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	January 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	2,433	564	530	1,338	317	1,021	27.0	20.1
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	1,088	289	203	596	160	436	27.1	19.2
Professional and related occupations	1,345	275	327	743	158	585	26.9	21.1
Service occupations	2,887	631	788	1,468	320	1,148	24.4	15.4
Sales and office occupations	1,983	544	442	997	283	714	23.1	14.7
Sales and related occupations	1,036	283	235	518	165	353	21.8	14.5
Office and administrative support occupations	947	261	207	479	118	361	24.5	15.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	1,417	370	424	623	159	464	22.1	11.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	140	38	48	53	9	44	20.8	12.0
Construction and extraction occupations	963	262	268	433	117	315	22.1	11.7
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	314	70	107	137	33	104	22.6	11.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,626	478	386	762	193	569	22.7	13.0
Production occupations	544	148	115	281	60	221	24.3	16.6
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,081	329	271	481	133	348	21.8	12.2

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	169	55	60	55	9	45	18.5	11.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	95	8	3	84	9	74	37.3	38.9
Construction	963	251	290	422	153	268	20.2	10.9
Manufacturing	700	181	170	349	93	256	23.7	14.4
Durable goods	396	131	89	176	48	127	21.7	10.0
Nondurable goods	304	50	81	173	45	128	26.3	21.6
Wholesale and retail trade	1,374	399	304	671	161	510	22.4	13.9
Transportation and utilities	644	179	138	327	76	251	22.8	15.9
Information	205	40	29	136	21	115	36.2	31.7
Financial activities	387	138	78	171	19	152	24.1	10.0
Professional and business services	1,171	266	272	633	193	440	27.3	17.8
Education and health services	1,347	296	356	695	174	520	23.8	15.9
Leisure and hospitality	1,973	469	544	961	192	769	23.2	13.9
Other services	550	129	141	280	73	207	26.8	15.4
Public administration	150	27	46	76	14	62	27.2	15.4

No previous work experience	494	120	138	236	82	154	27.4	13.7
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: February 05, 2021