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Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
32. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	2024
	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)	6,761	2,235	2,012	2,513	1,064	1,449	21.6	9.6

No previous work experience	647	201	202	243	94	149	24.0	9.8

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,663	505	500	657	278	380	22.6	10.3
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	702	181	214	307	129	178	25.2	12.1
Professional and related occupations	961	324	286	350	148	202	20.7	9.3
Service occupations	1,381	485	405	491	208	283	21.0	9.1
Sales and office occupations	1,211	376	350	486	201	285	23.0	10.3
Sales and related occupations	635	199	178	258	102	156	24.0	10.5
Office and administrative support occupations	576	177	171	228	99	129	21.9	10.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	737	300	219	218	107	111	16.2	7.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	95	37	29	29	16	13	18.8	7.9
Construction and extraction occupations	502	214	144	144	72	71	14.9	7.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	140	49	45	46	19	26	19.1	8.7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,108	364	332	412	174	238	21.4	9.5
Production occupations	378	118	114	146	65	81	21.2	9.9
Transportation and material moving occupations	730	246	218	266	109	157	21.5	9.3

INDUSTRY(2)
Agriculture and related industries	121	47	37	37	21	16	16.9	7.9
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	18	7	3	8	4	3	-	-
Construction	505	213	145	146	72	74	15.8	7.2
Manufacturing	490	152	150	188	78	111	20.9	9.8
Durable goods	300	96	95	108	45	63	19.9	9.2
Nondurable goods	191	56	55	80	33	48	22.5	11.2
Wholesale and retail trade	897	285	254	358	141	217	22.9	10.1
Transportation and utilities	394	123	125	146	62	84	20.7	9.9
Information	121	31	38	52	19	34	27.6	12.2
Financial activities	250	63	77	110	42	68	26.3	12.3
Professional and business services	816	248	238	330	149	181	22.6	10.9
Education and health services	962	320	298	344	154	190	20.9	9.2
Leisure and hospitality	807	289	243	275	117	158	19.0	8.7
Other services	239	78	70	92	36	56	24.3	9.9
Public administration	145	43	45	57	25	33	25.9	10.3
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: January 29, 2025