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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
Aug.
2023		 Aug.
2024		 Aug.
2023		 Aug.
2024		 Aug.
2023		 Aug.
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 161,427 161,348 6,623 7,415 3.9 4.4

Management, professional, and related occupations

 69,280 69,892 1,712 2,056 2.4 2.9

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 30,458 30,610 649 765 2.1 2.4

Professional and related occupations

 38,822 39,282 1,063 1,291 2.7 3.2

Service occupations

 26,646 26,640 1,344 1,401 4.8 5.0

Sales and office occupations

 30,408 29,949 1,243 1,280 3.9 4.1

Sales and related occupations

 14,286 14,047 580 676 3.9 4.6

Office and administrative support occupations

 16,122 15,902 663 604 3.9 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 14,606 14,769 581 652 3.8 4.2

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 1,074 1,198 76 159 6.6 11.7

Construction and extraction occupations

 8,530 8,700 413 363 4.6 4.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 5,002 4,871 92 130 1.8 2.6

Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations

 20,486 20,099 1,024 1,194 4.8 5.6

Production occupations

 8,526 7,777 282 406 3.2 5.0

Transportation and material moving occupations

 11,960 12,322 742 787 5.8 6.0

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: September 06, 2024