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Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
32. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	2012
	Unemployed						Weeks
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over			Average (mean) duration(1)	Median duration
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over	Average (mean) duration(1)	Median duration
Total unemployed(2)	12,506	2,644	2,866	6,996	1,859	5,136	39.4	19.3

No previous work experience	1,316	302	341	673	209	464	35.6	15.5

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	2,318	445	511	1,362	340	1,022	42.6	21.5
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	935	146	189	601	144	456	46.9	26.0
Professional and related occupations	1,383	299	322	762	196	566	39.7	18.7
Service occupations	2,540	584	600	1,356	386	971	35.9	17.2
Sales and office occupations	2,775	534	618	1,622	411	1,211	41.8	21.4
Sales and related occupations	1,318	276	304	738	191	547	39.7	19.3
Office and administrative support occupations	1,457	258	314	884	220	664	43.6	23.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	1,668	381	373	914	238	676	39.3	18.3
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	167	46	54	67	31	37	22.9	11.6
Construction and extraction occupations	1,181	272	252	658	173	484	39.5	18.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	320	64	67	189	34	155	46.9	24.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,845	392	413	1,041	268	773	39.7	19.8
Production occupations	865	168	190	507	127	379	43.0	21.7
Transportation and material moving occupations	980	224	223	534	140	394	36.7	18.2

INDUSTRY(3)
Agriculture and related industries	194	49	63	83	34	48	25.3	12.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	60	18	17	25	8	17	26.8	10.9
Construction	1,152	262	247	643	179	464	38.4	18.7
Manufacturing	1,134	185	246	702	169	533	46.8	24.4
Durable goods	701	113	145	443	103	341	48.5	26.2
Nondurable goods	433	72	102	259	66	192	44.2	21.7
Wholesale and retail trade	1,684	339	375	971	240	731	40.7	20.8
Transportation and utilities	449	96	91	262	65	198	39.6	21.3
Information	225	41	42	142	35	107	46.2	25.9
Financial activities	482	72	98	312	67	245	48.1	28.3
Professional and business services	1,394	280	321	793	214	580	39.4	19.8
Education and health services	1,642	358	376	907	239	668	38.0	18.9
Leisure and hospitality	1,462	349	374	740	220	519	34.6	15.0
Other services	475	107	107	261	69	192	39.6	18.5
Public administration	246	48	54	144	31	112	39.9	23.1
Footnotes (1) Beginning in January 2011, these series reflect a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm. (2) Persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total, but not shown separately. (3) 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 5, 2013