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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	November 2018
	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	1,330	450	354	526	240	287	22.5	9.5
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	557	185	136	237	102	134	25.4	10.0
Professional and related occupations	773	265	218	290	137	153	20.4	9.3
Service occupations	1,154	431	384	338	130	208	21.9	7.5
Sales and office occupations	1,224	427	372	425	143	282	24.0	9.0
Sales and related occupations	620	232	156	232	69	163	26.5	8.9
Office and administrative support occupations	604	195	216	193	74	119	21.4	9.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	677	265	209	203	101	102	17.7	7.2
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	129	51	43	35	20	15	12.6	7.0
Construction and extraction occupations	400	170	114	116	49	68	18.5	6.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	148	44	53	52	32	19	19.9	9.1
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	723	232	207	283	99	184	24.4	10.0
Production occupations	307	87	101	120	29	91	24.8	10.7
Transportation and material moving occupations	415	145	106	163	70	93	24.1	9.3

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	130	55	39	36	22	14	14.5	6.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	16	1	11	4	4	1	-	-
Construction	385	157	100	128	40	89	21.8	6.9
Manufacturing	474	147	139	188	77	111	24.8	10.0
Durable goods	279	89	87	103	56	47	21.6	9.5
Nondurable goods	195	58	52	85	21	64	29.5	11.7
Wholesale and retail trade	816	265	251	300	111	189	23.7	9.0
Transportation and utilities	265	100	53	112	38	74	34.7	9.0
Information	100	20	36	43	3	40	40.4	10.1
Financial activities	221	76	73	72	38	34	19.5	8.3
Professional and business services	638	235	190	213	88	125	20.5	8.9
Education and health services	737	215	219	303	142	160	21.1	10.0
Leisure and hospitality	742	305	254	183	77	106	19.5	6.4
Other services	233	91	69	73	31	42	20.0	7.0
Public administration	144	57	33	54	27	27	20.2	8.7

No previous work experience	524	168	137	219	100	119	25.0	11.7
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).

Last Modified Date: December 07, 2018

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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