HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2019 2020

Total Men Women

2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020

Total, 16 years and over1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,001 12,947 3.7 8.1 3.7 7.8 3.6 8.3

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,310 3,029 2.0 4.5 1.8 4.2 2.1 4.9

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 1,149 1.8 4.1 1.7 3.8 2.0 4.4

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 752 1.6 3.9 1.5 3.6 1.8 4.3

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 185 397 2.3 4.4 2.0 4.3 2.5 4.6

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 1,880 2.1 4.9 2.0 4.6 2.2 5.1

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 199 2.0 3.4 1.8 3.5 2.4 3.3

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 117 1.7 3.6 1.6 3.4 2.2 4.3

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 27 72 1.8 4.3 2.4 4.8 1.2 3.7

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 87 2.0 3.1 1.9 2.9 2.1 3.2

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 53 1.4 2.7 1.0 2.9 1.6 2.6

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 678 2.9 7.1 2.9 5.8 2.9 7.5

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 372 3.5 10.9 3.6 12.3 3.5 9.5

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . 136 303 1.4 3.1 1.0 2.5 1.5 3.3

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,255 3,407 4.4 13.0 4.8 12.6 4.2 13.3

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 380 3.1 7.3 2.8 7.5 3.2 7.3

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 162 2.9 5.1 2.3 3.9 4.8 8.7

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 491 1,595 5.5 19.6 6.1 20.8 5.0 18.5

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 623 5.1 10.9 5.6 9.4 4.4 13.1

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 648 3.9 16.0 4.4 17.5 3.7 15.5

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274 2,591 3.7 8.0 3.5 7.2 3.8 8.5

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 1,367 3.8 8.8 2.9 6.9 4.7 10.8

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 1,224 3.6 7.3 4.3 7.9 3.3 7.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703 1,298 4.7 8.9 4.4 8.6 9.0 12.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 120 9.6 10.3 7.7 8.4 14.8 15.7

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 862 5.2 10.1 5.1 10.0 6.1 10.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 129 316 2.6 6.4 2.5 6.2 3.7 10.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 2,076 4.3 10.2 4.2 9.8 4.9 11.6

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 747 3.9 9.0 3.7 8.5 4.5 10.0

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 497 1,329 4.7 11.1 4.5 10.6 5.4 13.2

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 526 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 275 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 144 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 107 – – – – – –

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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. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the

2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020

are not strictly comparable with earlier years. 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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