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Occupation and industry | September 2024 | |||||||
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Unemployed | Weeks of unemployment | |||||||
Total | Less than 5 weeks |
5 to 14 weeks |
15 weeks and over | Average (mean) duration |
Median duration |
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Total | 15 to 26 weeks |
27 weeks and over |
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OCCUPATION |
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Management, professional, and related occupations |
1,647 | 468 | 483 | 696 | 287 | 409 | 24.2 | 11.9 |
Management, business, and financial operations occupations |
705 | 163 | 217 | 325 | 145 | 180 | 27.6 | 13.2 |
Professional and related occupations |
942 | 305 | 266 | 371 | 141 | 229 | 21.6 | 10.8 |
Service occupations |
1,341 | 512 | 339 | 490 | 184 | 307 | 23.0 | 8.8 |
Sales and office occupations |
1,249 | 365 | 320 | 563 | 212 | 351 | 24.6 | 12.3 |
Sales and related occupations |
649 | 161 | 160 | 327 | 130 | 197 | 27.9 | 14.8 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
601 | 204 | 161 | 236 | 82 | 154 | 21.1 | 9.9 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations |
598 | 209 | 191 | 197 | 77 | 120 | 18.0 | 9.1 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
96 | 25 | 53 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 14.1 | 9.1 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
384 | 160 | 106 | 118 | 51 | 66 | 16.4 | 7.7 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
118 | 24 | 32 | 61 | 21 | 40 | 26.3 | 16.9 |
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations |
1,041 | 348 | 269 | 424 | 161 | 263 | 22.5 | 10.9 |
Production occupations |
344 | 118 | 100 | 126 | 42 | 84 | 20.6 | 9.6 |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
697 | 230 | 169 | 298 | 119 | 179 | 23.5 | 11.8 |
INDUSTRY(1) |
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Agriculture and related industries |
136 | 35 | 65 | 35 | 14 | 21 | 16.2 | 9.2 |
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction |
12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | - | - |
Construction |
408 | 168 | 114 | 126 | 52 | 74 | 17.7 | 7.9 |
Manufacturing |
497 | 151 | 124 | 223 | 90 | 133 | 24.8 | 12.2 |
Durable goods |
294 | 93 | 65 | 137 | 65 | 71 | 23.0 | 12.7 |
Nondurable goods |
204 | 58 | 59 | 86 | 25 | 62 | 27.5 | 11.7 |
Wholesale and retail trade |
855 | 238 | 198 | 419 | 190 | 229 | 22.1 | 14.0 |
Transportation and utilities |
406 | 131 | 114 | 161 | 56 | 105 | 20.9 | 9.9 |
Information |
99 | 25 | 18 | 56 | 26 | 31 | 38.1 | 18.3 |
Financial activities |
238 | 65 | 69 | 104 | 18 | 86 | 35.0 | 11.5 |
Professional and business services |
758 | 225 | 243 | 290 | 115 | 175 | 24.7 | 12.0 |
Education and health services |
998 | 342 | 286 | 370 | 130 | 241 | 20.6 | 9.2 |
Leisure and hospitality |
777 | 289 | 221 | 268 | 103 | 165 | 21.8 | 8.3 |
Other services |
192 | 48 | 45 | 99 | 31 | 68 | 34.1 | 15.4 |
Public administration |
143 | 32 | 41 | 70 | 34 | 35 | 28.2 | 13.8 |
No previous work experience |
630 | 193 | 190 | 248 | 94 | 154 | 23.9 | 11.5 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000). Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). Effective with January 2020 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2017 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years. |
Last Modified Date: October 04, 2024