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2015 Annual Averages ‐ 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
	2014	2015	Total		Men		Women
	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015
Total, 16 years and over(1)	9,617	8,296	6.2	5.3	6.3	5.4	6.1	5.2

Management, professional, and related occupations	1,777	1,504	3.1	2.5	3.0	2.4	3.2	2.7
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	704	602	2.9	2.4	2.7	2.2	3.3	2.7
Management occupations	440	386	2.6	2.2	2.4	2.0	3.1	2.5
Business and financial operations occupations	263	217	3.6	3.0	3.7	2.9	3.6	3.0
Professional and related occupations	1,073	902	3.2	2.6	3.2	2.5	3.1	2.7
Computer and mathematical occupations	120	115	2.7	2.6	2.7	2.5	2.8	2.8
Architecture and engineering occupations	91	80	3.1	2.6	3.2	2.5	3.1	3.5
Life, physical, and social science occupations	54	41	3.8	2.8	4.1	2.9	3.5	2.7
Community and social service occupations	79	59	3.1	2.2	2.7	1.9	3.3	2.4
Legal occupations	44	31	2.4	1.7	1.9	1.2	2.8	2.2
Education, training, and library occupations	306	276	3.4	3.0	3.7	2.8	3.3	3.1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	193	145	6.2	4.5	6.4	4.4	6.0	4.7
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	186	154	2.1	1.7	1.7	1.2	2.3	1.9

Service occupations	2,048	1,855	7.3	6.7	7.5	6.9	7.2	6.5
Healthcare support occupations	197	185	5.4	5.0	5.7	5.0	5.4	5.0
Protective service occupations	145	129	4.4	4.0	4.1	3.7	5.7	5.0
Food preparation and serving related occupations	758	702	8.5	7.9	8.8	8.7	8.3	7.3
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	550	484	8.7	7.8	8.5	7.8	8.8	7.9
Personal care and service occupations	397	354	6.9	6.1	7.7	6.0	6.7	6.2

Sales and office occupations	2,119	1,792	6.0	5.1	5.6	4.9	6.2	5.2
Sales and related occupations	1,022	909	6.1	5.5	5.0	4.4	7.3	6.6
Office and administrative support occupations	1,096	883	5.8	4.7	6.7	5.8	5.5	4.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	1,171	1,058	8.0	7.2	7.8	6.9	11.6	11.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	134	132	11.6	10.9	9.5	10.2	18.2	13.3
Construction and extraction occupations	813	701	9.6	8.4	9.6	8.3	9.4	12.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	224	225	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.1	6.5

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,385	1,182	7.4	6.3	6.9	5.7	9.1	8.2
Production occupations	632	513	7.0	5.7	6.3	5.0	8.6	7.3
Transportation and material moving occupations	754	668	7.7	6.8	7.3	6.3	9.9	9.8

No previous work experience	1,086	879	-	-	-	-	-	-
16 to 19 years	595	481	-	-	-	-	-	-
20 to 24 years	292	232	-	-	-	-	-	-
25 years and over	198	166	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 50,000).

Last Modified Date: February 10, 2016