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	Aug. 2016	Aug. 2017	Aug. 2016	Aug. 2017	Aug. 2016	Aug. 2017
Total, 16 years and over(1)	151,804	153,576	7,996	7,287	5.0	4.5
Management, professional, and related occupations	58,526	59,559	1,869	1,731	3.1	2.8
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	24,668	25,085	641	611	2.5	2.4
Professional and related occupations	33,858	34,474	1,227	1,120	3.5	3.1
Service occupations	27,943	27,582	1,643	1,554	5.6	5.3
Sales and office occupations	33,123	33,730	1,522	1,422	4.4	4.0
Sales and related occupations	15,646	15,616	793	691	4.8	4.2
Office and administrative support occupations	17,477	18,114	729	730	4.0	3.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,359	14,413	773	772	5.1	5.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,246	1,244	67	75	5.1	5.7
Construction and extraction occupations	8,116	8,256	513	520	5.9	5.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,996	4,913	193	177	3.7	3.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,854	18,293	1,217	1,064	6.4	5.5
Production occupations	8,225	8,248	480	497	5.5	5.7
Transportation and material moving occupations	9,629	10,045	737	567	7.1	5.3
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: September 01, 2017

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey