A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-37. Unemployed people by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	December 2025
	Unemployed						Weeks of unemployment
	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
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,760	468	488	804	320	484	24.3	12.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	802	230	214	358	163	194	23.5	11.5
Professional and related occupations	958	238	274	446	157	290	24.9	12.4
Service occupations	1,405	474	390	542	159	383	22.2	10.7
Sales and office occupations	1,399	448	353	598	204	394	25.8	10.7
Sales and related occupations	683	224	161	298	111	187	22.0	11.0
Office and administrative support occupations	716	224	192	300	93	207	29.4	10.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	779	337	168	274	127	148	19.1	7.3
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	94	21	31	42	27	15	14.9	12.2
Construction and extraction occupations	490	253	89	148	69	79	16.3	4.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	195	63	47	85	30	54	28.2	12.4
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	872	291	251	331	119	212	24.1	9.4
Production occupations	297	123	80	93	29	64	24.1	7.4
Transportation and material moving occupations	576	167	171	238	90	147	24.0	10.9

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	120	24	45	50	36	15	14.5	10.3
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	35	4	12	19	2	17	-	-
Construction	545	300	91	154	62	92	17.9	4.1
Manufacturing	485	148	156	181	61	120	26.4	9.6
Durable goods	279	81	90	108	39	69	27.2	10.1
Nondurable goods	206	66	67	73	22	52	25.4	9.1
Wholesale and retail trade	932	243	223	466	144	322	25.7	14.5
Transportation and utilities	305	95	86	124	42	82	23.8	10.5
Information	125	35	47	43	31	12	19.4	9.3
Financial activities	220	70	59	90	56	34	19.1	11.8
Professional and business services	867	283	272	312	107	205	23.3	9.2
Education and health services	866	215	243	407	168	239	21.8	13.4
Leisure and hospitality	862	361	172	330	112	217	20.9	8.3
Other services	278	90	84	105	49	56	26.0	9.9
Public administration	195	49	51	94	32	63	25.3	13.8

No previous work experience	736	140	180	416	184	232	29.6	18.7
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: January 09, 2026