HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Thousands of | Unemployment rates | persons | | | _______________ _______________________________________________ Occupation | | | | | Total | Total | Men | Women | | | | _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ | | | | | | | | | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over 1/...................................| 7,404| 7,236| 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.4 | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty...............................| 880| 869| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................| 420| 431| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 Professional specialty............................................| 460| 438| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | | | | | | | | Technical, sales, and administrative support........................| 1,744| 1,766| 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 Technicians and related support...................................| 113| 114| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 Sales occupations.................................................| 795| 843| 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 6.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................| 836| 810| 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 | | | | | | | | Service occupations.................................................| 1,378| 1,334| 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.2 Private household.................................................| 99| 79| 10.7 | 9.0 | 17.4 | 14.1 | 10.4 | 8.7 Protective service................................................| 86| 84| 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 5.2 Service, except private household and protective..................| 1,193| 1,170| 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.1 | | | | | | | | Precision production, craft, and repair.............................| 860| 795| 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 Mechanics and repairers...........................................| 182| 174| 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.1 Construction trades...............................................| 501| 456| 9.0 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 8.5 Other precision production, craft, and repair.....................| 177| 165| 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 5.3 | | | | | | | | Operators, fabricators, and laborers................................| 1,618| 1,570| 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 9.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................| 629| 654| 7.4 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 9.4 | 9.5 Transportation and material moving occupations....................| 329| 292| 6.0 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............| 660| 625| 11.7 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 10.6 Construction laborers...........................................| 179| 158| 18.7 | 16.3 | 18.1 | 16.3 | 32.7 | 16.1 Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......| 481| 467| 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 10.4 | | | | | | | | Farming, forestry, and fishing......................................| 311| 293| 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 8.5 | | | | | | | | No previous work experience.........................................| 579| 580| - | - | - | - | - | - 16 to 19 years...................................................| 415| 409| - | - | - | - | - | - 20 to 24 years...................................................| 75| 75| - | - | - | - | - | - 25 years and over................................................| 90| 96| - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.