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	2013
	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)	11,460	2,584	2,759	6,117	1,807	4,310	36.5	17.0

No previous work experience	1,247	295	347	606	202	404	32.6	13.9

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	2,036	447	473	1,116	315	801	37.5	18.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	831	149	186	496	141	355	41.2	21.0
Professional and related occupations	1,205	298	287	620	174	446	35.0	15.6
Service occupations	2,444	588	596	1,261	364	896	34.4	15.7
Sales and office occupations	2,575	546	583	1,446	404	1,042	39.6	19.2
Sales and related occupations	1,212	275	288	648	185	463	37.7	17.2
Office and administrative support occupations	1,363	270	295	798	218	579	41.4	20.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	1,423	353	355	715	228	487	34.7	14.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	124	33	38	53	22	30	26.7	11.8
Construction and extraction occupations	1,016	259	254	503	161	342	34.7	14.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	284	61	63	160	45	115	38.5	19.4
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,690	351	396	944	288	656	37.9	18.3
Production occupations	792	153	176	462	136	327	40.5	19.9
Transportation and material moving occupations	898	197	219	482	153	329	35.6	16.9

INDUSTRY(2)
Agriculture and related industries	148	37	46	65	30	35	25.2	12.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	66	18	22	27	12	15	20.9	11.1
Construction	957	237	244	476	151	324	35.0	14.4
Manufacturing	1,031	190	230	611	172	439	42.4	20.6
Durable goods	619	112	140	367	95	273	43.5	21.5
Nondurable goods	412	78	90	244	77	166	40.8	19.7
Wholesale and retail trade	1,487	312	341	834	230	604	39.0	19.1
Transportation and utilities	452	94	109	249	68	180	37.6	18.3
Information	185	40	36	109	32	77	41.2	20.4
Financial activities	440	84	95	261	76	185	42.6	20.7
Professional and business services	1,321	271	311	739	221	518	36.9	18.5
Education and health services	1,447	342	334	772	211	561	35.5	17.2
Leisure and hospitality	1,421	368	370	682	211	472	32.1	13.6
Other services	449	108	104	236	75	161	35.9	16.3
Public administration	237	50	46	141	40	101	40.5	21.8
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 26, 2014