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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
Jan.
2020		 Jan.
2021		 Total Men Women
Jan.
2020		 Jan.
2021		 Jan.
2020		 Jan.
2021		 Jan.
2020		 Jan.
2021

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 6,504 10,851 4.0 6.8 4.2 7.1 3.7 6.5

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,453 2,433 2.2 3.7 2.3 3.9 2.1 3.5

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 653 1,088 2.3 3.8 2.3 4.1 2.3 3.6

Management occupations

 431 711 2.3 3.7 2.1 3.7 2.5 3.6

Business and financial operations occupations

 223 377 2.4 4.1 3.0 4.9 2.0 3.4

Professional and related occupations

 799 1,345 2.1 3.5 2.2 3.7 1.9 3.4

Computer and mathematical occupations

 173 138 3.0 2.4 2.7 2.4 3.8 2.2

Architecture and engineering occupations

 66 109 2.0 3.5 1.9 3.4 2.8 3.5

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 41 62 2.5 3.9 2.3 4.6 2.6 3.2

Community and social service occupations

 53 79 1.8 2.9 2.0 2.0 1.7 3.3

Legal occupations

 25 53 1.3 3.0 1.6 2.3 1.0 3.6

Education, training, and library occupations

 192 388 2.0 4.1 2.3 4.0 1.9 4.1

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 111 313 3.1 9.4 3.4 10.7 2.7 8.1

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 139 204 1.4 2.0 0.9 2.2 1.6 2.0

Service occupations

 1,280 2,887 4.7 11.4 5.4 12.2 4.2 10.8

Healthcare support occupations

 182 384 3.5 7.4 4.6 7.0 3.3 7.4

Protective service occupations

 68 120 2.2 4.0 2.2 4.1 1.9 3.8

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 504 1,260 5.7 16.5 6.0 18.5 5.5 14.6

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 375 587 6.6 10.4 7.5 10.0 5.5 10.8

Personal care and service occupations

 150 535 3.5 14.2 5.1 20.2 3.0 12.6

Sales and office occupations

 1,309 1,983 4.0 6.1 3.5 5.7 4.3 6.4

Sales and related occupations

 724 1,036 4.5 6.6 3.0 5.8 6.0 7.5

Office and administrative support occupations

 585 947 3.5 5.7 4.5 5.6 3.2 5.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 934 1,417 6.3 9.7 5.9 9.2 12.6 17.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 210 140 16.3 12.4 14.4 9.6 21.0 21.6

Construction and extraction occupations

 590 963 6.9 11.0 6.9 10.7 6.1 18.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 134 314 2.7 6.6 2.4 6.5 9.5 7.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,008 1,626 4.8 8.0 4.6 8.0 5.4 8.2

Production occupations

 434 544 5.0 6.5 4.8 6.2 5.5 7.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

 574 1,081 4.6 9.1 4.4 9.1 5.3 9.2

No previous work experience

 500 494 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 237 236 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 140 130 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 123 129 - - - - - -

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: February 05, 2021