Unemployment Rate by Occupation and Sex, 2008–2009
2008 |
2009 |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
Total1 |
5.2% | 5.4% | 5.1% | 9.1% | 10.2% | 7.7% |
| Management, professional, and related occupations | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| Management, business, and financial operations | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| Management | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| Business and financial operations | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 6.9 |
| Professional and related occupations | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 |
| Computer and mathematical | 2.3 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
| Architecture and engineering | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| Life, physical, and social science | 3.9 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.8 |
| Community and social services | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| Legal | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| Education, training, and library | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 10.1 |
| Healthcare practitioner and technical | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| Service occupations | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 8.7 |
| Healthcare support | 4.5 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 6.2 |
| Protective service | 3.5 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
| Food preparation and serving related | 8.9 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 13.1 | 10.4 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance | 6.4 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| Personal care and services | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 7.5 |
| Sales and office occupations | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 8.1 |
| Sales and related | 5.1 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 9.7 |
| Office and administrative support | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 7.2 |
| Natural resources, construction, and maintenance | 7.5 | 7.4 | 10.4 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 11.6 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry | 7.3 | 5.3 | 14.3 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 4.6 |
| Construction and extraction | 9.5 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 20.7 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.6 |
| Production, transportation, and material moving | 6.3 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 16.2 |
| Production | 6.7 | 5.8 | 8.7 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 17.8 |
| Transportation and material moving | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 13.6 |
1. Includes persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces. Figures are in thousands.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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