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

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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	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	1,406	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