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	August 2024
	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	2,056	611	726	718	287	431	20.0	9.8
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	765	211	236	318	120	198	25.0	11.9
Professional and related occupations	1,291	400	490	400	168	233	17.0	9.1
Service occupations	1,401	514	430	457	199	258	18.5	8.3
Sales and office occupations	1,280	452	347	481	199	282	24.0	9.9
Sales and related occupations	676	239	179	258	110	148	26.4	9.9
Office and administrative support occupations	604	213	168	223	89	134	21.4	9.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	652	298	200	153	61	92	15.1	6.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	159	56	53	50	15	35	24.5	6.4
Construction and extraction occupations	363	199	95	69	28	41	11.7	4.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	130	43	52	35	19	16	13.1	9.0
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,194	334	364	496	219	277	22.4	11.4
Production occupations	406	128	104	175	70	105	23.8	10.9
Transportation and material moving occupations	787	207	260	320	149	172	21.7	11.6

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	212	81	74	58	19	39	14.4	6.7
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	22	9	5	8	6	2	-	-
Construction	343	207	63	73	23	50	13.4	3.6
Manufacturing	519	152	153	214	98	116	22.1	9.7
Durable goods	306	92	88	126	59	67	22.8	9.9
Nondurable goods	213	60	65	88	40	49	21.1	9.3
Wholesale and retail trade	944	292	296	356	152	204	22.3	11.2
Transportation and utilities	383	124	102	156	73	83	19.3	10.7
Information	152	50	51	50	21	29	24.1	9.0
Financial activities	301	97	68	136	48	88	30.6	12.6
Professional and business services	897	255	305	338	166	172	19.8	10.1
Education and health services	1,347	420	527	400	154	247	18.7	9.0
Leisure and hospitality	765	328	200	237	102	135	16.5	7.2
Other services	226	75	82	68	31	38	23.6	8.7
Public administration	162	25	49	88	30	58	37.0	16.5

No previous work experience	821	222	328	271	60	211	23.8	10.1
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). 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: September 06, 2024