HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

Occupation

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ................................................................ 8,774 8,149 6.0 5.5 6.3 5.6 5.7 5.4

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................. 1,556 1,346 3.1 2.7 3.3 2.7 3.0 2.7

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 627 544 3.1 2.6 2.9 2.5 3.3 2.8

 Management occupations .................................................................. 430 369 2.9 2.5 2.8 2.4 3.1 2.5

 Business and financial operations occupations .................................. 198 175 3.5 3.0 3.2 2.7 3.7 3.2

 Professional and related occupations ................................................... 929 801 3.2 2.8 3.7 3.0 2.9 2.6

 Computer and mathematical occupations .......................................... 181 136 5.5 4.2 5.8 4.0 4.6 4.5

 Architecture and engineering occupations ......................................... 124 80 4.4 2.8 4.0 2.7 6.6 3.4

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ................................... 48 35 3.3 2.5 3.3 2.6 3.4 2.4

 Community and social services occupations ...................................... 57 65 2.5 2.9 2.2 2.7 2.7 3.1

 Legal occupations ............................................................................... 35 31 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.5 3.1 2.4

 Education, training, and library occupations ....................................... 225 207 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.5

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .............. 171 157 6.0 5.5 6.5 5.6 5.6 5.5

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ............................. 88 90 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.4

Service occupations ............................................................................... 1,681 1,617 7.1 6.6 7.5 6.7 6.7 6.6

 Healthcare support occupations ........................................................... 171 169 5.5 5.5 6.0 5.4 5.5 5.5

 Protective service occupations ............................................................. 129 113 4.5 3.8 4.1 3.6 6.3 4.6

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .............................. 683 656 8.6 8.3 9.2 8.5 8.1 8.1

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. 447 421 8.3 7.5 8.6 7.6 7.9 7.3

 Personal care and service occupations ................................................ 250 257 5.6 5.4 6.5 5.3 5.3 5.5

Sales and office occupations .................................................................. 2,070 1,937 5.5 5.2 5.4 5.0 5.6 5.3

 Sales and related occupations ............................................................. 995 912 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.2 7.0 6.6

 Office and administrative support occupations ..................................... 1,076 1,025 5.2 5.0 6.4 6.4 4.8 4.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ............ 1,244 1,140 8.1 7.3 7.8 7.0 12.9 11.6

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ........................................... 136 132 11.4 11.8 9.1 10.1 18.7 17.6

 Construction and extraction occupations .............................................. 814 786 9.1 8.4 9.1 8.3 10.9 12.2

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ............................... 295 222 5.5 4.2 5.4 4.2 7.8 4.9

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 1,555 1,393 7.9 7.2 7.5 6.5 9.3 9.4

 Production occupations ........................................................................ 807 714 7.7 7.0 7.0 5.9 9.2 9.4

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................................. 748 679 8.2 7.4 8.0 7.0 9.4 9.5

No previous work experience ................................................................. 641 686 ––––––

 16 to 19 years ...................................................................................... 424 456 ––––––

 20 to 24 years ...................................................................................... 117 121 ––––––

 25 years and over ................................................................................ 100 109 ––––––

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication

criteria.

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