HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2012 2013

Total Men Women

2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013

Total, 16 years and over1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,506 11,460 8.1 7.4 8.2 7.6 7.9 7.1

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 2,318 2,036 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.6 4.4 3.6

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935 831 4.0 3.5 3.7 3.4 4.3 3.7

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 547 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.1 4.3 3.6

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 320 284 4.6 4.0 4.8 4.3 4.5 3.8

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,383 1,205 4.2 3.6 3.9 3.7 4.4 3.6

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 149 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.4 4.7 4.2

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 102 4.2 3.5 3.7 3.3 6.8 4.9

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 55 49 4.0 3.6 4.4 3.7 3.5 3.5

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 93 4.7 3.8 5.3 3.5 4.4 4.0

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 54 2.7 2.9 1.5 2.2 3.9 3.6

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 350 4.8 3.9 4.1 3.7 5.0 4.0

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 216 7.4 7.0 7.6 7.9 7.2 5.9

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations. . . . . . . 246 193 3.0 2.3 2.3 2.4 3.2 2.3

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,540 2,444 9.1 8.6 9.0 8.8 9.1 8.5

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 266 7.3 7.0 7.7 8.4 7.3 6.8

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 143 6.2 4.4 5.4 4.2 9.1 5.0

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 925 883 10.3 9.7 10.3 10.3 10.4 9.2

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 678 11.0 10.7 10.5 10.5 11.7 11.0

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 475 7.8 8.1 8.1 7.8 7.7 8.2

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,775 2,575 7.7 7.2 7.3 7.0 8.0 7.3

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318 1,212 7.9 7.3 6.3 5.9 9.4 8.7

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,457 1,363 7.6 7.1 8.8 8.8 7.1 6.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,668 1,423 11.5 9.8 11.2 9.7 17.9 12.9

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 124 14.4 11.4 12.0 9.9 21.6 16.4

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,181 1,016 14.4 12.5 14.3 12.4 17.7 14.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 320 284 6.2 5.4 6.0 5.3 12.3 6.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,845 1,690 9.8 9.1 9.3 8.6 11.5 10.7

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865 792 9.3 8.7 8.5 8.0 11.3 10.6

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 980 898 10.3 9.4 10.0 9.0 12.0 11.0

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,316 1,247 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 718 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 326 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 203 – – – – – –

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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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