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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 June 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

 2,042 664 498 880 300 580 27.8 11.3

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 850 233 187 429 125 304 34.0 15.1

Professional and related occupations

 1,192 431 311 451 175 276 23.3 8.9

Service occupations

 1,406 542 338 526 216 310 22.1 7.9

Sales and office occupations

 1,244 425 316 502 130 372 24.3 10.0

Sales and related occupations

 577 191 145 241 63 177 23.9 11.0

Office and administrative support occupations

 667 234 171 262 67 195 24.7 9.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 729 298 163 268 120 148 25.0 8.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 53 17 14 23 11 12 - -

Construction and extraction occupations

 551 238 103 209 101 108 23.5 7.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 125 43 46 36 8 28 34.0 9.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 984 370 212 402 144 257 20.6 9.2

Production occupations

 316 129 58 128 47 82 21.5 8.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

 668 241 154 273 98 176 20.2 9.4

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 49 10 18 22 11 11 - -

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 38 26 13 0 0 0 - -

Construction

 510 203 106 200 93 107 25.3 7.8

Manufacturing

 556 189 130 237 88 149 22.5 11.8

Durable goods

 342 113 80 150 65 85 22.8 12.3

Nondurable goods

 214 76 51 87 23 64 22.1 11.2

Wholesale and retail trade

 737 256 199 282 67 216 23.4 9.9

Transportation and utilities

 329 107 92 130 59 72 23.3 9.3

Information

 145 34 59 53 15 38 35.5 11.8

Financial activities

 254 74 78 102 40 62 25.4 11.6

Professional and business services

 803 235 152 416 125 291 31.7 15.8

Education and health services

 1,345 573 291 482 189 293 20.5 6.3

Leisure and hospitality

 830 318 221 291 121 171 23.2 7.4

Other services

 284 83 65 136 29 107 21.9 12.1

Public administration

 154 54 24 77 25 52 33.2 14.4

No previous work experience

 1,043 545 219 279 82 197 19.9 4.3

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: July 02, 2026