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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
Mar.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Total Men Women
Mar.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Mar.
2019		 Mar.
2020		 Mar.
2019		 Mar.
2020

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 6,382 7,370 3.9 4.5 4.3 4.8 3.5 4.2

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,289 1,663 2.0 2.5 2.1 2.4 1.9 2.6

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 552 631 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.8 2.4

Management occupations

 354 428 1.9 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.8

Business and financial operations occupations

 198 204 2.4 2.2 3.0 2.6 1.8 1.8

Professional and related occupations

 736 1,031 1.9 2.6 2.0 2.7 1.9 2.6

Computer and mathematical occupations

 85 137 1.6 2.4 1.3 2.5 2.4 2.0

Architecture and engineering occupations

 57 91 1.6 2.7 1.3 2.3 3.5 5.2

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 18 68 1.3 4.2 2.1 5.3 0.5 3.3

Community and social service occupations

 57 54 2.0 1.9 2.4 2.5 1.8 1.7

Legal occupations

 49 43 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.0 3.0 2.4

Education, training, and library occupations

 171 304 1.7 3.1 1.8 2.4 1.6 3.3

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 158 171 4.9 4.7 5.8 4.9 3.9 4.5

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 141 163 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.7

Service occupations

 1,442 1,700 5.2 6.3 6.5 6.3 4.3 6.3

Healthcare support occupations

 110 118 3.0 2.3 1.3 0.6 3.2 2.5

Protective service occupations

 113 66 3.9 2.2 3.7 1.6 4.4 4.0

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 544 772 6.2 9.0 7.6 8.7 5.0 9.2

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 420 450 7.0 7.8 8.4 7.6 5.0 8.0

Personal care and service occupations

 256 294 4.0 6.7 4.7 7.2 3.8 6.6

Sales and office occupations

 1,379 1,254 4.0 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8

Sales and related occupations

 739 652 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.7 5.2 4.9

Office and administrative support occupations

 640 602 3.5 3.6 4.2 4.5 3.2 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 827 990 5.6 6.6 5.5 6.6 7.4 7.9

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 207 131 15.5 10.6 16.4 9.5 12.9 13.7

Construction and extraction occupations

 503 727 5.7 8.3 5.8 8.5 3.0 3.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 118 132 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.6 6.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 889 1,301 4.5 6.3 4.4 6.2 5.1 6.9

Production occupations

 375 449 4.2 5.3 3.8 5.6 5.1 4.7

Transportation and material moving occupations

 514 851 4.9 7.1 4.8 6.6 5.0 9.2

No previous work experience

 539 449 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 271 236 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 129 126 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 138 87 - - - - - -

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: April 03, 2020