HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2013 2014

Total Men Women

2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014

Total, 16 years and over1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,460 9,617 7.4 6.2 7.6 6.3 7.1 6.1

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 2,036 1,777 3.6 3.1 3.6 3.0 3.6 3.2

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 704 3.5 2.9 3.4 2.7 3.7 3.3

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 440 3.3 2.6 3.1 2.4 3.6 3.1

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 284 263 4.0 3.6 4.3 3.7 3.8 3.6

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,205 1,073 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.2 3.6 3.1

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 120 3.6 2.7 3.4 2.7 4.2 2.8

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 91 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.2 4.9 3.1

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 49 54 3.6 3.8 3.7 4.1 3.5 3.5

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 79 3.8 3.1 3.5 2.7 4.0 3.3

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 44 2.9 2.4 2.2 1.9 3.6 2.8

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 306 3.9 3.4 3.7 3.7 4.0 3.3

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 193 7.0 6.2 7.9 6.4 5.9 6.0

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations. . . . . . . 193 186 2.3 2.1 2.4 1.7 2.3 2.3

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,444 2,048 8.6 7.3 8.8 7.5 8.5 7.2

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 197 7.0 5.4 8.4 5.7 6.8 5.4

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 145 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.1 5.0 5.7

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 883 758 9.7 8.5 10.3 8.8 9.2 8.3

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 550 10.7 8.7 10.5 8.5 11.0 8.8

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 397 8.1 6.9 7.8 7.7 8.2 6.7

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,575 2,119 7.2 6.0 7.0 5.6 7.3 6.2

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,212 1,022 7.3 6.1 5.9 5.0 8.7 7.3

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,363 1,096 7.1 5.8 8.8 6.7 6.5 5.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,423 1,171 9.8 8.0 9.7 7.8 12.9 11.6

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 134 11.4 11.6 9.9 9.5 16.4 18.2

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016 813 12.5 9.6 12.4 9.6 14.9 9.4

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 284 224 5.4 4.4 5.3 4.4 6.9 4.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,690 1,385 9.1 7.4 8.6 6.9 10.7 9.1

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792 632 8.7 7.0 8.0 6.3 10.6 8.6

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 898 754 9.4 7.7 9.0 7.3 11.0 9.9

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,247 1,086 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718 595 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 292 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 198 – – – – – –

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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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