2019 Annual Averages ‐ 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	2019
	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)	6,001	2,086	1,789	2,126	860	1,266	21.6	9.1

No previous work experience	591	196	182	214	81	132	24.8	9.4

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,310	436	388	487	181	306	22.6	9.5
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	499	153	138	209	77	132	23.0	11.1
Professional and related occupations	811	283	250	278	104	174	22.4	8.8
Service occupations	1,255	465	364	426	181	245	20.0	8.6
Sales and office occupations	1,274	422	375	476	193	283	22.6	9.9
Sales and related occupations	614	210	176	228	84	144	22.3	9.6
Office and administrative support occupations	659	212	200	248	109	139	22.9	10.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	703	266	216	221	100	121	17.8	8.2
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	123	44	38	40	22	18	15.0	8.5
Construction and extraction occupations	452	183	139	131	59	72	16.3	7.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	129	39	38	51	19	31	26.1	10.4
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	847	296	259	292	121	171	21.5	8.9
Production occupations	350	126	109	116	51	65	19.6	8.6
Transportation and material moving occupations	497	170	150	176	70	107	22.9	9.2

INDUSTRY(2)
Agriculture and related industries	133	45	45	43	22	21	16.1	8.7
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	25	11	7	7	3	4	-	-
Construction	442	174	138	131	54	76	17.3	7.8
Manufacturing	476	158	147	171	73	99	20.9	9.6
Durable goods	280	93	88	99	38	60	21.3	9.5
Nondurable goods	197	65	59	73	34	38	20.3	9.8
Wholesale and retail trade	813	263	251	299	120	178	22.4	9.7
Transportation and utilities	271	95	69	108	39	69	26.2	9.6
Information	93	26	27	40	15	25	27.8	11.2
Financial activities	222	61	67	93	35	58	25.1	11.8
Professional and business services	671	215	195	260	107	153	21.2	10.1
Education and health services	850	311	279	259	107	152	19.2	8.1
Leisure and hospitality	773	303	223	248	111	137	18.7	8.0
Other services	218	78	54	86	33	53	24.0	9.7
Public administration	138	39	37	62	26	36	27.6	12.2
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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

Last Modified Date: January 22, 2020