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
July
2017		 July
2018		 July
2017		 July
2018		 July
2017		 July
2018

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 154,470 157,004 7,441 6,730 4.6 4.1

Management, professional, and related occupations

 59,923 61,433 1,656 1,539 2.7 2.4

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 25,226 25,739 489 511 1.9 1.9

Professional and related occupations

 34,698 35,694 1,166 1,028 3.3 2.8

Service occupations

 27,942 27,887 1,489 1,508 5.1 5.1

Sales and office occupations

 34,014 34,025 1,446 1,431 4.1 4.0

Sales and related occupations

 15,882 16,023 692 662 4.2 4.0

Office and administrative support occupations

 18,132 18,003 754 769 4.0 4.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 14,383 15,005 789 589 5.2 3.8

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 1,259 1,285 103 97 7.6 7.0

Construction and extraction occupations

 8,110 8,527 545 373 6.3 4.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 5,013 5,193 141 119 2.7 2.2

Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations

 18,208 18,654 1,100 850 5.7 4.4

Production occupations

 8,607 8,466 462 366 5.1 4.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

 9,601 10,188 638 484 6.2 4.5

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.

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Last Modified Date: August 03, 2018