2016 Annual Averages ‐ Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
32. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	2016
	Unemployed						Weeks
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over			Average (mean) duration	Median duration
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over	Average (mean) duration	Median duration
Total unemployed(1)	7,751	2,362	2,226	3,163	1,158	2,005	27.5	10.6

No previous work experience	823	231	241	351	115	236	30.6	11.4

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,513	442	438	634	219	414	28.3	11.1
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	629	152	176	302	107	194	30.9	13.7
Professional and related occupations	884	290	262	332	112	220	26.5	9.5
Service occupations	1,655	538	468	649	251	398	25.8	10.0
Sales and office occupations	1,623	484	460	679	251	429	27.9	11.0
Sales and related occupations	799	248	233	318	119	199	26.3	10.3
Office and administrative support occupations	825	236	227	361	132	229	29.5	11.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	953	318	278	356	139	218	25.7	9.9
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	127	45	44	38	20	19	16.3	8.7
Construction and extraction occupations	618	222	181	215	80	135	24.9	9.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	207	51	53	102	39	63	33.6	14.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,160	343	332	485	179	306	27.4	11.0
Production occupations	516	144	144	228	85	143	29.1	12.1
Transportation and material moving occupations	644	200	187	257	95	163	26.0	10.3

INDUSTRY(2)
Agriculture and related industries	147	48	52	47	24	24	19.7	9.3
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	67	18	22	28	9	18	24.6	11.9
Construction	570	206	169	195	77	117	23.7	9.0
Manufacturing	679	181	195	304	108	196	29.2	12.3
Durable goods	419	114	125	180	66	114	28.7	11.8
Nondurable goods	260	66	70	124	42	82	30.1	13.3
Wholesale and retail trade	1,023	311	280	432	153	278	27.4	11.0
Transportation and utilities	315	97	84	133	45	88	30.4	11.2
Information	128	36	30	63	16	47	38.3	13.8
Financial activities	278	72	68	139	52	86	32.6	14.4
Professional and business services	858	239	263	356	135	221	27.1	11.2
Education and health services	1,033	330	315	388	154	234	24.3	9.7
Leisure and hospitality	986	334	294	358	146	212	23.7	9.3
Other services	295	94	80	122	43	79	28.5	10.9
Public administration	142	37	38	67	22	45	38.8	13.3
Footnotes (1) Persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total, but not shown separately. (2) Industry data refer to wage and salary workers. Persons who were unpaid family workers or self-employed, unincorporated, on their last job are included in the unemployed total, but not shown separately.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 8, 2017