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
Occupation	Sept. 2017	Sept. 2018	Sept. 2017	Sept. 2018	Sept. 2017	Sept. 2018
Total, 16 years and over(1)	154,494	156,191	6,556	5,766	4.1	3.6
Management, professional, and related occupations	60,990	62,181	1,463	1,299	2.3	2.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	25,309	26,068	636	554	2.5	2.1
Professional and related occupations	35,681	36,112	827	745	2.3	2.0
Service occupations	27,429	26,606	1,414	1,207	4.9	4.3
Sales and office occupations	33,697	33,510	1,415	1,257	4.0	3.6
Sales and related occupations	15,798	15,609	605	656	3.7	4.0
Office and administrative support occupations	17,899	17,901	810	600	4.3	3.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,110	14,855	746	582	5.0	3.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,155	1,180	105	52	8.3	4.2
Construction and extraction occupations	8,010	8,570	470	434	5.5	4.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,945	5,105	171	95	3.4	1.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18,268	19,039	873	847	4.6	4.3
Production occupations	8,282	8,639	405	346	4.7	3.9
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,986	10,400	468	501	4.5	4.6
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.

Last Modified Date: October 05, 2018

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey