A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	September 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	1,235	402	309	524	176	348	25.1	11.2
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	450	133	107	210	72	138	22.9	12.9
Professional and related occupations	786	269	202	314	105	209	26.3	10.3
Service occupations	1,068	388	282	398	131	267	20.6	9.3
Sales and office occupations	1,158	359	376	423	139	284	22.8	9.8
Sales and related occupations	581	200	168	214	63	151	21.7	9.0
Office and administrative support occupations	577	159	209	209	76	134	23.9	10.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	489	169	135	185	74	111	20.9	9.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	63	22	24	18	8	10	-	-
Construction and extraction occupations	314	120	76	118	57	60	18.3	9.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	111	28	34	49	9	40	29.3	10.2
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	846	292	258	296	119	177	23.1	8.9
Production occupations	379	148	134	97	44	53	19.1	7.5
Transportation and material moving occupations	467	144	124	199	74	125	26.3	10.3

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	75	23	24	29	14	14	23.5	11.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	13	8	0	5	4	1	-	-
Construction	322	108	107	107	49	59	19.1	9.2
Manufacturing	543	177	170	196	93	103	20.0	9.4
Durable goods	272	76	93	102	40	63	20.5	10.1
Nondurable goods	271	101	76	94	54	40	19.5	8.7
Wholesale and retail trade	672	224	189	259	95	165	24.0	9.2
Transportation and utilities	240	97	55	87	19	69	32.9	8.9
Information	110	24	36	50	15	35	23.7	12.9
Financial activities	202	66	43	92	39	54	27.0	12.7
Professional and business services	604	211	151	242	85	158	20.5	10.1
Education and health services	736	232	248	257	102	155	22.0	9.9
Leisure and hospitality	705	268	194	243	61	182	20.0	8.8
Other services	219	85	34	100	32	67	28.1	9.7
Public administration	95	26	38	32	11	21	20.5	9.2

No previous work experience	650	205	222	223	95	128	24.5	10.7
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: October 04, 2019

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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