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

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 8,267 7,441 5.1 4.6 5.0 4.3 5.3 4.9

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,782 1,656 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.0 3.4 3.4

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 609 489 2.4 1.9 2.2 1.7 2.6 2.2

Management occupations

 373 334 2.1 1.9 2.1 1.6 2.2 2.2

Business and financial operations occupations

 235 155 3.0 2.0 2.6 1.8 3.4 2.2

Professional and related occupations

 1,174 1,166 3.4 3.3 2.8 2.3 3.8 4.0

Computer and mathematical occupations

 134 101 2.9 2.1 3.0 1.9 2.6 2.7

Architecture and engineering occupations

 58 76 1.7 2.2 1.6 2.0 2.4 3.5

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 40 31 2.9 2.1 3.6 1.5 1.9 2.8

Community and social service occupations

 84 52 3.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 3.9 2.2

Legal occupations

 16 21 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.4 1.2 1.7

Education, training, and library occupations

 556 556 6.5 6.3 4.5 2.8 7.3 7.6

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 136 161 4.2 4.8 5.2 5.2 3.0 4.4

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

 151 168 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.8

Service occupations

 1,626 1,489 5.4 5.1 5.3 4.9 5.5 5.2

Healthcare support occupations

 165 161 4.1 4.5 3.9 7.6 4.1 4.0

Protective service occupations

 114 95 3.3 2.8 2.4 1.5 5.9 6.5

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 647 596 6.9 6.4 7.0 6.1 6.8 6.7

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 371 321 5.6 4.8 6.0 5.0 4.9 4.4

Personal care and service occupations

 329 316 5.2 4.9 4.1 6.2 5.5 4.5

Sales and office occupations

 1,691 1,446 4.8 4.1 4.6 3.5 4.9 4.4

Sales and related occupations

 828 692 4.9 4.2 4.0 2.5 5.9 5.9

Office and administrative support occupations

 863 754 4.6 4.0 5.6 5.2 4.3 3.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 769 789 5.0 5.2 4.9 4.9 7.6 10.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 99 103 7.5 7.6 6.1 5.3 11.5 13.8

Construction and extraction occupations

 463 545 5.3 6.3 5.3 6.2 2.0 10.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 207 141 4.1 2.7 3.9 2.6 7.8 5.5

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,265 1,100 6.8 5.7 6.3 5.2 8.5 7.2

Production occupations

 517 462 5.9 5.1 4.9 4.7 8.5 6.2

Transportation and material moving occupations

 749 638 7.5 6.2 7.3 5.7 8.5 8.7

No previous work experience

 1,104 941 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 677 607 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 256 208 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 172 126 - - - - - -

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: August 04, 2017