HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Thousands of | Unemployment rates | persons | | | _______________ _______________________________________________ Occupation | | | | | Total | Total | Men | Women | | | | _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ | | | | | | | | | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1995 | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over 1/...................................| 7,996| 7,404| 6.1 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.6 | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty...............................| 907| 880| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................| 454| 420| 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 Professional specialty............................................| 453| 460| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | | | | | | | | Technical, sales, and administrative support........................| 1,962| 1,744| 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 Technicians and related support...................................| 127| 113| 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 Sales occupations.................................................| 907| 795| 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 6.4 Administrative support, including clerical........................| 928| 836| 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | | | | | | | | Service occupations.................................................| 1,471| 1,378| 8.0 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 Private household.................................................| 91| 99| 10.0 | 10.7 | 19.2 | 17.4 | 9.6 | 10.4 Protective service................................................| 96| 86| 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 5.8 Service, except private household and protective..................| 1,285| 1,193| 8.5 | 7.9 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 7.4 | | | | | | | | Precision production, craft, and repair.............................| 910| 860| 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.6 Mechanics and repairers...........................................| 201| 182| 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.0 Construction trades...............................................| 518| 501| 9.4 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 9.9 Other precision production, craft, and repair.....................| 191| 177| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 5.4 | | | | | | | | Operators, fabricators, and laborers................................| 1,761| 1,618| 9.0 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 9.9 | 9.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................| 672| 629| 8.0 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 9.6 | 9.4 Transportation and material moving occupations....................| 364| 329| 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............| 725| 660| 12.7 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 11.8 Construction laborers...........................................| 172| 179| 18.9 | 18.7 | 18.9 | 18.1 | 19.8 | 32.7 Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......| 552| 481| 11.5 | 10.3 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 11.0 | | | | | | | | Farming, forestry, and fishing......................................| 333| 311| 8.4 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 9.4 | | | | | | | | No previous work experience.........................................| 604| 579| - | - | - | - | - | - 16 to 19 years...................................................| 416| 415| - | - | - | - | - | - 20 to 24 years...................................................| 93| 75| - | - | - | - | - | - 25 years and over................................................| 95| 90| - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.