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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-37. Unemployed people by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry September 2025
Unemployed Weeks of unemployment
Total Less
than
5 weeks		 5 to 14
weeks		 15 weeks and over Average
(mean)
duration		 Median
duration
Total 15 to 26
weeks		 27 weeks
and over

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,831 506 527 798 315 483 26.8 11.4

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 685 198 172 315 112 204 30.0 12.4

Professional and related occupations

 1,146 308 356 482 204 279 24.8 10.9

Service occupations

 1,565 549 404 612 248 364 24.6 9.8

Sales and office occupations

 1,484 406 424 654 267 387 22.7 11.6

Sales and related occupations

 702 215 222 265 91 174 20.5 9.8

Office and administrative support occupations

 782 191 202 389 176 213 24.7 14.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 565 191 190 184 64 120 19.2 9.6

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 85 29 39 18 17 1 10.7 8.9

Construction and extraction occupations

 340 118 116 106 41 65 17.2 9.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 139 44 35 60 6 54 29.2 9.8

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,067 338 342 386 144 242 24.7 9.6

Production occupations

 368 129 108 132 27 105 31.1 9.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

 699 209 235 255 118 137 21.3 9.9

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 111 48 40 24 22 2 11.4 8.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 34 11 12 11 0 11 - -

Construction

 407 134 150 123 36 86 20.2 9.5

Manufacturing

 575 194 154 227 77 150 29.3 9.8

Durable goods

 364 131 100 134 49 84 24.5 9.8

Nondurable goods

 211 63 54 93 27 66 37.6 9.8

Wholesale and retail trade

 945 234 291 420 199 222 23.3 11.6

Transportation and utilities

 380 101 160 119 45 74 18.7 10.1

Information

 177 53 52 72 25 47 31.2 11.1

Financial activities

 257 70 76 112 46 66 20.8 12.7

Professional and business services

 852 257 217 378 144 234 26.8 10.8

Education and health services

 1,117 295 315 507 199 308 25.8 12.5

Leisure and hospitality

 979 338 275 366 157 209 23.5 9.4

Other services

 257 92 67 99 34 65 19.1 8.7

Public administration

 148 47 35 66 29 37 21.4 10.2

No previous work experience

 806 171 285 350 143 207 27.8 12.9

Footnotes
(1) Includes wage and salary workers only.

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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

 

Last Modified Date: November 20, 2025