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	May 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	1,719	543	537	639	281	358	20.0	10.5
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	819	268	253	298	132	166	19.8	10.4
Professional and related occupations	900	275	284	341	149	192	20.2	10.6
Service occupations	1,407	568	288	551	240	311	24.7	9.2
Sales and office occupations	1,272	485	310	477	200	278	24.9	8.9
Sales and related occupations	662	263	144	254	94	160	25.8	8.4
Office and administrative support occupations	611	222	166	223	106	117	23.9	9.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	587	197	190	200	125	75	16.5	9.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	72	22	15	35	26	9	-	-
Construction and extraction occupations	342	128	95	120	74	46	14.9	8.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	173	48	80	45	25	20	14.0	9.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,113	362	335	416	183	234	22.5	9.8
Production occupations	385	140	132	113	55	58	17.2	8.3
Transportation and material moving occupations	728	221	203	304	128	176	25.4	11.5

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	103	22	27	53	38	15	28.0	15.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	23	0	16	8	7	1	-	-
Construction	387	103	145	139	70	69	17.6	10.7
Manufacturing	555	196	169	190	72	118	23.9	9.0
Durable goods	364	118	128	118	50	68	23.9	9.4
Nondurable goods	191	78	41	72	22	50	23.9	7.7
Wholesale and retail trade	1,023	343	308	372	158	214	22.3	9.9
Transportation and utilities	361	122	78	161	80	81	25.6	11.2
Information	147	54	38	55	20	34	25.5	11.6
Financial activities	287	74	85	128	49	80	27.6	13.0
Professional and business services	701	209	157	335	154	181	27.4	13.5
Education and health services	909	334	254	321	155	166	20.5	9.2
Leisure and hospitality	913	429	222	262	111	151	17.5	5.4
Other services	226	80	67	79	31	48	22.7	11.1
Public administration	141	46	34	61	29	32	23.4	12.5

No previous work experience	713	277	157	279	93	186	26.0	9.3
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). 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: June 06, 2025