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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	2014
	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)	9,617	2,471	2,432	4,714	1,497	3,218	33.7	14.0

No previous work experience	1,086	277	296	512	172	340	33.3	13.3

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,777	444	449	884	259	625	36.2	14.4
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	704	141	170	392	110	282	40.3	18.8
Professional and related occupations	1,073	303	278	492	149	343	33.5	12.5
Service occupations	2,048	561	502	984	311	673	32.3	13.6
Sales and office occupations	2,119	492	527	1,099	338	760	35.3	15.9
Sales and related occupations	1,022	245	263	515	177	338	32.9	14.7
Office and administrative support occupations	1,096	247	265	584	161	423	37.6	17.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	1,171	340	297	534	188	346	31.2	12.4
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	134	39	36	59	26	33	27.6	12.1
Construction and extraction occupations	813	245	206	361	128	233	30.6	12.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	224	56	55	113	34	79	35.8	14.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,385	350	352	683	222	461	32.6	14.2
Production occupations	632	153	158	321	99	222	33.1	15.1
Transportation and material moving occupations	754	197	194	362	123	239	32.3	13.6

INDUSTRY(2)
Agriculture and related industries	154	46	42	66	29	37	27.6	11.2
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	54	16	14	23	10	13	24.8	11.3
Construction	776	230	206	340	122	218	29.8	11.8
Manufacturing	766	165	190	410	120	291	37.0	17.3
Durable goods	465	103	117	246	73	172	36.0	16.7
Nondurable goods	301	63	74	165	46	118	38.7	18.3
Wholesale and retail trade	1,275	313	328	635	208	427	32.7	14.4
Transportation and utilities	391	93	87	212	71	141	35.8	17.3
Information	161	38	39	84	24	60	37.8	16.1
Financial activities	386	77	89	220	64	156	39.3	19.1
Professional and business services	1,114	276	296	541	172	369	33.5	13.9
Education and health services	1,222	330	304	588	171	417	33.5	13.5
Leisure and hospitality	1,209	330	317	562	183	379	30.7	12.9
Other services	371	107	85	179	53	126	35.4	13.7
Public administration	179	38	40	101	27	74	42.4	19.6
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 12, 2015