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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 October 2026
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

 1,602 462 373 767 272 495 29.2 13.2

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 681 195 168 318 135 183 26.5 12.9

Professional and related occupations

 921 267 205 449 137 312 31.2 13.6

Service occupations

 1,539 474 404 660 269 391 26.0 10.4

Sales and office occupations

 1,284 397 265 622 197 424 29.1 13.4

Sales and related occupations

 663 258 116 289 124 166 24.1 10.3

Office and administrative support occupations

 621 139 149 332 73 259 34.3 17.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 479 180 116 182 77 105 20.2 9.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 45 9 27 9 1 8 - -

Construction and extraction occupations

 326 132 67 127 57 70 18.7 8.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 108 39 22 46 19 28 26.7 9.8

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,040 315 238 487 211 277 25.8 12.9

Production occupations

 306 107 46 153 80 73 24.6 14.5

Transportation and material moving occupations

 733 208 191 334 131 203 26.4 12.6

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 87 14 44 30 1 29 21.1 11.1

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 5 0 1 4 2 2 - -

Construction

 379 151 64 164 70 94 21.4 9.6

Manufacturing

 429 103 100 226 89 137 30.9 16.1

Durable goods

 266 64 55 147 55 92 36.7 18.2

Nondurable goods

 162 39 44 79 34 45 21.2 14.1

Wholesale and retail trade

 938 311 165 463 167 296 28.3 13.6

Transportation and utilities

 352 82 107 163 57 106 28.8 13.5

Information

 171 28 35 107 25 82 33.4 26.4

Financial activities

 257 92 57 109 48 61 22.6 10.1

Professional and business services

 717 248 167 302 92 210 26.9 9.3

Education and health services

 1,018 300 283 434 171 263 27.4 10.5

Leisure and hospitality

 866 238 217 411 174 238 24.5 13.1

Other services

 212 87 42 83 29 54 24.6 9.5

Public administration

 125 32 19 74 17 56 53.4 20.1

No previous work experience

 769 161 209 398 166 232 35.3 16.0

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). 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 06, 2026