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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-30. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation Total unemployed Unemployment rates
Apr.
2021		 Apr.
2022		 Total Men Women
Apr.
2021		 Apr.
2022		 Apr.
2021		 Apr.
2022		 Apr.
2021		 Apr.
2022

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 9,220 5,458 5.7 3.3 6.0 3.6 5.4 3.1

Management, professional, and related occupations

 2,014 1,088 3.0 1.6 3.0 1.6 3.1 1.6

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 896 462 3.1 1.6 2.9 1.4 3.4 1.8

Management occupations

 637 262 3.3 1.3 2.6 1.3 4.2 1.2

Business and financial operations occupations

 259 201 2.9 2.2 3.7 1.6 2.3 2.7

Professional and related occupations

 1,118 626 3.0 1.6 3.1 1.8 2.9 1.5

Computer and mathematical occupations

 145 98 2.5 1.7 2.0 1.5 3.9 2.0

Architecture and engineering occupations

 102 55 3.3 1.7 2.6 1.8 7.0 0.6

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 65 12 4.0 0.6 6.0 0.4 1.7 0.9

Community and social service occupations

 61 14 2.1 0.5 1.0 0.4 2.6 0.5

Legal occupations

 60 25 3.3 1.4 3.2 1.8 3.3 1.0

Education, training, and library occupations

 264 183 2.8 1.9 2.8 2.4 2.8 1.7

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 242 137 7.1 3.9 7.8 4.1 6.5 3.7

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 180 100 1.9 1.0 2.0 0.7 1.8 1.1

Service occupations

 2,098 1,181 8.0 4.4 8.2 4.2 7.9 4.6

Healthcare support occupations

 267 193 5.0 3.7 2.8 3.5 5.4 3.7

Protective service occupations

 149 99 4.7 3.2 3.7 3.5 7.9 2.4

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 850 405 10.5 4.8 10.9 3.8 10.2 5.7

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 443 307 7.7 5.3 7.2 5.2 8.3 5.4

Personal care and service occupations

 389 176 9.9 4.4 16.2 5.7 7.9 4.0

Sales and office occupations

 1,777 1,094 5.6 3.4 5.6 3.9 5.6 3.2

Sales and related occupations

 943 616 6.3 4.1 5.3 3.8 7.3 4.4

Office and administrative support occupations

 834 478 5.0 2.8 6.0 4.0 4.6 2.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 1,207 601 8.0 4.1 7.8 4.0 10.2 5.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 128 43 10.5 4.6 10.1 4.9 11.7 3.7

Construction and extraction occupations

 858 433 9.8 4.9 9.6 4.9 13.0 4.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 222 125 4.3 2.5 4.3 2.2 4.3 9.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,646 1,067 8.1 5.0 7.8 5.0 9.0 5.0

Production occupations

 578 295 7.0 3.4 6.0 3.0 9.6 4.2

Transportation and material moving occupations

 1,068 771 8.8 6.1 8.9 6.1 8.5 5.9

No previous work experience

 457 402 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 196 173 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 148 141 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 112 89 - - - - - -

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). Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

 

Last Modified Date: May 06, 2022