HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2015 2016

Total Men Women

2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016

Total, 16 years and over1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,296 7,751 5.3 4.9 5.4 4.9 5.2 4.8

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,504 1,513 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.6

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 629 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.7 2.7

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 404 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.5 2.5

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 217 225 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.0 3.0

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902 884 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.5

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 120 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.8 3.1

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 78 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.5 2.2

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 41 34 2.8 2.4 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.3

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 70 2.2 2.6 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.8

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 23 1.7 1.2 1.2 0.9 2.2 1.5

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 271 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.0

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 155 4.5 4.8 4.4 5.0 4.7 4.5

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations. . . . . . . 154 133 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.9 1.6

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,855 1,655 6.7 5.8 6.9 5.9 6.5 5.7

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 168 5.0 4.5 5.0 4.1 5.0 4.6

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 119 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.2 5.0 5.4

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 702 627 7.9 6.8 8.7 7.0 7.3 6.7

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 430 7.8 6.9 7.8 7.1 7.9 6.6

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 312 6.1 5.1 6.0 4.8 6.2 5.2

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,792 1,623 5.1 4.6 4.9 4.3 5.2 4.8

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909 799 5.5 4.8 4.4 3.8 6.6 5.8

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 825 4.7 4.5 5.8 5.2 4.3 4.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,058 953 7.2 6.4 6.9 6.1 11.1 11.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 127 10.9 10.4 10.2 8.2 13.3 17.2

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 618 8.4 7.2 8.3 7.1 12.1 9.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 225 207 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.1 6.5 4.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,182 1,160 6.3 6.1 5.7 5.7 8.2 7.6

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 516 5.7 5.7 5.0 5.1 7.3 7.2

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 668 644 6.8 6.5 6.3 6.2 9.8 8.0

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879 823 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 453 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 213 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 158 – – – – – –

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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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