HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-30. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation Total unemployed Unemployment rates
Aug.
2016		 Aug.
2017		 Total Men Women
Aug.
2016		 Aug.
2017		 Aug.
2016		 Aug.
2017		 Aug.
2016		 Aug.
2017

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 7,996 7,287 5.0 4.5 4.7 4.3 5.3 4.8

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,869 1,731 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.3 3.6 3.3

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 641 611 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.9 2.7

Management occupations

 386 393 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.6 2.2

Business and financial operations occupations

 255 218 3.3 2.9 3.2 2.2 3.4 3.5

Professional and related occupations

 1,227 1,120 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.5 4.0 3.6

Computer and mathematical occupations

 116 119 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.4 1.8 2.6

Architecture and engineering occupations

 63 74 1.8 2.2 1.6 2.4 3.2 0.9

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 23 35 1.7 2.5 1.4 1.3 2.0 3.8

Community and social service occupations

 97 69 3.7 2.5 4.4 3.5 3.3 2.0

Legal occupations

 26 23 1.4 1.3 0.3 0.7 2.3 1.8

Education, training, and library occupations

 539 523 6.2 6.0 4.5 4.2 6.8 6.6

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 206 132 6.5 3.9 6.6 4.0 6.4 3.8

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

 157 143 1.7 1.6 1.5 0.8 1.8 1.8

Service occupations

 1,643 1,554 5.6 5.3 5.2 4.7 5.8 5.9

Healthcare support occupations

 186 172 4.8 4.7 2.3 4.7 5.1 4.7

Protective service occupations

 112 95 3.3 2.6 3.1 1.8 3.7 5.7

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 642 590 7.0 6.5 6.9 6.1 7.1 6.8

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 364 360 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.7

Personal care and service occupations

 340 338 5.3 5.5 4.0 4.7 5.6 5.7

Sales and office occupations

 1,522 1,422 4.4 4.0 3.8 3.8 4.8 4.2

Sales and related occupations

 793 691 4.8 4.2 3.5 2.6 6.1 5.9

Office and administrative support occupations

 729 730 4.0 3.9 4.3 5.7 3.9 3.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 773 772 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 7.9 6.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 67 75 5.1 5.7 3.4 5.7 10.6 5.4

Construction and extraction occupations

 513 520 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 7.2 7.4

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 193 177 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.7 6.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,217 1,064 6.4 5.5 5.9 5.1 8.2 6.9

Production occupations

 480 497 5.5 5.7 5.1 5.3 6.6 6.5

Transportation and material moving occupations

 737 567 7.1 5.3 6.4 4.9 10.5 7.4

No previous work experience

 959 725 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 573 420 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 197 157 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 189 148 - - - - - -

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: September 01, 2017