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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 July 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

 2,120 629 692 799 309 490 23.8 9.5

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 721 145 226 350 134 216 30.2 14.0

Professional and related occupations

 1,399 484 466 449 175 274 20.4 8.0

Service occupations

 1,508 507 492 510 153 357 20.4 8.7

Sales and office occupations

 1,282 299 357 625 211 415 31.0 13.7

Sales and related occupations

 620 168 182 270 88 181 27.2 10.9

Office and administrative support occupations

 662 131 176 356 123 233 34.6 17.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 570 185 125 260 144 116 21.8 12.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 44 19 4 21 4 17 - -

Construction and extraction occupations

 420 136 100 185 98 87 22.7 12.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 106 30 21 54 42 12 16.7 14.8

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,013 325 381 307 101 207 18.8 8.6

Production occupations

 276 102 89 85 12 74 20.8 8.4

Transportation and material moving occupations

 736 223 291 222 89 133 18.0 8.6

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 65 22 5 39 8 30 - -

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 22 1 13 7 7 0 - -

Construction

 388 146 85 157 65 92 22.7 10.2

Manufacturing

 436 118 111 206 82 125 24.3 13.2

Durable goods

 292 96 58 138 45 93 25.2 13.1

Nondurable goods

 144 22 54 68 36 32 22.5 13.2

Wholesale and retail trade

 901 264 264 372 170 202 26.3 10.2

Transportation and utilities

 435 123 179 133 56 76 20.1 9.1

Information

 217 54 94 70 10 60 34.5 9.8

Financial activities

 261 56 71 134 47 87 26.5 15.3

Professional and business services

 752 220 194 338 117 221 26.6 11.3

Education and health services

 1,633 473 655 505 164 341 20.2 8.6

Leisure and hospitality

 800 304 241 255 93 163 17.5 7.8

Other services

 187 58 31 97 21 76 25.6 18.9

Public administration

 112 12 38 62 23 40 38.2 16.8

No previous work experience

 911 269 335 307 90 217 25.5 8.9

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: August 07, 2026