HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                              Thousands of                     Unemployment rates                 
                                                                persons                                                           
                                                                                                                                  
                        Occupation                                                                                                
                                                                 Total             Total              Men              Women      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                             1997     1998     1997     1998     1997     1998     1997     1998  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
      Total, 16 years and over(1).........................   6,739    6,210      4.9      4.5      4.9      4.4      5.0      4.6 
                                                                                                                                  
Managerial and professional specialty.....................     761      722      2.0      1.8      1.9      1.7      2.1      2.0 
  Executive, administrative, and managerial...............     359      343      1.9      1.8      1.8      1.6      2.0      2.0 
  Professional specialty..................................     403      380      2.0      1.9      2.0      1.8      2.1      2.0 
                                                                                                                                  
Technical, sales, and administrative support..............   1,646    1,550      4.1      3.9      3.6      3.3      4.4      4.2 
  Technicians and related support.........................     104       96      2.4      2.2      2.2      2.3      2.6      2.1 
  Sales occupations.......................................     814      745      4.9      4.5      3.6      3.3      6.2      5.6 
  Administrative support, including clerical..............     728      710      3.8      3.7      4.2      4.0      3.7      3.6 
                                                                                                                                  
Service occupations.......................................   1,255    1,216      6.7      6.4      6.5      6.3      6.8      6.4 
  Private household.......................................      73       74      8.4      8.0     12.6      8.7      8.2      8.0 
  Protective service......................................      89       85      3.7      3.4      3.4      3.1      5.2      5.0 
  Service, except private household and protective........   1,093    1,057      7.0      6.8      7.6      7.5      6.7      6.3 
                                                                                                                                  
Precision production, craft, and repair...................     719      630      4.8      4.2      4.8      4.1      5.1      4.8 
  Mechanics and repairers.................................     167      149      3.5      3.0      3.4      3.1      4.5      2.3 
  Construction trades.....................................     406      338      7.0      5.7      7.0      5.6      7.2     10.4 
  Other precision production, craft, and repair...........     145      143      3.4      3.4      3.0      3.1      5.0      4.6 
                                                                                                                                  
Operators, fabricators, and laborers......................   1,490    1,304      7.5      6.7      7.1      6.3      8.8      7.7 
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...........     551      494      6.5      6.0      5.1      5.0      8.6      7.6 
  Transportation and material moving occupations..........     306      279      5.4      4.9      5.3      4.8      6.0      6.3 
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.....     633      531     11.1      9.4     11.3      9.6     10.5      8.8 
    Construction laborers.................................     167      136     17.1     14.2     16.9     14.2     20.8     16.0 
    Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                                              
     laborers.............................................     467      395      9.9      8.4      9.9      8.4     10.1      8.5 
                                                                                                                                  
Farming, forestry, and fishing............................     267      244      7.1      6.5      6.9      6.1      7.8      8.0 
                                                                                                                                  
No previous work experience...............................     569      520      -        -        -        -        -        -   
   16 to 19 years.........................................     388      361      -        -        -        -        -        -   
   20 to 24 years.........................................      85       80      -        -        -        -        -        -   
   25 years and over......................................      96       80      -        -        -        -        -        -   

  1 Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the
household survey.