A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment

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	August 2022
	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	1,647	523	630	494	192	303	23.3	9.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	533	180	174	180	73	106	24.8	9.5
Professional and related occupations	1,113	343	456	315	118	196	22.6	8.8
Service occupations	1,331	499	390	442	132	310	22.2	8.2
Sales and office occupations	1,133	325	395	413	159	254	22.7	10.2
Sales and related occupations	585	171	226	187	61	127	21.8	9.8
Office and administrative support occupations	549	154	169	226	98	128	23.6	10.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	602	287	168	147	56	92	17.7	5.2
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	84	22	40	22	15	7	11.8	6.2
Construction and extraction occupations	430	216	113	100	30	70	19.0	4.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	88	49	15	25	10	15	16.8	3.4
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,014	354	332	327	99	228	24.2	8.7
Production occupations	367	141	130	96	22	74	23.9	8.2
Transportation and material moving occupations	646	213	202	232	77	155	24.3	9.0

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	107	33	51	22	12	10	10.6	5.9
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	16	2	7	7	6	1	-	-
Construction	406	210	94	102	26	76	21.2	4.3
Manufacturing	520	189	147	184	76	108	23.7	10.0
Durable goods	278	94	85	98	42	56	24.2	9.3
Nondurable goods	243	94	62	87	34	53	23.1	10.9
Wholesale and retail trade	727	186	240	301	87	213	31.2	10.4
Transportation and utilities	390	132	159	99	41	58	18.6	8.1
Information	84	46	22	16	12	5	10.3	4.3
Financial activities	184	73	61	50	23	27	20.4	7.4
Professional and business services	703	205	272	227	72	154	19.3	9.2
Education and health services	1,120	324	441	355	135	219	23.2	9.4
Leisure and hospitality	873	404	236	233	85	148	19.8	6.4
Other services	234	81	77	76	25	51	20.3	8.0
Public administration	99	13	28	58	18	40	28.9	25.2

No previous work experience	511	174	248	90	41	49	18.2	8.0
Footnotes (1) Includes wage and salary workers only.
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: September 02, 2022