HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2014 2015

Total Men Women

2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015

Total, 16 years and over1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,617 8,296 6.2 5.3 6.3 5.4 6.1 5.2

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,777 1,504 3.1 2.5 3.0 2.4 3.2 2.7

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704 602 2.9 2.4 2.7 2.2 3.3 2.7

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 386 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.0 3.1 2.5

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 263 217 3.6 3.0 3.7 2.9 3.6 3.0

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,073 902 3.2 2.6 3.2 2.5 3.1 2.7

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 115 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.8

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 80 3.1 2.6 3.2 2.5 3.1 3.5

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 54 41 3.8 2.8 4.1 2.9 3.5 2.7

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 59 3.1 2.2 2.7 1.9 3.3 2.4

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 31 2.4 1.7 1.9 1.2 2.8 2.2

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 276 3.4 3.0 3.7 2.8 3.3 3.1

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 145 6.2 4.5 6.4 4.4 6.0 4.7

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations. . . . . . . 186 154 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.2 2.3 1.9

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,048 1,855 7.3 6.7 7.5 6.9 7.2 6.5

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 185 5.4 5.0 5.7 5.0 5.4 5.0

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 129 4.4 4.0 4.1 3.7 5.7 5.0

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 758 702 8.5 7.9 8.8 8.7 8.3 7.3

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 484 8.7 7.8 8.5 7.8 8.8 7.9

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 354 6.9 6.1 7.7 6.0 6.7 6.2

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,119 1,792 6.0 5.1 5.6 4.9 6.2 5.2

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022 909 6.1 5.5 5.0 4.4 7.3 6.6

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,096 883 5.8 4.7 6.7 5.8 5.5 4.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,171 1,058 8.0 7.2 7.8 6.9 11.6 11.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 132 11.6 10.9 9.5 10.2 18.2 13.3

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813 701 9.6 8.4 9.6 8.3 9.4 12.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 224 225 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.1 6.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,385 1,182 7.4 6.3 6.9 5.7 9.1 8.2

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 513 7.0 5.7 6.3 5.0 8.6 7.3

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 754 668 7.7 6.8 7.3 6.3 9.9 9.8

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086 879 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 481 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 232 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 166 – – – – – –

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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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