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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
Aug.
2019		 Aug.
2020		 Total Men Women
Aug.
2019		 Aug.
2020		 Aug.
2019		 Aug.
2020		 Aug.
2019		 Aug.
2020

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 6,203 13,742 3.8 8.5 3.5 8.0 4.1 9.1

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,476 3,680 2.3 5.5 1.8 5.0 2.7 5.9

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 506 1,325 1.9 4.7 1.6 4.4 2.2 5.1

Management occupations

 312 836 1.6 4.3 1.6 4.2 1.7 4.5

Business and financial operations occupations

 194 490 2.4 5.4 1.5 4.8 3.2 5.9

Professional and related occupations

 970 2,354 2.6 6.1 2.1 5.7 2.9 6.4

Computer and mathematical occupations

 87 264 1.5 4.6 1.4 5.2 1.7 2.6

Architecture and engineering occupations

 24 124 0.8 3.7 0.8 3.7 0.4 3.9

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 54 81 3.3 4.5 3.6 3.0 2.9 6.3

Community and social service occupations

 61 100 2.2 3.6 1.9 5.1 2.3 2.9

Legal occupations

 21 82 1.1 4.1 0.4 4.0 1.7 4.2

Education, training, and library occupations

 463 960 4.9 10.2 4.6 9.4 5.1 10.5

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 136 416 4.0 12.7 3.6 13.6 4.3 11.9

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 122 327 1.3 3.3 1.1 2.4 1.3 3.6

Service occupations

 1,178 3,500 4.1 13.4 4.0 13.0 4.2 13.7

Healthcare support occupations

 148 455 3.8 9.0 3.2 10.9 3.8 8.7

Protective service occupations

 65 150 1.9 4.4 1.5 3.0 3.1 8.7

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 493 1,762 5.6 22.3 6.0 22.9 5.3 21.8

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 206 546 3.4 9.8 3.0 9.3 3.9 10.6

Personal care and service occupations

 266 587 4.3 13.8 6.0 16.9 3.7 12.8

Sales and office occupations

 1,337 2,581 3.8 7.8 3.2 6.4 4.2 8.7

Sales and related occupations

 625 1,361 3.8 8.6 2.4 6.2 5.2 11.2

Office and administrative support occupations

 712 1,220 3.9 7.1 4.5 6.9 3.6 7.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 601 1,162 4.0 7.9 3.7 7.6 8.1 11.9

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 50 77 4.3 7.3 1.2 5.4 12.8 12.3

Construction and extraction occupations

 398 739 4.5 8.5 4.5 8.4 5.3 10.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 152 345 2.9 7.0 2.8 6.6 5.9 13.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 955 2,187 4.9 11.1 4.6 10.7 5.7 12.6

Production occupations

 358 800 3.9 9.7 3.8 9.7 4.0 9.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

 597 1,386 5.7 12.1 5.2 11.3 7.8 15.1

No previous work experience

 631 620 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 332 321 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 168 176 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 130 123 - - - - - -

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: September 04, 2020