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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
32. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry2020
UnemployedWeeks
TotalLess
than
5 weeks
5 to 14
weeks
15 weeks and overAverage
(mean)
duration
Median
duration
Total15 to 26
weeks
27 weeks
and over

Total unemployed(1)

12,9473,7084,7284,5112,5161,99516.59.7

No previous work experience

5261611661988011824.210.2

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

3,0298371,0981,09460249317.110.0

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

1,14931237746024421618.110.9

Professional and related occupations

1,88052572063435727716.59.6

Service occupations

3,4079321,2921,18369049315.49.8

Sales and office occupations

2,59175594888949839116.39.6

Sales and related occupations

1,36739950446525720815.89.6

Office and administrative support occupations

1,22435644542424118316.99.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

1,29841545642722819916.19.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

120433542241814.79.6

Construction and extraction occupations

86227430328515113416.49.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

31698118100534715.78.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

2,07660276371141429716.09.7

Production occupations

74723826724214110115.69.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

1,32936449646927319616.210.0

INDUSTRY(2)

Agriculture and related industries

138464151282417.010.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

86212540211918.112.8

Construction

85726730328715812915.99.2

Manufacturing

1,03534136832618014515.68.8

Durable goods

6442172341931058815.68.5

Nondurable goods

390124133133765715.59.3

Wholesale and retail trade

1,65851061253630523115.29.2

Transportation and utilities

72619026427215911316.710.4

Information

205477088434519.912.2

Financial activities

403106130168828619.311.4

Professional and business services

1,19433841943723420318.010.0

Education and health services

2,00459380260935325615.48.9

Leisure and hospitality

2,61366299395857438415.410.3

Other services

6281812462011237715.09.2

Public administration

211696576423517.08.9

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

 

Last Modified Date: January 22, 2021