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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry March 2025
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

 1,706 492 528 686 261 424 22.7 10.4

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 717 181 255 280 102 178 24.1 10.5

Professional and related occupations

 990 312 273 405 160 246 21.7 10.3

Service occupations

 1,563 400 513 650 247 403 28.4 12.2

Sales and office occupations

 1,276 357 387 532 240 292 22.1 11.5

Sales and related occupations

 644 173 184 287 145 143 21.6 12.5

Office and administrative support occupations

 631 184 203 244 96 149 22.5 10.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 826 250 297 278 182 96 16.1 10.9

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 131 40 41 50 39 11 13.8 10.9

Construction and extraction occupations

 554 164 214 176 120 56 16.0 11.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 140 47 41 52 24 29 18.4 9.8

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,176 377 431 368 175 193 22.1 9.3

Production occupations

 339 101 143 95 48 48 18.8 9.3

Transportation and material moving occupations

 837 276 288 273 127 146 23.5 9.3

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 136 63 34 40 29 11 11.4 6.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 8 0 2 6 5 1 - -

Construction

 608 179 210 219 115 104 18.3 11.2

Manufacturing

 479 101 186 191 64 127 27.1 11.8

Durable goods

 288 66 103 119 42 77 24.0 12.3

Nondurable goods

 190 35 84 72 22 50 31.9 10.9

Wholesale and retail trade

 946 278 327 341 188 153 19.2 10.9

Transportation and utilities

 379 114 144 121 73 48 17.4 8.4

Information

 133 21 33 78 44 34 22.2 17.3

Financial activities

 295 95 94 107 40 66 17.4 9.9

Professional and business services

 862 222 247 393 205 188 22.4 12.9

Education and health services

 911 309 268 334 106 228 23.1 9.0

Leisure and hospitality

 853 182 310 362 126 236 28.3 12.8

Other services

 338 105 120 113 41 72 28.8 9.4

Public administration

 155 69 48 38 14 23 14.3 7.8

No previous work experience

 677 208 177 292 114 177 29.3 10.5

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: April 04, 2025