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Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation	Total unemployed		Unemployment rates
	2010	2011	Total		Men		Women
	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011
Total, 16 years and over(1)	14,825	13,747	9.6	8.9	10.5	9.4	8.6	8.5

Management, professional, and related occupations	2,566	2,458	4.7	4.5	4.8	4.4	4.7	4.5
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	1,117	1,067	5.1	4.7	4.7	4.5	5.6	5.0
Management occupations	762	700	4.8	4.4	4.6	4.2	5.3	4.8
Business and financial operations occupations	355	366	5.6	5.5	5.1	5.5	6.1	5.4
Professional and related occupations	1,449	1,392	4.5	4.3	4.9	4.4	4.2	4.3
Computer and mathematical occupations	195	155	5.2	4.1	5.1	3.8	5.7	5.0
Architecture and engineering occupations	173	149	6.2	5.1	5.8	4.9	8.9	6.2
Life, physical, and social science occupations	69	51	4.6	3.8	3.9	4.3	5.4	3.2
Community and social service occupations	114	122	4.6	4.9	4.2	3.9	4.9	5.5
Legal occupations	48	68	2.7	3.7	1.9	2.6	3.6	4.7
Education, training, and library occupations	379	410	4.2	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.1	4.5
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	269	225	8.9	7.5	9.8	8.1	7.8	6.7
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	203	212	2.5	2.7	1.9	2.0	2.8	2.9

Service occupations	2,819	2,727	10.3	9.9	11.0	10.0	9.7	9.8
Healthcare support occupations	276	284	7.6	7.8	8.1	8.2	7.6	7.7
Protective service occupations	207	206	5.9	6.0	5.2	5.1	8.6	9.3
Food preparation and serving related occupations	1,079	1,037	12.4	11.8	13.0	12.2	11.8	11.5
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	780	725	12.8	11.7	13.7	11.8	11.4	11.4
Personal care and service occupations	477	474	8.7	8.7	10.6	8.9	8.1	8.6

Sales and office occupations	3,315	3,135	9.0	8.7	9.0	8.2	9.1	8.9
Sales and related occupations	1,596	1,481	9.4	8.8	8.3	7.2	10.5	10.4
Office and administrative support occupations	1,719	1,653	8.7	8.5	10.0	9.8	8.2	8.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	2,504	2,000	16.1	13.3	16.0	13.1	17.0	17.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	193	181	16.3	15.3	15.4	13.4	19.1	21.8
Construction and extraction occupations	1,809	1,414	20.1	16.6	20.1	16.5	21.8	17.7
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	503	406	9.3	7.7	9.3	7.5	8.6	11.4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	2,365	2,099	12.8	11.3	12.2	10.9	14.7	12.9
Production occupations	1,206	1,025	13.1	11.2	12.2	10.4	15.4	13.0
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,159	1,073	12.4	11.4	12.2	11.2	13.4	12.6

No previous work experience	1,220	1,284	-	-	-	-	-	-
16 to 19 years	778	739	-	-	-	-	-	-
20 to 24 years	265	319	-	-	-	-	-	-
25 years and over	177	226	-	-	-	-	-	-
Footnotes (1) 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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000). Effective with January 2011 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2010 Census occupational classification system into the Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification system is derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2011 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2012