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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 February 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

 1,965 547 518 901 350 550 27.5 12.5

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 891 232 235 423 199 224 26.5 13.5

Professional and related occupations

 1,075 315 282 478 152 326 28.2 11.3

Service occupations

 1,675 425 576 674 267 407 23.4 10.8

Sales and office occupations

 1,515 436 527 552 223 328 29.5 10.4

Sales and related occupations

 737 200 258 280 110 170 31.7 10.8

Office and administrative support occupations

 777 237 269 272 113 158 27.4 10.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 990 280 334 376 170 206 21.2 11.2

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 126 32 44 51 37 14 17.3 12.3

Construction and extraction occupations

 698 200 240 257 110 146 20.1 11.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 166 48 50 68 23 45 28.4 10.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,126 319 399 408 164 244 21.4 9.7

Production occupations

 315 97 103 115 35 81 25.9 9.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

 812 222 297 293 130 163 19.7 9.6

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 146 41 46 59 38 21 17.8 12.6

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 31 12 16 3 1 2 - -

Construction

 748 207 255 286 113 173 22.0 10.8

Manufacturing

 541 140 159 242 82 159 26.0 12.3

Durable goods

 384 121 95 167 60 107 24.9 10.5

Nondurable goods

 157 18 64 75 23 52 28.9 14.0

Wholesale and retail trade

 1,054 272 370 412 109 303 30.8 10.1

Transportation and utilities

 433 140 143 151 80 71 16.8 10.1

Information

 117 31 30 56 11 45 42.2 13.7

Financial activities

 230 45 86 99 54 45 25.1 12.1

Professional and business services

 1,003 275 354 375 159 215 23.9 10.1

Education and health services

 961 321 259 382 178 204 20.8 10.0

Leisure and hospitality

 1,060 221 382 457 186 271 24.7 12.6

Other services

 317 114 45 159 65 93 42.8 14.5

Public administration

 202 29 103 70 28 42 21.9 10.3

No previous work experience

 729 187 178 364 150 215 26.5 14.5

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: March 06, 2026