HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2017 2018

Total Men Women

2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

Total, 16 years and over1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,982 6,314 4.4 3.9 4.4 3.9 4.3 3.8

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,383 1,346 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.2

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 523 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.4 2.1

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 328 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.8

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 217 196 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.3 3.0 2.7

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 822 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.3

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 113 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.9 2.3

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 59 2.4 1.8 2.4 1.7 2.2 2.2

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 36 31 2.4 2.0 2.0 1.7 2.9 2.4

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 62 1.8 2.2 1.6 2.6 1.9 2.1

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 31 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.7 1.6 1.5

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 286 2.7 3.0 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.2

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 107 4.0 3.1 4.1 3.1 3.9 3.0

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . 129 133 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.4

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,530 1,353 5.4 4.8 5.4 5.1 5.4 4.6

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 129 4.5 3.4 4.0 3.0 4.6 3.5

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 89 3.3 2.7 2.4 2.6 6.4 3.0

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 572 530 6.4 6.1 6.9 6.7 6.1 5.6

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 338 6.2 5.5 6.5 5.8 5.7 4.9

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 266 4.8 4.3 4.6 3.9 4.9 4.4

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,443 1,337 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.6 4.4 4.0

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699 669 4.2 4.1 2.9 3.3 5.6 4.8

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 668 4.0 3.6 5.0 4.2 3.6 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903 780 6.0 5.1 5.7 4.9 10.9 8.2

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 114 8.7 9.2 7.0 8.0 13.7 12.6

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 530 7.1 6.0 6.9 6.0 12.0 6.4

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 179 136 3.5 2.6 3.4 2.6 5.0 4.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014 881 5.4 4.5 5.1 4.3 6.3 5.3

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 361 4.9 4.0 4.6 3.7 5.5 4.8

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 579 520 5.8 5.0 5.4 4.8 7.5 5.9

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 602 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 340 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 145 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 117 – – – – – –

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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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