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

2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ................................................................ 7,078 8,924 4.6 5.8 4.7 6.1 4.5 5.4

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................. 1,090 1,463 2.1 2.7 2.0 2.6 2.2 2.8

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 429 619 1.9 2.7 1.7 2.6 2.2 2.9

 Management occupations .................................................................. 278 407 1.8 2.5 1.7 2.4 1.9 2.6

 Business and financial operations occupations .................................. 151 212 2.4 3.3 2.1 3.1 2.7 3.4

 Professional and related occupations ................................................... 662 844 2.1 2.7 2.1 2.6 2.1 2.7

 Computer and mathematical occupations .......................................... 76 97 2.1 2.6 2.1 2.4 2.3 3.2

 Architecture and engineering occupations ......................................... 47 95 1.6 3.1 1.5 3.0 1.9 3.7

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ................................... 28 32 2.0 2.4 1.7 2.3 2.4 2.5

 Community and social services occupations ...................................... 53 63 2.3 2.7 1.9 2.1 2.6 3.0

 Legal occupations ............................................................................... 40 44 2.3 2.6 1.4 2.2 3.2 2.9

 Education, training, and library occupations ....................................... 198 247 2.3 2.8 2.3 2.6 2.3 2.9

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .............. 127 156 4.4 5.3 5.0 5.4 3.7 5.1

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ............................. 93 110 1.3 1.5 1.3 .8 1.3 1.7

Service occupations ............................................................................... 1,521 1,769 5.9 6.7 6.0 7.2 5.9 6.4

 Healthcare support occupations ........................................................... 147 150 4.5 4.5 4.1 5.6 4.5 4.3

 Protective service occupations ............................................................. 118 109 3.7 3.5 3.0 3.1 6.0 4.6

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .............................. 626 742 7.5 8.7 7.9 9.1 7.2 8.3

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. 392 470 6.7 7.9 6.6 8.2 6.8 7.5

 Personal care and service occupations ................................................ 238 298 4.8 5.7 4.9 6.5 4.7 5.5

Sales and office occupations .................................................................. 1,638 2,006 4.3 5.3 4.2 5.2 4.4 5.5

 Sales and related occupations ............................................................. 835 980 4.8 5.7 3.8 4.7 5.7 6.7

 Office and administrative support occupations ..................................... 804 1,026 4.0 5.1 4.9 6.0 3.7 4.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ............ 1,052 1,421 6.3 8.8 6.1 8.7 10.4 11.0

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ........................................... 89 112 8.5 10.2 7.0 9.2 13.8 13.5

 Construction and extraction occupations .............................................. 781 1,067 7.6 11.0 7.5 10.9 11.2 13.4

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ............................... 182 243 3.4 4.5 3.3 4.5 5.6 5.4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 1,128 1,474 5.8 7.6 5.4 7.2 7.3 9.3

 Production occupations ........................................................................ 564 746 5.7 7.7 5.0 7.0 7.2 9.4

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................................. 564 727 6.0 7.6 5.7 7.3 7.7 9.1

No previous work experience ................................................................. 627 766 ------

 16 to 19 years ...................................................................................... 419 511 ------

 20 to 24 years ...................................................................................... 115 132 ------

 25 years and over ................................................................................ 93 123 ------

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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