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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 November 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

 1,851 539 539 774 296 478 24.1 10.9

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 795 225 229 341 151 190 24.6 10.9

Professional and related occupations

 1,056 313 310 433 145 288 23.7 11.0

Service occupations

 1,491 541 390 560 241 319 21.2 8.6

Sales and office occupations

 1,474 491 348 635 206 429 24.1 10.1

Sales and related occupations

 743 248 167 329 108 221 23.0 10.6

Office and administrative support occupations

 730 243 181 306 98 208 25.3 9.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 787 274 269 244 76 168 20.2 8.8

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 147 34 46 67 26 41 21.9 10.4

Construction and extraction occupations

 475 177 178 119 45 75 16.7 8.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 166 63 45 58 6 52 28.4 8.5

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,028 325 266 437 178 259 26.9 10.1

Production occupations

 299 91 84 124 17 107 30.1 9.3

Transportation and material moving occupations

 729 235 182 313 161 152 25.6 10.7

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 180 50 58 72 35 37 16.2 8.9

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 50 16 15 20 9 11 - -

Construction

 443 169 133 140 34 106 20.9 9.4

Manufacturing

 516 138 149 228 49 179 28.4 10.1

Durable goods

 278 77 88 113 23 90 26.0 10.1

Nondurable goods

 238 61 62 116 26 89 31.2 10.2

Wholesale and retail trade

 1,098 309 245 543 215 329 27.1 14.2

Transportation and utilities

 404 129 114 161 61 100 24.7 9.4

Information

 125 30 47 48 15 33 28.8 11.3

Financial activities

 221 67 66 88 28 59 22.4 9.4

Professional and business services

 904 310 271 323 144 179 21.0 8.8

Education and health services

 978 280 233 465 189 276 26.4 13.2

Leisure and hospitality

 847 319 226 302 116 186 21.0 8.7

Other services

 270 131 53 86 42 44 16.8 5.2

Public administration

 236 65 81 90 44 47 19.4 9.4

No previous work experience

 731 162 248 321 119 202 26.4 12.8

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: December 16, 2025