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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.
2022		 Aug.
2023		 Aug.
2022		 Aug.
2023		 Aug.
2022		 Aug.
2023

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 158,714 161,427 6,256 6,623 3.8 3.9

Management, professional, and related occupations

 68,377 69,280 1,647 1,712 2.4 2.4

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 30,109 30,458 533 649 1.7 2.1

Professional and related occupations

 38,268 38,822 1,113 1,063 2.8 2.7

Service occupations

 25,675 26,646 1,331 1,344 4.9 4.8

Sales and office occupations

 29,998 30,408 1,133 1,243 3.6 3.9

Sales and related occupations

 14,112 14,286 585 580 4.0 3.9

Office and administrative support occupations

 15,886 16,122 549 663 3.3 3.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 14,226 14,606 602 581 4.1 3.8

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 1,037 1,074 84 76 7.5 6.6

Construction and extraction occupations

 8,312 8,530 430 413 4.9 4.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 4,877 5,002 88 92 1.8 1.8

Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations

 20,438 20,486 1,014 1,024 4.7 4.8

Production occupations

 8,486 8,526 367 282 4.1 3.2

Transportation and material moving occupations

 11,952 11,960 646 742 5.1 5.8

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 01, 2023