A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	August 2018
	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	1,591	488	595	508	200	308	21.5	9.7
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	534	175	150	209	77	131	26.1	11.1
Professional and related occupations	1,057	312	445	300	123	177	19.2	9.2
Service occupations	1,317	531	401	386	139	247	20.5	8.0
Sales and office occupations	1,320	430	386	504	197	307	22.8	9.2
Sales and related occupations	575	180	147	248	104	145	25.8	11.3
Office and administrative support occupations	745	250	239	256	93	163	20.5	8.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	579	232	136	211	80	131	23.6	8.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	91	41	20	30	14	16	23.9	6.8
Construction and extraction occupations	357	122	93	142	44	98	24.8	10.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	131	70	23	39	22	17	20.2	4.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	887	324	232	330	122	209	22.8	8.7
Production occupations	324	122	75	127	44	83	24.7	8.7
Transportation and material moving occupations	562	202	157	204	77	126	21.7	8.7

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	126	61	32	33	14	19	19.5	4.9
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	15	8	0	7	3	4	-	-
Construction	341	121	96	124	39	85	22.6	8.9
Manufacturing	498	179	133	186	76	111	20.1	9.4
Durable goods	254	81	72	101	36	64	22.2	9.9
Nondurable goods	244	97	61	86	39	46	18.0	8.6
Wholesale and retail trade	883	293	252	337	139	199	23.5	9.3
Transportation and utilities	270	93	73	104	23	81	21.3	9.2
Information	94	24	20	50	9	42	29.8	17.5
Financial activities	270	89	58	123	49	74	26.7	12.5
Professional and business services	622	241	195	186	58	128	24.1	8.4
Education and health services	1,102	317	459	326	157	168	17.7	9.2
Leisure and hospitality	826	346	222	258	95	162	22.5	8.0
Other services	222	93	74	55	12	43	16.3	7.1
Public administration	121	21	55	45	13	31	35.4	11.4

No previous work experience	649	159	288	202	70	131	23.8	9.7
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).

Last Modified Date: September 07, 2018

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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