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	April 2019
	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	1,040	281	308	451	175	276	24.7	12.5
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	375	85	117	173	62	111	25.0	13.5
Professional and related occupations	664	196	191	278	113	165	24.5	11.7
Service occupations	1,132	371	313	447	173	275	26.6	10.0
Sales and office occupations	1,254	343	378	533	232	300	26.0	12.1
Sales and related occupations	625	201	197	227	95	132	23.7	10.3
Office and administrative support occupations	629	142	182	306	137	168	28.3	14.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	725	241	159	325	187	138	19.7	11.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	140	37	23	80	52	28	19.5	16.2
Construction and extraction occupations	453	147	101	205	125	81	18.9	11.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	132	57	35	40	10	29	23.1	10.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	768	216	241	311	156	155	23.5	10.9
Production occupations	340	100	90	150	76	74	22.7	11.0
Transportation and material moving occupations	427	116	150	161	80	81	24.1	10.9

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	124	30	24	69	42	27	20.4	16.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	17	8	3	5	4	1	-	-
Construction	440	147	100	194	102	92	19.7	11.3
Manufacturing	486	137	152	197	87	109	24.6	11.5
Durable goods	268	69	90	108	40	69	24.2	12.0
Nondurable goods	218	67	62	89	48	41	24.9	10.4
Wholesale and retail trade	840	253	235	352	179	174	23.3	11.7
Transportation and utilities	285	79	70	137	44	93	33.3	13.5
Information	93	20	38	35	15	21	21.8	9.9
Financial activities	210	34	105	71	34	38	22.4	12.1
Professional and business services	635	165	165	305	151	155	24.4	13.6
Education and health services	611	216	157	238	75	163	24.9	10.3
Leisure and hospitality	683	233	233	217	93	124	21.3	9.0
Other services	170	48	47	75	26	50	28.1	13.1
Public administration	116	18	19	80	36	44	41.9	21.9

No previous work experience	457	128	167	162	73	89	20.6	9.1
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: May 03, 2019

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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