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	April 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	1,596	366	525	704	248	456	24.3	12.2
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	707	147	225	335	113	222	25.6	13.3
Professional and related occupations	889	219	300	369	135	235	23.3	11.4
Service occupations	1,308	373	324	611	276	335	26.5	13.3
Sales and office occupations	1,216	322	355	539	238	301	24.3	12.6
Sales and related occupations	617	157	161	298	143	155	22.7	14.1
Office and administrative support occupations	600	165	194	241	95	146	26.0	10.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	749	272	168	309	148	161	19.9	11.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	78	20	17	41	20	21	27.0	15.3
Construction and extraction occupations	536	204	114	218	110	108	18.6	10.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	136	48	37	51	19	32	20.8	10.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,133	317	395	421	191	230	25.3	10.0
Production occupations	347	111	111	125	49	76	25.1	9.1
Transportation and material moving occupations	786	207	284	296	142	154	25.3	10.4

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	117	23	36	58	30	28	24.3	14.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	23	10	1	12	4	8	-	-
Construction	624	217	164	244	110	134	19.1	10.1
Manufacturing	556	160	158	238	96	142	28.6	10.6
Durable goods	323	93	99	131	42	90	27.4	9.2
Nondurable goods	233	67	59	107	54	53	30.2	13.0
Wholesale and retail trade	871	189	305	377	162	215	23.6	12.0
Transportation and utilities	318	99	87	131	66	65	25.2	11.9
Information	119	20	27	72	19	53	32.8	21.4
Financial activities	313	76	113	123	23	100	28.1	11.0
Professional and business services	710	148	220	341	145	196	27.1	13.8
Education and health services	796	227	263	306	118	188	22.7	10.7
Leisure and hospitality	753	244	164	345	189	156	23.3	12.9
Other services	257	62	71	124	73	52	17.6	13.9
Public administration	160	32	54	73	20	53	33.8	13.3

No previous work experience	567	140	151	276	70	206	29.8	13.8
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). 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: May 02, 2025