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

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 7,207 6,572 4.5 4.1 4.6 4.0 4.5 4.2

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,305 1,208 2.1 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.1 1.8

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 606 463 2.4 1.8 2.4 1.8 2.4 1.7

Management occupations

 419 260 2.4 1.4 2.4 1.5 2.3 1.3

Business and financial operations occupations

 187 203 2.4 2.7 2.3 2.9 2.5 2.4

Professional and related occupations

 699 745 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.9

Computer and mathematical occupations

 92 88 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.3 2.6 0.6

Architecture and engineering occupations

 62 85 2.1 2.6 2.2 2.5 1.1 3.2

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 50 51 3.4 3.4 2.9 1.8 4.1 5.3

Community and social service occupations

 67 48 2.5 1.8 2.2 0.5 2.7 2.4

Legal occupations

 15 18 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.2 0.8 0.9

Education, training, and library occupations

 162 156 1.7 1.5 1.7 2.1 1.6 1.3

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 132 160 4.1 4.7 4.2 4.3 3.9 5.2

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

 118 138 1.3 1.5 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.5

Service occupations

 1,533 1,529 5.4 5.4 5.2 4.5 5.5 6.0

Healthcare support occupations

 171 159 4.5 4.3 4.9 2.5 4.5 4.6

Protective service occupations

 113 108 3.6 3.6 3.3 1.9 4.5 9.3

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 601 624 6.5 6.8 6.4 6.1 6.5 7.4

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 364 331 5.8 5.3 5.2 5.0 6.8 5.7

Personal care and service occupations

 283 307 4.8 4.8 4.8 3.2 4.7 5.2

Sales and office occupations

 1,541 1,394 4.4 4.1 4.2 3.6 4.6 4.4

Sales and related occupations

 850 733 5.1 4.5 4.0 2.9 6.3 6.1

Office and administrative support occupations

 690 660 3.8 3.6 4.4 4.5 3.5 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 827 854 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.4 8.7 9.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 113 81 8.4 6.1 6.5 5.3 14.3 8.6

Construction and extraction occupations

 519 562 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.2 3.0 11.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 196 211 4.0 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.9 7.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,154 944 6.1 5.0 5.4 4.6 8.4 6.6

Production occupations

 569 416 6.1 4.6 4.8 4.0 9.3 6.2

Transportation and material moving occupations

 584 527 6.0 5.5 5.8 5.1 6.9 7.1

No previous work experience

 835 628 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 468 368 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 192 136 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 176 124 - - - - - -

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: June 02, 2017