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

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 7,441 6,730 4.6 4.1 4.3 3.8 4.9 4.5

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,656 1,539 2.7 2.4 2.0 1.9 3.4 2.9

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 489 511 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.1

Management occupations

 334 316 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.6 2.2 1.9

Business and financial operations occupations

 155 195 2.0 2.6 1.8 2.7 2.2 2.4

Professional and related occupations

 1,166 1,028 3.3 2.8 2.3 2.0 4.0 3.4

Computer and mathematical occupations

 101 100 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.7 2.1

Architecture and engineering occupations

 76 34 2.2 1.0 2.0 0.9 3.5 1.5

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 31 20 2.1 1.3 1.5 1.3 2.8 1.3

Community and social service occupations

 52 73 1.9 2.7 1.4 2.7 2.2 2.6

Legal occupations

 21 27 1.1 1.4 0.4 1.8 1.7 1.0

Education, training, and library occupations

 556 557 6.3 6.6 2.8 4.8 7.6 7.2

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 161 97 4.8 2.6 5.2 2.8 4.4 2.4

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 168 119 1.8 1.2 1.8 0.6 1.8 1.4

Service occupations

 1,489 1,508 5.1 5.1 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.2

Healthcare support occupations

 161 148 4.5 3.9 7.6 5.9 4.0 3.6

Protective service occupations

 95 96 2.8 2.6 1.5 3.0 6.5 1.4

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 596 579 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.7 6.2

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 321 347 4.8 5.5 5.0 5.7 4.4 5.3

Personal care and service occupations

 316 338 4.9 5.3 6.2 3.5 4.5 5.8

Sales and office occupations

 1,446 1,431 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.5 4.4 4.4

Sales and related occupations

 692 662 4.2 4.0 2.5 3.0 5.9 4.9

Office and administrative support occupations

 754 769 4.0 4.1 5.2 4.3 3.5 4.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 789 589 5.2 3.8 4.9 3.5 10.5 8.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 103 97 7.6 7.0 5.3 5.6 13.8 10.7

Construction and extraction occupations

 545 373 6.3 4.2 6.2 4.0 10.0 7.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 141 119 2.7 2.2 2.6 2.2 5.5 4.7

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,100 850 5.7 4.4 5.2 4.1 7.2 5.1

Production occupations

 462 366 5.1 4.1 4.7 3.9 6.2 4.8

Transportation and material moving occupations

 638 484 6.2 4.5 5.7 4.3 8.7 5.6

No previous work experience

 941 803 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 607 516 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 208 171 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 126 116 - - - - - -

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: August 03, 2018