HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2018 2019

Total Men Women

2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019

Total, 16 years and over1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,314 6,001 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.6

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,346 1,310 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.2 2.1

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 499 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.7 2.1 2.0

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 314 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.8

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 196 185 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.7 2.5

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 811 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.2

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 107 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.3 2.4

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 58 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 2.2 2.2

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 31 27 2.0 1.8 1.7 2.4 2.4 1.2

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 56 2.2 2.0 2.6 1.9 2.1 2.1

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 27 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.0 1.5 1.6

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 279 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.9 3.2 2.9

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 121 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.0 3.5

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . 133 136 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.5

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353 1,255 4.8 4.4 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.2

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 122 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.8 3.5 3.2

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 93 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.3 3.0 4.8

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 530 491 6.1 5.5 6.7 6.1 5.6 5.0

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 310 5.5 5.1 5.8 5.6 4.9 4.4

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 239 4.3 3.9 3.9 4.4 4.4 3.7

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,337 1,274 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 4.0 3.8

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 614 4.1 3.8 3.3 2.9 4.8 4.7

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 659 3.6 3.6 4.2 4.3 3.4 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 703 5.1 4.7 4.9 4.4 8.2 9.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 123 9.2 9.6 8.0 7.7 12.6 14.8

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 452 6.0 5.2 6.0 5.1 6.4 6.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 136 129 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 4.1 3.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 847 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.2 5.3 4.9

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 350 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.7 4.8 4.5

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 520 497 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.5 5.9 5.4

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 591 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 323 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 146 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 121 – – – – – –

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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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