HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-30. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation Total unemployed Unemployment rates
Sept.
2016		 Sept.
2017		 Total Men Women
Sept.
2016		 Sept.
2017		 Sept.
2016		 Sept.
2017		 Sept.
2016		 Sept.
2017

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 7,658 6,556 4.8 4.1 4.8 4.0 4.8 4.2

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,652 1,463 2.7 2.3 2.6 2.2 2.8 2.5

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 708 636 2.8 2.5 2.5 1.9 3.1 3.1

Management occupations

 484 388 2.7 2.1 2.4 1.9 3.2 2.4

Business and financial operations occupations

 224 248 3.0 3.2 2.9 2.0 3.0 4.3

Professional and related occupations

 944 827 2.6 2.3 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.2

Computer and mathematical occupations

 138 139 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.2 2.7 4.4

Architecture and engineering occupations

 66 98 1.9 2.9 2.2 3.1 0.6 2.0

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 5 52 0.3 3.5 0.3 4.0 0.4 3.0

Community and social service occupations

 78 71 2.9 2.6 2.1 3.0 3.3 2.4

Legal occupations

 38 35 2.0 1.8 0.8 1.4 3.0 2.2

Education, training, and library occupations

 268 208 2.9 2.3 4.0 2.9 2.5 2.0

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 174 107 5.3 3.1 5.8 2.1 4.8 4.3

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

 177 115 1.9 1.2 1.0 1.2 2.2 1.2

Service occupations

 1,690 1,414 5.9 4.9 5.8 4.7 5.9 5.1

Healthcare support occupations

 205 184 5.7 5.1 7.8 5.1 5.4 5.1

Protective service occupations

 128 107 3.8 3.1 3.7 2.6 4.1 4.9

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 613 450 6.7 5.0 6.5 5.2 6.8 4.8

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 408 361 6.5 5.4 7.0 5.0 5.7 6.1

Personal care and service occupations

 337 311 5.3 5.0 3.7 5.9 5.8 4.7

Sales and office occupations

 1,614 1,415 4.6 4.0 4.3 3.6 4.8 4.3

Sales and related occupations

 855 605 5.2 3.7 3.9 2.3 6.5 5.2

Office and administrative support occupations

 760 810 4.1 4.3 4.9 5.7 3.8 3.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 772 746 5.2 5.0 5.1 4.7 6.7 10.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 116 105 9.1 8.3 8.7 7.3 10.5 11.3

Construction and extraction occupations

 489 470 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.4 6.0 10.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 167 171 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.2 0.0 7.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,151 873 6.1 4.6 5.5 4.3 8.0 5.3

Production occupations

 561 405 6.4 4.7 6.0 4.7 7.2 4.6

Transportation and material moving occupations

 590 468 5.9 4.5 5.1 4.1 9.4 6.4

No previous work experience

 764 631 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 390 303 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 186 187 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 188 141 - - - - - -

Footnotes
 (1) Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

 

Last Modified Date: October 06, 2017