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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-30. Unemployed people by occupation and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation Total unemployed Unemployment rates
Apr.
2024		 Apr.
2025		 Total Men Women
Apr.
2024		 Apr.
2025		 Apr.
2024		 Apr.
2025		 Apr.
2024		 Apr.
2025

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 5,894 6,580 3.5 3.9 3.7 4.2 3.3 3.5

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,399 1,596 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.3 1.7 2.1

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 743 707 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.0 2.3 2.4

Management occupations

 465 468 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.4

Business and financial operations occupations

 278 239 2.8 2.2 3.5 1.9 2.2 2.5

Professional and related occupations

 656 889 1.6 2.1 1.9 2.5 1.4 1.9

Computer and mathematical occupations

 187 242 2.8 3.5 2.6 3.5 3.5 3.6

Architecture and engineering occupations

 45 62 1.3 1.7 1.0 1.9 2.9 0.8

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 23 61 1.2 3.1 0.6 3.3 1.8 2.8

Community and social service occupations

 42 51 1.4 1.8 2.6 0.7 0.9 2.3

Legal occupations

 23 21 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.3 0.7

Education, training, and library occupations

 120 138 1.2 1.4 1.4 2.1 1.1 1.1

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 132 161 3.7 4.4 3.9 4.3 3.5 4.5

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 84 153 0.8 1.4 1.0 1.3 0.7 1.5

Service occupations

 1,162 1,308 4.2 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.0 4.5

Healthcare support occupations

 236 225 4.0 3.7 6.0 5.0 3.6 3.4

Protective service occupations

 91 66 2.9 2.0 2.7 2.1 3.7 1.5

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 412 507 4.8 5.8 5.3 5.9 4.3 5.7

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 267 268 4.5 4.3 4.4 3.7 4.6 5.2

Personal care and service occupations

 156 242 3.9 5.8 5.2 9.1 3.6 4.8

Sales and office occupations

 1,061 1,216 3.4 3.9 3.1 4.1 3.6 3.8

Sales and related occupations

 543 617 3.6 4.2 2.9 4.0 4.4 4.5

Office and administrative support occupations

 518 600 3.2 3.6 3.4 4.2 3.1 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 749 749 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.1 7.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 59 78 6.7 7.2 6.9 7.2 6.0 7.2

Construction and extraction occupations

 545 536 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.8 4.3 10.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 144 136 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 1.9 2.4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,057 1,133 5.0 5.3 4.1 5.4 7.7 5.0

Production occupations

 419 347 4.9 4.1 3.4 4.4 9.1 3.4

Transportation and material moving occupations

 638 786 5.0 6.1 4.6 6.1 6.5 6.3

No previous work experience

 453 567 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 244 295 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 94 129 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 115 143 - - - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Includes a small number of people 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 02, 2025