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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-30. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation Total unemployed Unemployment rates
Apr.
2023
Apr.
2024
Total Men Women
Apr.
2023
Apr.
2024
Apr.
2023
Apr.
2024
Apr.
2023
Apr.
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

5,146 5,894 3.1 3.5 3.3 3.7 2.9 3.3

Management, professional, and related occupations

1,153 1,399 1.6 1.9 1.7 2.2 1.5 1.7

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

571 743 1.8 2.4 1.8 2.5 1.8 2.3

Management occupations

325 465 1.5 2.2 1.5 2.2 1.5 2.3

Business and financial operations occupations

245 278 2.5 2.8 2.7 3.5 2.4 2.2

Professional and related occupations

582 656 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.9 1.3 1.4

Computer and mathematical occupations

151 187 2.3 2.8 2.3 2.6 2.3 3.5

Architecture and engineering occupations

50 45 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.0 2.4 2.9

Life, physical, and social science occupations

37 23 2.0 1.2 2.7 0.6 1.3 1.8

Community and social service occupations

46 42 1.6 1.4 2.3 2.6 1.3 0.9

Legal occupations

9 23 0.5 1.3 0.0 1.2 0.9 1.3

Education, training, and library occupations

116 120 1.2 1.2 0.7 1.4 1.3 1.1

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

66 132 1.9 3.7 1.9 3.9 1.8 3.5

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

107 84 1.1 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.7

Service occupations

1,122 1,162 4.1 4.2 4.7 4.5 3.7 4.0

Healthcare support occupations

151 236 2.8 4.0 2.3 6.0 3.0 3.6

Protective service occupations

90 91 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.7 3.7 3.7

Food preparation and serving related occupations

461 412 5.3 4.8 6.2 5.3 4.4 4.3

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

299 267 5.2 4.5 4.8 4.4 5.9 4.6

Personal care and service occupations

122 156 2.8 3.9 4.7 5.2 2.2 3.6

Sales and office occupations

917 1,061 2.9 3.4 2.6 3.1 3.1 3.6

Sales and related occupations

438 543 3.0 3.6 2.6 2.9 3.3 4.4

Office and administrative support occupations

480 518 2.9 3.2 2.7 3.4 3.0 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

586 749 4.0 4.9 3.9 5.0 5.7 4.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

67 59 7.1 6.7 7.4 6.9 6.5 6.0

Construction and extraction occupations

443 545 5.0 5.9 4.8 6.0 8.4 4.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

76 144 1.6 2.8 1.6 2.8 0.0 1.9

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

935 1,057 4.5 5.0 4.2 4.1 5.6 7.7

Production occupations

308 419 3.6 4.9 3.4 3.4 4.3 9.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

627 638 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.6 6.8 6.5

No previous work experience

428 453 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

193 244 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

110 94 - - - - - -

25 years and over

125 115 - - - - - -

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). Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

 

Last Modified Date: May 03, 2024