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

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 7,250 6,812 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.7 4.2

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,440 1,575 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.8

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 504 536 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.9 2.1

Management occupations

 319 344 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9

Business and financial operations occupations

 185 192 2.4 2.6 3.0 2.8 1.9 2.4

Professional and related occupations

 936 1,039 2.6 2.8 2.3 2.3 2.8 3.2

Computer and mathematical occupations

 111 97 2.3 1.9 2.4 1.8 2.0 2.2

Architecture and engineering occupations

 101 39 3.0 1.2 2.8 0.9 4.0 3.0

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 48 47 3.2 3.0 1.1 2.7 5.7 3.3

Community and social service occupations

 32 98 1.2 3.6 0.5 2.3 1.6 4.2

Legal occupations

 14 26 0.7 1.3 0.3 1.4 1.1 1.1

Education, training, and library occupations

 381 504 4.1 5.6 3.4 4.7 4.4 5.9

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 141 105 4.1 2.8 4.1 3.4 4.2 2.2

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 110 123 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.2

Service occupations

 1,540 1,451 5.3 5.0 4.8 5.0 5.7 5.0

Healthcare support occupations

 134 118 3.8 3.2 1.0 4.3 4.2 3.0

Protective service occupations

 81 118 2.5 3.5 1.5 3.8 5.6 2.4

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 673 611 7.4 6.5 7.1 6.0 7.6 6.8

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 330 324 5.0 5.2 5.0 5.4 5.0 4.9

Personal care and service occupations

 322 280 5.0 4.4 4.4 3.6 5.1 4.6

Sales and office occupations

 1,503 1,333 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.6 4.6 3.9

Sales and related occupations

 797 741 4.8 4.4 3.0 3.5 6.6 5.3

Office and administrative support occupations

 706 592 3.8 3.2 5.1 3.6 3.4 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 747 746 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.6 10.9 8.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 95 106 7.0 9.0 5.4 6.6 11.8 15.4

Construction and extraction occupations

 459 479 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.4 9.9 4.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 192 161 3.8 3.0 3.6 3.0 10.4 2.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,027 870 5.4 4.4 5.0 4.1 6.8 5.4

Production occupations

 466 331 5.1 3.7 4.8 3.5 5.8 4.2

Transportation and material moving occupations

 560 539 5.7 5.0 5.1 4.6 8.3 7.0

No previous work experience

 981 829 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 644 558 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 203 190 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 134 81 - - - - - -

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: July 06, 2018