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	Jan. 2018	Jan. 2019	Jan. 2018	Jan. 2019	Jan. 2018	Jan. 2019
Total, 16 years and over(1)	152,848	154,964	7,189	7,140	4.5	4.4
Management, professional, and related occupations	62,123	63,818	1,374	1,607	2.2	2.5
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	25,480	26,733	513	676	2.0	2.5
Professional and related occupations	36,643	37,085	861	931	2.3	2.4
Service occupations	25,725	25,770	1,617	1,504	5.9	5.5
Sales and office occupations	33,454	33,159	1,495	1,514	4.3	4.4
Sales and related occupations	15,725	15,438	754	731	4.6	4.5
Office and administrative support occupations	17,729	17,721	741	783	4.0	4.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,212	14,277	1,078	1,081	7.1	7.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,090	1,119	166	257	13.2	18.6
Construction and extraction occupations	8,226	8,453	755	689	8.4	7.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,897	4,705	157	136	3.1	2.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,334	17,940	1,050	870	5.7	4.6
Production occupations	8,495	8,417	401	372	4.5	4.2
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,839	9,522	649	498	6.8	5.0
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.

Last Modified Date: February 01, 2019

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey