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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
Jan.
2020		 Jan.
2021		 Jan.
2020		 Jan.
2021		 Jan.
2020		 Jan.
2021

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 156,994 148,383 6,504 10,851 4.0 6.8

Management, professional, and related occupations

 65,643 63,886 1,453 2,433 2.2 3.7

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 27,573 27,307 653 1,088 2.3 3.8

Professional and related occupations

 38,070 36,580 799 1,345 2.1 3.5

Service occupations

 25,943 22,366 1,280 2,887 4.7 11.4

Sales and office occupations

 31,320 30,295 1,309 1,983 4.0 6.1

Sales and related occupations

 15,428 14,641 724 1,036 4.5 6.6

Office and administrative support occupations

 15,892 15,654 585 947 3.5 5.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 13,923 13,235 934 1,417 6.3 9.7

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 1,081 984 210 140 16.3 12.4

Construction and extraction occupations

 8,015 7,790 590 963 6.9 11.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 4,827 4,461 134 314 2.7 6.6

Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations

 20,165 18,601 1,008 1,626 4.8 8.0

Production occupations

 8,299 7,840 434 544 5.0 6.5

Transportation and material moving occupations

 11,866 10,761 574 1,081 4.6 9.1

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: February 05, 2021