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Unemployed people by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
32. Unemployed people by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	2025
	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)	7,314	2,357	2,150	2,808	1,113	1,696	23.0	9.9

No previous work experience	770	227	232	311	120	191	25.4	10.5

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,811	552	548	711	280	431	22.6	10.1
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	729	197	225	306	121	185	24.1	11.4
Professional and related occupations	1,082	355	323	405	158	246	21.6	9.5
Service occupations	1,537	527	421	588	236	352	23.4	9.8
Sales and office occupations	1,344	415	369	560	212	348	25.0	10.9
Sales and related occupations	679	212	182	284	102	182	25.2	11.0
Office and administrative support occupations	666	203	187	276	110	166	24.9	10.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	747	271	241	235	110	125	17.3	8.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	97	31	29	37	21	16	20.0	10.6
Construction and extraction occupations	481	183	161	137	66	72	15.8	8.2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	169	57	51	61	24	38	19.9	9.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,089	359	334	396	153	242	23.1	9.4
Production occupations	337	116	109	111	39	73	22.0	8.7
Transportation and material moving occupations	752	243	225	284	114	170	23.5	9.8

INDUSTRY(2)
Agriculture and related industries	120	36	38	45	26	18	18.8	10.6
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	25	8	9	9	4	5	-	-
Construction	507	189	163	155	65	91	17.1	8.6
Manufacturing	545	164	165	216	77	139	25.5	10.2
Durable goods	326	99	97	130	49	80	24.5	10.3
Nondurable goods	219	65	67	86	27	59	27.0	10.0
Wholesale and retail trade	977	290	282	405	163	242	24.0	10.9
Transportation and utilities	366	123	104	138	57	81	22.6	9.4
Information	137	37	39	61	25	36	28.7	12.5
Financial activities	249	64	72	114	40	74	26.9	12.9
Professional and business services	848	254	252	342	140	202	23.7	10.6
Education and health services	1,065	361	312	392	153	239	22.0	9.3
Leisure and hospitality	903	332	255	316	132	183	20.4	8.8
Other services	267	88	80	99	42	57	21.5	9.5
Public administration	155	49	46	60	25	35	21.6	10.4
Footnotes (1) People 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. People 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 2025 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2022 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

Last Modified Date: February 20, 2026