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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry December 2019
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

 1,171 361 379 430 171 259 20.8 9.4

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 533 174 137 223 102 120 21.4 10.3

Professional and related occupations

 638 188 242 208 69 139 20.3 9.0

Service occupations

 1,198 487 308 403 198 205 18.6 7.8

Sales and office occupations

 1,062 384 315 363 133 230 21.9 8.6

Sales and related occupations

 528 204 137 188 61 127 22.1 8.9

Office and administrative support occupations

 533 180 178 175 72 103 21.6 8.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 782 374 227 180 73 107 14.2 5.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 130 65 35 30 17 13 11.1 4.5

Construction and extraction occupations

 547 264 168 116 45 71 14.5 5.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 105 46 24 35 11 24 16.7 6.4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 826 278 294 254 90 165 18.2 8.6

Production occupations

 372 115 163 94 32 62 17.7 8.7

Transportation and material moving occupations

 454 163 131 160 58 102 18.7 8.6

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 187 72 67 48 14 33 15.5 6.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 35 9 18 9 1 8 - -

Construction

 497 253 135 108 38 71 14.0 4.4

Manufacturing

 438 160 139 139 42 97 21.6 8.8

Durable goods

 258 85 88 86 24 62 25.7 9.1

Nondurable goods

 180 76 51 53 19 35 15.6 8.0

Wholesale and retail trade

 731 222 249 260 79 182 22.0 9.5

Transportation and utilities

 198 74 55 70 36 34 20.7 8.3

Information

 50 11 13 26 8 18 - -

Financial activities

 254 61 86 106 28 78 26.1 12.7

Professional and business services

 560 183 200 178 87 91 15.6 8.3

Education and health services

 744 283 222 240 130 110 17.2 8.5

Leisure and hospitality

 710 295 174 240 126 115 16.6 6.9

Other services

 229 100 62 67 20 47 25.1 7.5

Public administration

 139 30 48 61 30 32 26.7 12.4

No previous work experience

 452 114 126 213 82 131 34.1 12.6

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: January 10, 2020