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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 January 2026
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

 2,019 557 542 921 350 570 24.9 12.6

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 842 219 222 400 168 232 26.6 13.4

Professional and related occupations

 1,178 337 320 520 183 338 23.7 12.0

Service occupations

 1,550 517 461 572 207 365 20.5 9.9

Sales and office occupations

 1,393 505 390 497 183 314 22.7 9.2

Sales and related occupations

 766 286 186 294 104 190 23.8 8.8

Office and administrative support occupations

 627 220 203 204 79 124 21.4 9.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 1,052 410 343 300 113 187 19.2 7.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 131 48 48 34 23 11 11.7 7.3

Construction and extraction occupations

 736 299 265 172 76 96 15.5 6.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 186 62 30 94 14 79 39.2 15.0

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,204 396 359 449 224 225 21.2 9.8

Production occupations

 379 152 115 113 69 43 14.5 8.0

Transportation and material moving occupations

 825 244 245 336 154 182 24.3 11.0

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 147 51 45 50 23 28 14.5 8.6

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 30 2 15 13 6 8 - -

Construction

 753 310 271 172 85 87 14.4 6.4

Manufacturing

 547 165 131 251 133 118 23.9 12.0

Durable goods

 316 112 68 136 74 63 21.9 9.4

Nondurable goods

 230 53 62 115 59 56 26.7 14.5

Wholesale and retail trade

 1,157 369 307 480 145 335 27.6 10.5

Transportation and utilities

 385 169 112 103 50 54 14.1 7.2

Information

 127 29 27 71 38 33 29.5 17.1

Financial activities

 228 77 82 69 27 42 18.0 8.3

Professional and business services

 934 262 349 324 129 195 23.0 10.1

Education and health services

 1,118 358 272 488 214 274 20.2 11.9

Leisure and hospitality

 929 323 242 364 140 224 20.6 9.7

Other services

 234 63 59 111 45 66 29.6 13.6

Public administration

 191 63 64 64 6 59 21.0 9.0

No previous work experience

 659 160 190 309 117 193 25.5 13.2

Footnotes
(1) Includes wage and salary workers only.

NOTE: 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: February 11, 2026