HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry July 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

 1,591 553 566 472 154 317 18.9 7.5

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 492 137 114 241 74 168 26.1 14.1

Professional and related occupations

 1,099 417 452 230 81 150 15.6 6.2

Service occupations

 1,319 504 436 380 144 236 16.1 7.4

Sales and office occupations

 1,274 496 337 441 207 234 19.6 8.8

Sales and related occupations

 523 215 134 174 76 98 21.0 8.1

Office and administrative support occupations

 751 280 203 267 131 136 18.7 9.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 640 173 272 196 67 129 18.8 9.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 61 25 18 18 4 14 - -

Construction and extraction occupations

 406 120 176 110 34 76 17.7 8.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 174 28 77 68 29 39 23.3 11.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 903 320 261 322 126 196 22.5 8.7

Production occupations

 362 162 100 100 43 57 17.9 7.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

 541 158 161 221 83 138 25.6 9.6

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 80 36 19 25 4 21 16.3 6.6

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 18 5 5 8 3 5 - -

Construction

 392 107 152 134 43 91 20.4 9.2

Manufacturing

 479 193 138 148 66 82 18.7 8.2

Durable goods

 299 118 86 96 53 43 18.2 8.0

Nondurable goods

 180 75 53 52 13 39 19.6 8.9

Wholesale and retail trade

 785 255 248 281 108 173 23.3 9.1

Transportation and utilities

 304 105 61 138 50 88 22.6 11.1

Information

 113 24 35 55 24 31 19.4 13.8

Financial activities

 173 28 64 81 32 49 24.6 13.2

Professional and business services

 651 220 161 269 110 159 21.5 9.9

Education and health services

 1,338 519 563 256 93 163 13.3 6.0

Leisure and hospitality

 824 365 250 209 97 112 16.0 6.8

Other services

 233 80 62 91 29 63 22.3 10.0

Public administration

 122 33 35 54 25 30 25.9 12.7

No previous work experience

 813 334 289 189 75 115 16.8 6.6

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: August 02, 2019