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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
Nov.
2018		 Nov.
2019		 Total Men Women
Nov.
2018		 Nov.
2019		 Nov.
2018		 Nov.
2019		 Nov.
2018		 Nov.
2019

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 5,650 5,441 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.3

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,330 1,208 2.1 1.8 2.1 1.7 2.1 1.9

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 557 453 2.1 1.6 2.0 1.4 2.1 1.9

Management occupations

 362 269 1.9 1.4 1.9 1.3 1.9 1.5

Business and financial operations occupations

 195 184 2.6 2.3 2.5 1.8 2.6 2.6

Professional and related occupations

 773 755 2.1 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.0

Computer and mathematical occupations

 129 132 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.4 3.2

Architecture and engineering occupations

 73 62 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.8 1.9 2.0

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 25 40 1.6 2.7 2.0 2.4 1.2 2.9

Community and social service occupations

 69 67 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.4

Legal occupations

 26 29 1.4 1.4 1.1 0.4 1.7 2.2

Education, training, and library occupations

 216 206 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.3 2.1

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 91 82 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.2 2.8 2.5

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 144 138 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.3

Service occupations

 1,154 1,141 4.1 4.1 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.8

Healthcare support occupations

 146 126 3.9 3.2 3.8 4.5 3.9 3.0

Protective service occupations

 106 109 3.2 3.4 2.5 2.4 5.4 6.7

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 391 410 4.7 4.6 6.2 4.7 3.5 4.6

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 283 285 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.3 3.9 4.2

Personal care and service occupations

 229 211 3.6 3.5 3.3 5.1 3.7 3.0

Sales and office occupations

 1,224 1,098 3.5 3.2 2.7 2.5 4.0 3.6

Sales and related occupations

 620 531 3.7 3.3 2.7 2.1 4.8 4.5

Office and administrative support occupations

 604 567 3.3 3.1 2.7 3.2 3.5 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 677 655 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.9 9.1 11.6

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 129 134 9.8 11.1 7.6 8.0 15.8 19.4

Construction and extraction occupations

 400 437 4.4 5.0 4.4 4.9 6.6 8.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 148 84 2.9 1.6 3.0 1.5 1.0 5.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 723 802 3.7 4.1 3.6 4.1 4.3 4.1

Production occupations

 307 334 3.4 3.7 3.1 3.7 4.0 3.8

Transportation and material moving occupations

 415 468 4.0 4.4 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.5

No previous work experience

 524 522 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 259 285 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 146 110 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 118 126 - - - - - -

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: December 06, 2019