Unemployed persons by occupation and sex : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation	Total unemployed		Unemployment rates
	2020	2021	Total		Men		Women
	2020	2021	2020	2021	2020	2021	2020	2021
Total, 16 years and over(1)	12,947	8,623	8.1	5.3	7.8	5.5	8.3	5.2

Management, professional, and related occupations	3,029	1,889	4.5	2.8	4.2	2.8	4.9	2.9
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	1,149	812	4.1	2.8	3.8	2.7	4.4	3.0
Management occupations	752	529	3.9	2.7	3.6	2.4	4.3	3.1
Business and financial operations occupations	397	283	4.4	3.1	4.3	3.4	4.6	2.8
Professional and related occupations	1,880	1,077	4.9	2.8	4.6	2.9	5.1	2.8
Computer and mathematical occupations	199	124	3.4	2.1	3.5	2.0	3.3	2.4
Architecture and engineering occupations	117	86	3.6	2.6	3.4	2.4	4.3	3.3
Life, physical, and social science occupations	72	52	4.3	3.0	4.8	3.8	3.7	2.2
Community and social service occupations	87	71	3.1	2.5	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9
Legal occupations	53	40	2.7	2.1	2.9	1.5	2.6	2.7
Education, training, and library occupations	678	312	7.1	3.4	5.8	3.7	7.5	3.3
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	372	237	10.9	7.0	12.3	7.4	9.5	6.6
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	303	156	3.1	1.6	2.5	1.7	3.3	1.6

Service occupations	3,407	2,057	13.0	7.8	12.6	7.9	13.3	7.7
Healthcare support occupations	380	304	7.3	5.9	7.5	5.3	7.3	6.0
Protective service occupations	162	121	5.1	3.9	3.9	3.6	8.7	4.8
Food preparation and serving related occupations	1,595	850	19.6	10.3	20.8	11.1	18.5	9.7
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	623	446	10.9	7.5	9.4	6.6	13.1	8.8
Personal care and service occupations	648	335	16.0	8.3	17.5	12.5	15.5	7.1

Sales and office occupations	2,591	1,685	8.0	5.3	7.2	4.9	8.5	5.5
Sales and related occupations	1,367	853	8.8	5.6	6.9	4.6	10.8	6.6
Office and administrative support occupations	1,224	832	7.3	5.0	7.9	5.5	7.1	4.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	1,298	984	8.9	6.6	8.6	6.4	12.5	9.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	120	104	10.3	8.9	8.4	8.3	15.7	10.9
Construction and extraction occupations	862	681	10.1	7.8	10.0	7.7	10.6	11.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	316	199	6.4	3.9	6.2	4.0	10.9	3.7

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	2,076	1,473	10.2	7.1	9.8	6.9	11.6	7.6
Production occupations	747	485	9.0	5.8	8.5	5.5	10.0	6.3
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,329	988	11.1	8.0	10.6	7.8	13.2	8.8

No previous work experience	526	518	-	-	-	-	-	-
16 to 19 years	275	266	-	-	-	-	-	-
20 to 24 years	144	142	-	-	-	-	-	-
25 years and over	107	110	-	-	-	-	-	-
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. 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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022