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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
May
2022		 May
2023		 May
2022		 May
2023		 May
2022		 May
2023

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 158,609 161,002 5,548 5,700 3.4 3.4

Management, professional, and related occupations

 67,652 70,388 1,098 1,281 1.6 1.8

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 28,870 30,830 422 616 1.4 2.0

Professional and related occupations

 38,782 39,557 677 665 1.7 1.7

Service occupations

 26,025 26,426 1,153 1,264 4.2 4.6

Sales and office occupations

 30,434 30,205 1,267 1,102 4.0 3.5

Sales and related occupations

 14,477 14,202 633 598 4.2 4.0

Office and administrative support occupations

 15,957 16,002 635 504 3.8 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 14,290 14,363 535 516 3.6 3.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 1,002 984 54 51 5.1 4.9

Construction and extraction occupations

 8,514 8,437 403 337 4.5 3.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 4,774 4,942 78 127 1.6 2.5

Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations

 20,209 19,621 968 1,025 4.6 5.0

Production occupations

 8,281 8,024 334 341 3.9 4.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

 11,928 11,597 634 684 5.0 5.6

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: June 02, 2023