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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 May 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

 1,810 519 420 871 342 528 30.3 13.3

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 725 176 181 368 145 223 33.8 15.0

Professional and related occupations

 1,085 343 240 503 197 305 28.0 11.8

Service occupations

 1,420 479 332 609 229 380 26.5 10.6

Sales and office occupations

 1,210 364 267 579 219 360 27.2 13.2

Sales and related occupations

 554 166 112 276 94 182 29.2 14.4

Office and administrative support occupations

 656 198 155 303 125 178 25.6 12.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 608 178 182 248 94 155 25.4 10.8

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 74 30 14 30 3 26 - -

Construction and extraction occupations

 391 116 114 161 65 96 29.2 11.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 143 33 54 57 25 33 17.4 11.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,017 285 234 498 183 316 27.3 14.1

Production occupations

 299 83 61 154 67 87 26.0 15.4

Transportation and material moving occupations

 718 202 172 344 115 229 27.8 13.8

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 85 26 14 45 9 36 26.3 18.5

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 11 0 11 0 0 0 - -

Construction

 442 134 122 186 82 104 27.1 11.4

Manufacturing

 467 121 96 250 115 135 28.3 16.4

Durable goods

 241 65 60 117 58 59 27.4 13.0

Nondurable goods

 226 57 36 133 56 77 29.3 18.4

Wholesale and retail trade

 821 252 218 351 116 235 29.1 10.9

Transportation and utilities

 312 66 93 153 39 114 33.8 14.2

Information

 130 23 31 76 34 42 36.8 17.5

Financial activities

 242 73 58 111 36 76 24.3 12.5

Professional and business services

 771 189 180 402 160 241 28.9 15.7

Education and health services

 1,161 430 240 491 204 287 25.6 10.3

Leisure and hospitality

 822 240 227 355 163 193 23.8 10.7

Other services

 323 124 48 151 22 129 32.9 11.9

Public administration

 166 30 27 109 49 60 30.8 21.1

No previous work experience

 801 347 163 292 91 201 19.3 7.9

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: June 05, 2026