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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-30. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation Total unemployed Unemployment rates
May
2022
May
2023
Total Men Women
May
2022
May
2023
May
2022
May
2023
May
2022
May
2023

Total, 16 years and over(1)

5,548 5,700 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4

Management, professional, and related occupations

1,098 1,281 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.8

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

422 616 1.4 2.0 1.3 1.9 1.6 2.1

Management occupations

262 391 1.3 1.8 1.2 1.7 1.4 1.9

Business and financial operations occupations

160 225 1.8 2.3 1.7 2.2 1.9 2.3

Professional and related occupations

677 665 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6

Computer and mathematical occupations

127 138 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.0 3.0 2.2

Architecture and engineering occupations

31 67 0.9 1.8 0.7 0.9 1.8 6.1

Life, physical, and social science occupations

29 29 1.5 1.6 1.2 2.6 1.9 0.6

Community and social service occupations

42 59 1.4 2.1 1.0 2.7 1.6 1.8

Legal occupations

21 2 1.1 0.1 0.9 0.0 1.4 0.2

Education, training, and library occupations

184 157 1.9 1.6 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.5

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

135 114 3.8 3.3 4.8 3.3 2.8 3.2

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

108 99 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.0

Service occupations

1,153 1,264 4.2 4.6 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.7

Healthcare support occupations

202 177 3.8 3.4 3.0 0.9 4.0 3.9

Protective service occupations

115 103 3.6 3.2 3.7 2.4 3.2 5.7

Food preparation and serving related occupations

418 486 4.8 5.6 5.1 5.9 4.6 5.4

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

253 329 4.2 5.4 3.5 5.6 5.3 5.1

Personal care and service occupations

165 169 4.0 3.7 3.7 2.8 4.1 4.1

Sales and office occupations

1,267 1,102 4.0 3.5 4.1 3.5 4.0 3.5

Sales and related occupations

633 598 4.2 4.0 4.3 3.7 4.1 4.4

Office and administrative support occupations

635 504 3.8 3.1 3.8 3.2 3.9 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

535 516 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 4.8 4.8

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

54 51 5.1 4.9 4.4 5.4 7.2 3.6

Construction and extraction occupations

403 337 4.5 3.8 4.6 3.8 2.4 5.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

78 127 1.6 2.5 1.4 2.4 6.3 5.0

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

968 1,025 4.6 5.0 4.2 4.8 5.8 5.6

Production occupations

334 341 3.9 4.1 3.3 3.4 5.3 5.7

Transportation and material moving occupations

634 684 5.0 5.6 4.7 5.6 6.2 5.5

No previous work experience

516 495 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

263 244 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

161 151 - - - - - -

25 years and over

93 100 - - - - - -

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: June 02, 2023