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

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 6,572 5,756 4.1 3.6 4.0 3.7 4.2 3.4

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,208 1,083 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.6

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 463 448 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7

Management occupations

 260 250 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.4

Business and financial operations occupations

 203 198 2.7 2.6 2.9 3.0 2.4 2.2

Professional and related occupations

 745 635 2.0 1.7 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.6

Computer and mathematical occupations

 88 120 1.9 2.3 2.3 2.5 0.6 1.7

Architecture and engineering occupations

 85 51 2.6 1.6 2.5 1.2 3.2 3.8

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 51 32 3.4 2.0 1.8 1.2 5.3 3.0

Community and social service occupations

 48 48 1.8 1.9 0.5 1.8 2.4 1.9

Legal occupations

 18 40 1.0 2.1 1.2 3.1 0.9 1.1

Education, training, and library occupations

 156 159 1.5 1.6 2.1 1.9 1.3 1.5

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 160 85 4.7 2.4 4.3 1.6 5.2 3.3

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 138 100 1.5 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.0

Service occupations

 1,529 1,241 5.4 4.3 4.5 4.3 6.0 4.3

Healthcare support occupations

 159 127 4.3 3.3 2.5 0.8 4.6 3.6

Protective service occupations

 108 88 3.6 2.7 1.9 2.9 9.3 1.9

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 624 482 6.8 5.2 6.1 5.3 7.4 5.1

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 331 266 5.3 4.3 5.0 4.8 5.7 3.5

Personal care and service occupations

 307 278 4.8 4.4 3.2 3.8 5.2 4.6

Sales and office occupations

 1,394 1,297 4.1 3.8 3.6 4.0 4.4 3.6

Sales and related occupations

 733 695 4.5 4.2 2.9 3.6 6.1 4.9

Office and administrative support occupations

 660 602 3.6 3.3 4.5 4.7 3.3 2.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 854 685 5.6 4.6 5.4 4.5 9.1 6.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 81 92 6.1 8.0 5.3 7.8 8.6 8.8

Construction and extraction occupations

 562 471 6.4 5.4 6.2 5.4 11.3 6.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 211 122 4.1 2.4 4.0 2.4 7.2 2.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 944 898 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.3 6.6 5.7

Production occupations

 416 396 4.6 4.4 4.0 4.2 6.2 4.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

 527 502 5.5 4.9 5.1 4.4 7.1 6.8

No previous work experience

 628 529 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 368 319 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 136 136 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 124 74 - - - - - -

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 01, 2018