and over1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,947 8,623 8.1 5.3 7.8 5.5 8.3 5.2

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 3,029 1,889 4.5 2.8 4.2 2.8 4.9 2.9

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,149 812 4.1 2.8 3.8 2.7 4.4 3.0

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 529 3.9 2.7 3.6 2.4 4.3 3.1

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 397 283 4.4 3.1 4.3 3.4 4.6 2.8

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,880 1,077 4.9 2.8 4.6 2.9 5.1 2.8

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 124 3.4 2.1 3.5 2.0 3.3 2.4

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 86 3.6 2.6 3.4 2.4 4.3 3.3

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 72 52 4.3 3.0 4.8 3.8 3.7 2.2

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 71 3.1 2.5 2.9 1.7 3.2 2.9

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 40 2.7 2.1 2.9 1.5 2.6 2.7

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 312 7.1 3.4 5.8 3.7 7.5 3.3

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 237 10.9 7.0 12.3 7.4 9.5 6.6

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . 303 156 3.1 1.6 2.5 1.7 3.3 1.6

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,407 2,057 13.0 7.8 12.6 7.9 13.3 7.7

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 304 7.3 5.9 7.5 5.3 7.3 6.0

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 121 5.1 3.9 3.9 3.6 8.7 4.8

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,595 850 19.6 10.3 20.8 11.1 18.5 9.7

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 446 10.9 7.5 9.4 6.6 13.1 8.8

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 335 16.0 8.3 17.5 12.5 15.5 7.1

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,591 1,685 8.0 5.3 7.2 4.9 8.5 5.5

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,367 853 8.8 5.6 6.9 4.6 10.8 6.6

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,224 832 7.3 5.0 7.9 5.5 7.1 4.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,298 984 8.9 6.6 8.6 6.4 12.5 9.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 104 10.3 8.9 8.4 8.3 15.7 10.9

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862 681 10.1 7.8 10.0 7.7 10.6 11.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 316 199 6.4 3.9 6.2 4.0 10.9 3.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,076 1,473 10.2 7.1 9.8 6.9 11.6 7.6

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 485 9.0 5.8 8.5 5.5 10.0 6.3

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 1,329 988 11.1 8.0 10.6 7.8 13.2 8.8

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 518 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 266 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 142 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 110 – – – – – –

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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. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the

2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020

are not strictly comparable with earlier years. 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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