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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 September 2024
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

1,647 468 483 696 287 409 24.2 11.9

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

705 163 217 325 145 180 27.6 13.2

Professional and related occupations

942 305 266 371 141 229 21.6 10.8

Service occupations

1,341 512 339 490 184 307 23.0 8.8

Sales and office occupations

1,249 365 320 563 212 351 24.6 12.3

Sales and related occupations

649 161 160 327 130 197 27.9 14.8

Office and administrative support occupations

601 204 161 236 82 154 21.1 9.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

598 209 191 197 77 120 18.0 9.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

96 25 53 18 4 14 14.1 9.1

Construction and extraction occupations

384 160 106 118 51 66 16.4 7.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

118 24 32 61 21 40 26.3 16.9

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

1,041 348 269 424 161 263 22.5 10.9

Production occupations

344 118 100 126 42 84 20.6 9.6

Transportation and material moving occupations

697 230 169 298 119 179 23.5 11.8

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

136 35 65 35 14 21 16.2 9.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

12 3 4 6 6 0 - -

Construction

408 168 114 126 52 74 17.7 7.9

Manufacturing

497 151 124 223 90 133 24.8 12.2

Durable goods

294 93 65 137 65 71 23.0 12.7

Nondurable goods

204 58 59 86 25 62 27.5 11.7

Wholesale and retail trade

855 238 198 419 190 229 22.1 14.0

Transportation and utilities

406 131 114 161 56 105 20.9 9.9

Information

99 25 18 56 26 31 38.1 18.3

Financial activities

238 65 69 104 18 86 35.0 11.5

Professional and business services

758 225 243 290 115 175 24.7 12.0

Education and health services

998 342 286 370 130 241 20.6 9.2

Leisure and hospitality

777 289 221 268 103 165 21.8 8.3

Other services

192 48 45 99 31 68 34.1 15.4

Public administration

143 32 41 70 34 35 28.2 13.8

No previous work experience

630 193 190 248 94 154 23.9 11.5

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: October 04, 2024