HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Thousands of | Unemployment rates | persons | | | _______________ _______________________________________________ Occupation | | | | | Total | Total | Men | Women | | | | _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ | | | | | | | | | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over 1/...................................| 7,236| 6,739| 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.0 | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty...............................| 869| 761| 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................| 431| 359| 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 Professional specialty............................................| 438| 403| 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | | | | | | | | Technical, sales, and administrative support........................| 1,766| 1,646| 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 Technicians and related support...................................| 114| 104| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.6 Sales occupations.................................................| 843| 814| 5.2 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 6.2 Administrative support, including clerical........................| 810| 728| 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | | | | | | | | Service occupations.................................................| 1,334| 1,255| 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 6.8 Private household.................................................| 79| 73| 9.0 | 8.4 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 8.7 | 8.2 Protective service................................................| 84| 89| 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 Service, except private household and protective..................| 1,170| 1,093| 7.6 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.7 | | | | | | | | Precision production, craft, and repair.............................| 795| 719| 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 Mechanics and repairers...........................................| 174| 167| 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.5 Construction trades...............................................| 456| 406| 8.2 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 7.2 Other precision production, craft, and repair.....................| 165| 145| 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 5.0 | | | | | | | | Operators, fabricators, and laborers................................| 1,570| 1,490| 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 9.3 | 8.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................| 654| 551| 7.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 9.5 | 8.6 Transportation and material moving occupations....................| 292| 306| 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............| 625| 633| 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 10.5 Construction laborers...........................................| 158| 167| 16.3 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 16.1 | 20.8 Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......| 467| 467| 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.1 | | | | | | | | Farming, forestry, and fishing......................................| 293| 267| 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 7.8 | | | | | | | | No previous work experience.........................................| 580| 569| - | - | - | - | - | - 16 to 19 years...................................................| 409| 388| - | - | - | - | - | - 20 to 24 years...................................................| 75| 85| - | - | - | - | - | - 25 years and over................................................| 96| 96| - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces. NOTE: Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.