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 2021
	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	2,014	382	319	1,312	287	1,025	33.3	28.8
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	896	156	139	601	126	475	34.0	31.9
Professional and related occupations	1,118	227	180	712	161	550	32.8	26.9
Service occupations	2,098	481	357	1,259	268	991	30.9	23.8
Sales and office occupations	1,777	382	348	1,046	266	781	30.6	21.3
Sales and related occupations	943	190	185	567	125	441	32.1	24.9
Office and administrative support occupations	834	191	163	479	140	339	28.8	18.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	1,207	281	210	716	240	476	27.1	21.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	128	20	25	83	18	65	32.3	26.0
Construction and extraction occupations	858	201	144	513	171	341	26.7	20.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	222	60	41	120	51	70	25.6	17.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,646	366	296	985	307	677	29.1	20.2
Production occupations	578	139	86	353	130	223	28.4	20.3
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,068	227	210	632	177	455	29.5	20.1

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	146	25	26	95	31	64	29.7	24.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	97	1	14	82	25	57	38.6	34.0
Construction	797	188	144	465	138	326	26.5	19.8
Manufacturing	873	231	132	510	144	366	29.2	20.4
Durable goods	513	158	73	281	62	219	29.8	18.9
Nondurable goods	360	72	59	228	81	147	28.2	21.6
Wholesale and retail trade	1,238	243	236	758	194	564	32.6	24.5
Transportation and utilities	578	112	124	341	125	217	25.8	19.2
Information	170	38	36	96	45	50	23.5	17.2
Financial activities	269	31	50	188	28	160	38.7	39.8
Professional and business services	1,049	211	187	651	132	519	32.9	26.4
Education and health services	994	271	194	530	94	436	30.9	18.6
Leisure and hospitality	1,407	276	222	909	231	678	31.0	25.5
Other services	397	106	70	221	66	155	24.9	18.0
Public administration	146	17	20	109	33	76	41.2	27.7

No previous work experience	457	133	128	196	52	144	28.2	12.3
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 07, 2021