HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry April 2013
Unemployed Weeks of unemployment
Total Less
than
5 weeks		 5 to 14
weeks		 15 weeks and over Average
(mean)
duration		 Median
duration
Total 15 to 26
weeks		 27 weeks
and over

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,980 362 424 1,193 312 881 41.4 21.6

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 836 137 153 545 142 404 44.9 24.5

Professional and related occupations

 1,144 225 271 648 171 477 38.8 19.9

Service occupations

 2,294 442 492 1,361 435 925 37.0 19.6

Sales and office occupations

 2,501 415 524 1,562 488 1,073 43.5 21.5

Sales and related occupations

 1,151 204 278 670 203 467 42.4 19.6

Office and administrative support occupations

 1,349 211 246 892 285 607 44.4 23.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 1,483 340 335 808 339 469 32.2 16.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 104 21 19 64 46 19 19.4 17.0

Construction and extraction occupations

 1,137 261 258 618 250 368 33.0 16.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 242 58 58 126 44 83 34.2 16.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,601 273 326 1,002 289 713 41.6 21.4

Production occupations

 726 100 161 465 125 340 44.0 23.0

Transportation and material moving occupations

 875 173 164 537 164 374 39.6 20.4

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 116 20 20 76 49 27 21.9 17.5

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 73 19 26 27 11 16 - -

Construction

 1,104 230 236 638 273 365 34.8 17.8

Manufacturing

 970 158 184 627 164 464 44.2 25.2

Durable goods

 590 83 105 402 106 295 46.0 26.6

Nondurable goods

 380 74 80 226 58 168 41.5 22.4

Wholesale and retail trade

 1,502 261 320 921 288 633 41.4 20.8

Transportation and utilities

 386 68 106 212 61 151 35.9 17.7

Information

 158 24 23 112 31 80 61.9 33.0

Financial activities

 534 79 117 339 123 215 44.8 20.3

Professional and business services

 1,287 250 223 813 260 554 38.0 21.8

Education and health services

 1,275 238 255 782 190 592 41.3 23.2

Leisure and hospitality

 1,370 268 375 727 183 544 38.8 16.8

Other services

 424 84 90 250 97 153 36.6 18.2

Public administration

 212 22 42 148 39 109 47.1 29.6

No previous work experience

 1,133 208 269 656 241 415 34.0 18.8

Footnotes
 (1) Includes wage and salary workers only.

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).

 

Last Modified Date: May 03, 2013