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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
Mar.
2023
Mar.
2024
Total Men Women
Mar.
2023
Mar.
2024
Mar.
2023
Mar.
2024
Mar.
2023
Mar.
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,043 6,604 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.2 3.7

Management, professional, and related occupations

1,368 1,580 1.9 2.2 1.9 2.3 1.9 2.1

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

647 717 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.4

Management occupations

371 475 1.7 2.2 1.8 2.2 1.7 2.3

Business and financial operations occupations

275 241 2.8 2.4 3.1 2.2 2.6 2.6

Professional and related occupations

721 863 1.8 2.1 1.6 2.3 1.9 1.9

Computer and mathematical occupations

153 198 2.2 3.0 2.0 2.2 2.8 5.0

Architecture and engineering occupations

48 88 1.3 2.5 1.1 2.3 2.3 3.8

Life, physical, and social science occupations

23 33 1.2 1.7 1.1 0.7 1.4 2.6

Community and social service occupations

70 60 2.5 2.2 4.1 4.1 1.8 1.2

Legal occupations

5 47 0.3 2.6 0.0 1.4 0.5 3.6

Education, training, and library occupations

158 157 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.5

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

129 160 3.6 4.3 2.3 6.5 5.0 2.3

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

136 121 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.7 1.5 1.3

Service occupations

1,242 1,241 4.6 4.5 5.7 4.8 3.8 4.4

Healthcare support occupations

179 202 3.3 3.5 7.0 3.5 2.7 3.5

Protective service occupations

92 96 3.0 3.2 3.4 2.9 1.5 3.8

Food preparation and serving related occupations

501 436 5.8 5.1 6.5 5.2 5.1 4.9

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

344 334 6.1 5.7 6.7 4.8 5.3 6.8

Personal care and service occupations

126 173 3.0 4.3 3.9 7.9 2.8 3.1

Sales and office occupations

1,138 1,288 3.6 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.6 4.4

Sales and related occupations

552 700 3.7 4.7 3.0 3.9 4.4 5.6

Office and administrative support occupations

586 588 3.6 3.6 4.6 3.5 3.1 3.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

808 794 5.5 5.2 5.4 5.2 6.5 6.7

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

70 100 8.1 10.3 8.3 9.2 7.1 13.5

Construction and extraction occupations

601 579 6.7 6.3 6.6 6.5 9.0 3.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

137 116 2.8 2.3 2.9 2.2 0.0 4.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

1,101 1,112 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.9 5.9 6.2

Production occupations

384 389 4.4 4.5 3.9 3.4 5.5 6.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

718 724 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.7 6.3 5.6

No previous work experience

385 582 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

191 302 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

125 159 - - - - - -

25 years and over

69 121 - - - - - -

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: April 05, 2024