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	April 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	1,088	397	276	415	168	247	24.9	9.3
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	462	186	104	173	39	134	29.6	8.5
Professional and related occupations	626	211	172	242	129	113	21.4	9.5
Service occupations	1,181	440	289	451	146	305	26.6	9.7
Sales and office occupations	1,094	345	282	467	181	285	26.5	11.5
Sales and related occupations	616	198	146	272	112	159	29.1	11.9
Office and administrative support occupations	478	147	136	195	69	126	23.0	10.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	601	246	105	250	107	143	27.2	9.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	43	30	6	7	0	7	-	-
Construction and extraction occupations	433	177	60	196	95	101	26.1	10.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	125	39	39	47	12	35	33.7	9.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,067	348	272	447	149	298	28.0	11.0
Production occupations	295	87	84	124	45	79	24.9	11.6
Transportation and material moving occupations	771	260	188	323	104	219	29.2	10.7

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	67	31	12	24	9	15	-	-
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	20	8	4	7	0	7	-	-
Construction	472	189	85	198	81	116	32.0	9.6
Manufacturing	492	157	107	228	100	128	28.3	12.2
Durable goods	315	105	56	153	67	87	28.9	13.4
Nondurable goods	177	52	50	75	33	42	27.3	11.2
Wholesale and retail trade	817	258	246	313	146	167	22.2	10.8
Transportation and utilities	295	88	66	140	37	103	29.4	13.6
Information	79	39	13	27	12	15	21.7	4.8
Financial activities	198	64	41	94	34	59	28.2	13.1
Professional and business services	582	216	165	202	57	145	22.9	9.0
Education and health services	659	197	195	268	109	159	26.2	10.2
Leisure and hospitality	659	277	135	246	92	154	22.3	8.9
Other services	209	61	62	86	18	68	36.6	9.8
Public administration	102	48	19	35	13	22	21.4	5.5

No previous work experience	402	113	116	173	54	119	27.5	12.5
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: May 06, 2022