HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

Occupation

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ................................................................ 7,591 7,001 5.1 4.6 5.1 4.6 5.1 4.6

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................. 1,172 1,065 2.3 2.1 2.2 1.9 2.4 2.2

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 464 427 2.2 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.4 2.2

 Management occupations .................................................................. 322 279 2.1 1.8 2.0 1.7 2.4 2.0

 Business and financial operations occupations .................................. 142 148 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.5

 Professional and related occupations ................................................... 708 638 2.4 2.1 2.4 2.1 2.4 2.2

 Computer and mathematical occupations .......................................... 96 80 2.9 2.4 2.7 2.5 3.3 2.3

 Architecture and engineering occupations ......................................... 60 49 2.1 1.7 2.0 1.6 2.7 2.6

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ................................... 39 27 2.7 1.8 2.3 1.7 3.2 2.0

 Community and social services occupations ...................................... 52 50 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2

 Legal occupations ............................................................................... 27 22 1.6 1.3 1.1 .9 2.2 1.8

 Education, training, and library occupations ....................................... 210 196 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.4

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .............. 135 115 4.7 4.0 5.0 4.3 4.4 3.8

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ............................. 90 98 1.3 1.4 .8 .7 1.5 1.6

Service occupations ............................................................................... 1,587 1,485 6.4 5.9 6.3 6.0 6.5 5.8

 Healthcare support occupations ........................................................... 154 152 4.7 4.6 4.4 5.8 4.8 4.5

 Protective service occupations ............................................................. 121 105 4.0 3.4 3.4 2.9 6.1 5.3

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .............................. 615 590 7.7 7.2 7.7 7.5 7.7 6.9

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. 429 402 7.6 7.0 7.2 6.9 8.1 7.0

 Personal care and service occupations ................................................ 268 235 5.6 4.7 6.0 4.9 5.5 4.7

Sales and office occupations .................................................................. 1,820 1,667 4.8 4.4 4.4 3.9 5.0 4.7

 Sales and related occupations ............................................................. 874 812 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.4 6.2 5.9

 Office and administrative support occupations ..................................... 946 856 4.6 4.2 5.4 4.9 4.4 4.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ............ 1,069 1,007 6.5 6.0 6.3 5.8 10.6 9.1

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ........................................... 103 101 9.6 9.5 8.4 8.4 13.6 13.2

 Construction and extraction occupations .............................................. 751 699 7.6 6.8 7.5 6.7 11.4 9.9

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ............................... 214 207 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.7 6.4 4.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 1,245 1,127 6.5 5.8 5.8 5.3 8.7 7.5

 Production occupations ........................................................................ 677 544 6.7 5.5 5.9 4.7 8.6 7.2

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................................. 568 583 6.2 6.2 5.7 5.9 8.9 8.0

No previous work experience ................................................................. 666 616 ––––––

 16 to 19 years ...................................................................................... 466 435 ––––––

 20 to 24 years ...................................................................................... 110 90 ––––––

 25 years and over ................................................................................ 89 91 ––––––

1 Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication

criteria.

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