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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 August 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

 2,181 464 823 894 297 597 26.4 11.8

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 763 102 264 398 145 253 31.2 15.6

Professional and related occupations

 1,417 362 559 496 152 344 23.8 10.0

Service occupations

 1,561 474 514 572 182 390 25.1 10.5

Sales and office occupations

 1,169 287 297 585 204 381 31.8 14.5

Sales and related occupations

 613 155 157 302 112 189 30.5 14.3

Office and administrative support occupations

 556 132 140 283 92 192 33.2 15.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 598 204 163 232 82 150 21.4 9.2

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 73 25 18 30 10 20 - -

Construction and extraction occupations

 370 138 102 130 54 76 17.4 8.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 155 41 43 71 18 53 25.0 10.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,031 339 347 345 120 225 21.1 10.0

Production occupations

 306 87 98 121 46 75 25.4 11.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

 725 252 249 224 74 150 19.3 9.6

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 77 18 18 41 16 26 36.7 17.8

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 16 8 0 7 7 0 - -

Construction

 322 84 119 119 41 78 19.7 9.2

Manufacturing

 504 127 171 206 73 133 25.7 11.7

Durable goods

 293 99 73 120 38 82 28.0 10.9

Nondurable goods

 211 28 98 86 35 51 22.5 12.3

Wholesale and retail trade

 867 240 258 369 150 219 25.8 12.2

Transportation and utilities

 390 119 98 172 73 99 23.4 12.4

Information

 187 17 82 87 37 50 29.1 13.2

Financial activities

 300 55 80 166 54 112 32.3 19.0

Professional and business services

 799 219 217 363 108 255 30.6 12.4

Education and health services

 1,509 374 644 490 144 346 23.3 10.4

Leisure and hospitality

 927 284 305 338 133 204 22.3 10.5

Other services

 271 93 50 128 41 88 24.9 10.1

Public administration

 86 41 22 23 0 23 28.0 5.6

No previous work experience

 805 198 291 315 113 203 29.2 10.8

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). 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: September 04, 2026