HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2022 2023

Total Men Women

2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023

Total, 16 years and over1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,996 6,080 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.5

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,355 1,432 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.0

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 604 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.9 2.0 2.0

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 361 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 200 243 2.1 2.5 1.9 2.5 2.4 2.4

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 828 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.0

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 138 1.9 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.1

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 64 1.5 1.8 1.4 1.5 2.2 3.1

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 26 32 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.0 1.5

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 66 1.8 2.3 1.9 2.7 1.8 2.1

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 19 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.5 1.8 1.4

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 243 2.7 2.5 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.3

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 130 4.0 3.6 4.0 3.6 4.0 3.6

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . 152 137 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.4

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,281 1,240 4.8 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.4

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 187 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.4 4.1 3.5

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 93 3.4 2.9 3.0 2.6 4.6 4.0

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 480 493 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.6

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 306 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.4 5.9 5.1

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 161 4.1 3.7 5.6 3.9 3.7 3.6

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,176 1,146 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.6

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 581 3.9 3.9 3.2 3.4 4.5 4.4

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 565 3.6 3.4 4.2 4.3 3.3 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658 659 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 6.0 6.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 74 6.8 7.0 6.3 6.8 7.9 7.4

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 480 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.5 7.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 110 105 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 4.5 2.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027 1,030 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.7 5.4 5.4

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 328 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.5 4.6 4.6

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 695 702 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.5 6.1 6.2

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 556 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 294 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 150 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 111 – – – – – –

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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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