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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry February 2024
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

1,580 511 458 611 300 311 22.9 9.2

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

731 222 230 279 136 143 21.3 8.9

Professional and related occupations

849 290 227 332 165 168 24.3 9.3

Service occupations

1,395 451 477 467 256 211 19.8 9.0

Sales and office occupations

1,368 409 492 467 197 270 21.0 9.2

Sales and related occupations

704 215 257 232 89 143 21.5 9.3

Office and administrative support occupations

664 194 235 235 108 127 20.4 9.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

940 326 407 207 104 102 15.3 7.6

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

119 41 52 25 18 8 14.5 7.1

Construction and extraction occupations

665 222 316 128 74 53 12.4 7.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

156 62 40 54 12 41 28.2 6.4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

1,101 328 349 424 184 240 20.7 10.7

Production occupations

382 111 139 132 80 52 17.7 11.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

718 217 209 292 104 188 22.2 10.4

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

141 58 56 28 19 9 11.3 6.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

24 16 8 0 0 0 - -

Construction

725 262 317 147 85 61 13.1 7.5

Manufacturing

450 135 168 148 78 69 18.4 9.9

Durable goods

270 92 108 70 40 30 17.1 8.6

Nondurable goods

180 43 60 77 39 39 20.3 12.4

Wholesale and retail trade

926 270 336 319 117 203 20.9 9.4

Transportation and utilities

435 153 139 142 69 73 16.8 8.0

Information

130 24 47 59 23 35 29.4 10.4

Financial activities

247 69 86 93 51 42 18.4 9.9

Professional and business services

964 307 305 352 156 196 24.7 9.6

Education and health services

701 204 198 299 158 142 24.2 10.9

Leisure and hospitality

846 288 278 280 145 136 18.8 8.6

Other services

267 76 70 121 42 79 28.3 12.6

Public administration

168 43 61 64 21 43 25.3 9.1

No previous work experience

576 174 180 222 67 155 23.8 10.7

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). Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). Effective with January 2020 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2017 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

 

Last Modified Date: March 08, 2024