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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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 15 to 26
weeks
27 weeks
and over

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