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Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation Employed Unemployed Unemployment
rates
Apr.
2023		 Apr.
2024		 Apr.
2023		 Apr.
2024		 Apr.
2023		 Apr.
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 161,075 161,590 5,146 5,894 3.1 3.5

Management, professional, and related occupations

 70,403 70,548 1,153 1,399 1.6 1.9

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 30,517 30,172 571 743 1.8 2.4

Professional and related occupations

 39,886 40,376 582 656 1.4 1.6

Service occupations

 26,224 26,430 1,122 1,162 4.1 4.2

Sales and office occupations

 30,534 30,037 917 1,061 2.9 3.4

Sales and related occupations

 14,377 14,410 438 543 3.0 3.6

Office and administrative support occupations

 16,157 15,627 480 518 2.9 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 14,214 14,501 586 749 4.0 4.9

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 873 831 67 59 7.1 6.7

Construction and extraction occupations

 8,506 8,662 443 545 5.0 5.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 4,834 5,009 76 144 1.6 2.8

Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations

 19,700 20,074 935 1,057 4.5 5.0

Production occupations

 8,143 8,069 308 419 3.6 4.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

 11,557 12,005 627 638 5.1 5.0

Footnotes
(1) Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.

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 into the Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification system is derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.
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Last Modified Date: May 03, 2024