HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-30. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation Total unemployed Unemployment rates
June
2016		 June
2017		 Total Men Women
June
2016		 June
2017		 June
2016		 June
2017		 June
2016		 June
2017

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 8,144 7,250 5.1 4.5 5.0 4.4 5.2 4.7

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,712 1,440 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.2 3.2 2.5

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 646 504 2.5 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.8 1.9

Management occupations

 400 319 2.2 1.8 2.1 1.7 2.4 1.9

Business and financial operations occupations

 245 185 3.1 2.4 2.6 3.0 3.4 1.9

Professional and related occupations

 1,067 936 3.1 2.6 2.6 2.3 3.4 2.8

Computer and mathematical occupations

 103 111 2.2 2.3 1.8 2.4 3.3 2.0

Architecture and engineering occupations

 94 101 3.0 3.0 3.2 2.8 2.1 4.0

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 26 48 1.8 3.2 2.0 1.1 1.5 5.7

Community and social service occupations

 67 32 2.5 1.2 1.4 0.5 3.1 1.6

Legal occupations

 11 14 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.1

Education, training, and library occupations

 495 381 5.6 4.1 4.5 3.4 6.0 4.4

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 140 141 4.4 4.1 4.8 4.1 3.9 4.2

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

 131 110 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.7 1.2

Service occupations

 1,658 1,540 5.7 5.3 5.6 4.8 5.7 5.7

Healthcare support occupations

 125 134 3.3 3.8 2.9 1.0 3.4 4.2

Protective service occupations

 106 81 3.3 2.5 2.6 1.5 5.3 5.6

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 621 673 6.8 7.4 6.9 7.1 6.6 7.6

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 438 330 6.6 5.0 6.4 5.0 6.8 5.0

Personal care and service occupations

 368 322 5.7 5.0 5.2 4.4 5.9 5.1

Sales and office occupations

 1,550 1,503 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.8 4.6 4.6

Sales and related occupations

 820 797 4.9 4.8 4.3 3.0 5.4 6.6

Office and administrative support occupations

 730 706 4.0 3.8 3.9 5.1 4.1 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 832 747 5.5 4.9 5.2 4.6 11.1 10.9

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 151 95 10.8 7.0 8.6 5.4 17.1 11.8

Construction and extraction occupations

 462 459 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.8 9.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 218 192 4.4 3.8 4.3 3.6 6.4 10.4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,091 1,027 5.9 5.4 5.5 5.0 7.3 6.8

Production occupations

 439 466 4.9 5.1 4.3 4.8 6.6 5.8

Transportation and material moving occupations

 652 560 6.7 5.7 6.4 5.1 8.5 8.3

No previous work experience

 1,278 981 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 785 644 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 291 203 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 202 134 - - - - - -

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).

 

Last Modified Date: July 07, 2017