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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 February 2023
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

1,406 431 523 453 212 240 20.9 9.0

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

632 185 267 180 86 94 19.2 8.6

Professional and related occupations

774 246 255 273 127 146 22.2 9.4

Service occupations

1,295 406 479 409 181 228 18.8 8.3

Sales and office occupations

1,327 417 449 461 177 284 20.9 9.4

Sales and related occupations

596 181 183 231 102 129 19.9 9.6

Office and administrative support occupations

731 236 266 230 75 155 21.7 9.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

902 326 332 244 130 115 13.9 8.6

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

85 37 33 15 12 4 8.9 7.6

Construction and extraction occupations

713 265 283 165 105 60 11.6 8.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

104 25 15 64 13 51 33.8 23.7

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

1,073 429 297 347 188 159 17.2 8.3

Production occupations

421 206 88 126 51 75 17.4 6.7

Transportation and material moving occupations

651 222 208 221 137 84 17.1 9.4

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

110 39 57 14 10 4 8.3 7.7

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

17 0 4 13 5 8 - -

Construction

708 252 282 175 120 55 12.5 8.1

Manufacturing

465 197 107 161 59 101 19.9 8.6

Durable goods

268 126 78 64 32 32 12.9 7.1

Nondurable goods

197 71 29 97 28 69 29.5 10.3

Wholesale and retail trade

1,046 317 369 360 170 190 18.1 8.4

Transportation and utilities

405 151 148 106 33 72 19.1 9.5

Information

97 23 49 25 4 21 19.7 8.9

Financial activities

227 78 74 75 31 44 20.3 8.7

Professional and business services

818 224 351 242 123 120 19.9 8.8

Education and health services

730 284 223 222 96 127 19.8 7.5

Leisure and hospitality

712 213 231 268 130 138 18.8 9.1

Other services

207 65 57 86 40 45 25.1 10.5

Public administration

156 35 52 70 27 43 28.5 11.7

No previous work experience

462 120 167 174 69 106 23.3 11.2

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: March 10, 2023