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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 April 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

 1,621 437 413 772 272 500 29.2 13.7

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 737 162 198 377 136 242 33.1 15.4

Professional and related occupations

 885 275 215 394 136 259 26.0 12.8

Service occupations

 1,362 447 312 603 210 392 25.1 12.0

Sales and office occupations

 1,310 381 318 611 234 377 28.8 13.5

Sales and related occupations

 635 189 131 315 110 205 31.0 14.4

Office and administrative support occupations

 675 193 187 296 124 172 26.7 12.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 669 258 126 286 113 173 23.8 10.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 75 14 18 42 28 14 30.9 17.6

Construction and extraction occupations

 408 163 74 170 69 101 24.6 10.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 186 80 33 73 16 57 19.3 7.0

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,096 373 221 503 243 259 21.7 11.3

Production occupations

 289 128 37 124 58 66 19.7 7.7

Transportation and material moving occupations

 807 244 184 379 186 193 22.4 12.3

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 91 14 15 63 36 27 33.4 21.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 28 18 7 3 3 0 - -

Construction

 388 141 87 161 55 105 26.7 10.0

Manufacturing

 511 167 64 280 107 174 28.2 16.5

Durable goods

 291 87 39 165 82 83 25.8 16.6

Nondurable goods

 220 80 25 115 25 90 31.3 16.4

Wholesale and retail trade

 986 321 195 469 184 286 28.4 13.5

Transportation and utilities

 402 128 121 153 78 76 17.3 9.9

Information

 101 17 24 60 23 36 53.2 18.6

Financial activities

 294 57 67 169 63 106 28.8 19.9

Professional and business services

 866 221 241 403 140 263 27.9 13.5

Education and health services

 857 319 223 315 113 202 21.4 10.3

Leisure and hospitality

 758 266 144 347 143 204 22.9 12.5

Other services

 255 84 58 113 29 85 29.4 10.3

Public administration

 195 15 58 122 59 64 34.2 17.9

No previous work experience

 668 219 161 288 153 135 24.5 11.2

Footnotes
(1) Includes wage and salary workers only.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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). 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: May 08, 2026