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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 August 2025
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

 1,975 592 669 713 209 504 23.2 10.0

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 688 189 208 292 79 213 27.2 12.2

Professional and related occupations

 1,287 403 462 422 130 291 21.1 9.1

Service occupations

 1,673 554 480 639 255 384 24.6 9.6

Sales and office occupations

 1,435 433 381 621 167 454 29.7 11.7

Sales and related occupations

 713 221 193 298 58 241 33.8 11.3

Office and administrative support occupations

 722 212 187 323 109 214 25.6 12.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 619 267 143 210 64 146 19.7 7.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 79 34 21 25 9 15 27.7 6.0

Construction and extraction occupations

 358 157 103 98 29 69 17.4 7.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 183 76 19 87 26 61 20.8 7.9

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,103 393 340 371 154 216 17.8 8.6

Production occupations

 300 100 106 94 36 58 17.5 8.8

Transportation and material moving occupations

 803 293 233 277 118 159 17.9 8.6

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 99 51 22 26 13 12 22.4 4.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 20 3 17 0 0 0 - -

Construction

 348 142 85 121 33 88 20.3 8.6

Manufacturing

 572 163 203 206 65 141 24.5 10.9

Durable goods

 304 96 105 103 37 65 25.3 10.4

Nondurable goods

 268 66 98 104 28 76 23.5 11.5

Wholesale and retail trade

 902 326 228 348 112 237 25.9 9.5

Transportation and utilities

 476 193 116 167 62 105 20.5 7.1

Information

 118 33 37 48 8 41 30.2 11.9

Financial activities

 188 20 48 120 22 98 44.3 25.3

Professional and business services

 921 285 240 396 131 265 26.0 11.2

Education and health services

 1,431 415 522 494 154 339 23.0 9.6

Leisure and hospitality

 926 322 310 294 110 184 18.2 8.4

Other services

 298 89 78 131 65 66 21.4 11.4

Public administration

 145 42 38 66 23 43 21.5 12.8

No previous work experience

 924 237 387 300 73 227 28.2 9.9

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). No historical data have been revised. 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: September 05, 2025