HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

Occupation

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ................................................................ 7,001 7,078 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.5

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................. 1,065 1,090 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.2

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 427 429 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 2.2 2.2

 Management occupations .................................................................. 279 278 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 2.0 1.9

 Business and financial operations occupations .................................. 148 151 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.7

 Professional and related occupations ................................................... 638 662 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1

 Computer and mathematical occupations .......................................... 80 76 2.4 2.1 2.5 2.1 2.3 2.3

 Architecture and engineering occupations ......................................... 49 47 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 2.6 1.9

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ................................... 27 28 1.8 2.0 1.7 1.7 2.0 2.4

 Community and social services occupations ...................................... 50 53 2.3 2.3 2.4 1.9 2.2 2.6

 Legal occupations ............................................................................... 22 40 1.3 2.3 .9 1.4 1.8 3.2

 Education, training, and library occupations ....................................... 196 198 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .............. 115 127 4.0 4.4 4.3 5.0 3.8 3.7

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ............................. 98 93 1.4 1.3 .7 1.3 1.6 1.3

Service occupations ............................................................................... 1,485 1,521 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.9

 Healthcare support occupations ........................................................... 152 147 4.6 4.5 5.8 4.1 4.5 4.5

 Protective service occupations ............................................................. 105 118 3.4 3.7 2.9 3.0 5.3 6.0

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .............................. 590 626 7.2 7.5 7.5 7.9 6.9 7.2

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. 402 392 7.0 6.7 6.9 6.6 7.0 6.8

 Personal care and service occupations ................................................ 235 238 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.7

Sales and office occupations .................................................................. 1,667 1,638 4.4 4.3 3.9 4.2 4.7 4.4

 Sales and related occupations ............................................................. 812 835 4.7 4.8 3.4 3.8 5.9 5.7

 Office and administrative support occupations ..................................... 856 804 4.2 4.0 4.9 4.9 4.0 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ............ 1,007 1,052 6.0 6.3 5.8 6.1 9.1 10.4

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ........................................... 101 89 9.5 8.5 8.4 7.0 13.2 13.8

 Construction and extraction occupations .............................................. 699 781 6.8 7.6 6.7 7.5 9.9 11.2

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ............................... 207 182 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.3 4.3 5.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 1,127 1,128 5.8 5.8 5.3 5.4 7.5 7.3

 Production occupations ........................................................................ 544 564 5.5 5.7 4.7 5.0 7.2 7.2

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................................. 583 564 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.7 8.0 7.7

No previous work experience ................................................................. 616 627 ––––––

 16 to 19 years ...................................................................................... 435 419 ––––––

 20 to 24 years ...................................................................................... 90 115 ––––––

 25 years and over ................................................................................ 91 93 ––––––

1 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.

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