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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