HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-30. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation Total unemployed Unemployment rates
Apr.
2017		 Apr.
2018		 Total Men Women
Apr.
2017		 Apr.
2018		 Apr.
2017		 Apr.
2018		 Apr.
2017		 Apr.
2018

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 6,555 5,932 4.1 3.7 4.1 3.9 4.1 3.4

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,254 1,134 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.7 2.0 1.9

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 581 460 2.2 1.8 2.1 1.6 2.4 2.0

Management occupations

 320 285 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.5

Business and financial operations occupations

 261 175 3.3 2.2 2.9 1.6 3.6 2.7

Professional and related occupations

 673 675 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.8

Computer and mathematical occupations

 123 86 2.5 1.7 2.9 1.4 1.5 2.4

Architecture and engineering occupations

 71 53 2.1 1.6 2.2 1.5 1.7 2.5

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 35 42 2.4 2.6 2.1 3.2 2.7 1.9

Community and social service occupations

 21 54 0.8 2.0 0.2 2.7 1.1 1.7

Legal occupations

 16 59 0.9 3.0 0.4 3.7 1.4 2.3

Education, training, and library occupations

 177 212 1.8 2.1 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.1

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 140 68 4.2 2.0 3.6 1.6 4.9 2.4

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 91 102 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.2

Service occupations

 1,426 1,238 5.1 4.4 5.5 4.7 4.9 4.1

Healthcare support occupations

 162 109 4.3 2.8 4.4 1.7 4.3 3.0

Protective service occupations

 103 74 3.5 2.2 2.4 2.3 7.5 1.7

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 508 498 5.9 5.6 6.7 6.5 5.1 4.9

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 354 315 5.9 5.2 6.5 5.4 4.9 4.9

Personal care and service occupations

 299 241 4.7 3.9 4.5 2.9 4.7 4.1

Sales and office occupations

 1,337 1,242 3.8 3.6 2.9 3.8 4.4 3.5

Sales and related occupations

 688 659 4.2 4.1 2.2 3.5 6.1 4.6

Office and administrative support occupations

 650 583 3.5 3.2 3.9 4.3 3.4 2.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 925 926 6.1 6.2 5.6 6.0 15.4 9.7

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 120 127 8.9 11.6 5.4 10.5 18.3 15.1

Construction and extraction occupations

 657 662 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.6 15.4 8.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 149 138 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.7 9.9 2.7

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 994 841 5.3 4.4 5.0 4.2 6.2 4.9

Production occupations

 432 384 4.8 4.4 4.6 3.8 5.3 5.6

Transportation and material moving occupations

 562 457 5.7 4.4 5.3 4.4 7.5 4.0

No previous work experience

 602 530 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 345 294 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 132 120 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 125 116 - - - - - -

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: May 04, 2018