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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 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

 2,162 762 674 726 255 471 20.5 8.8

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 680 173 216 291 117 174 24.0 12.6

Professional and related occupations

 1,482 589 457 435 138 297 18.9 7.3

Service occupations

 1,529 569 387 573 188 385 23.9 8.7

Sales and office occupations

 1,253 306 401 546 199 347 27.9 12.0

Sales and related occupations

 592 131 196 265 93 172 31.6 12.7

Office and administrative support occupations

 661 175 205 281 106 175 24.5 11.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 547 201 170 176 75 101 18.4 9.8

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 50 24 13 13 5 7 - -

Construction and extraction occupations

 392 156 118 118 44 74 17.6 8.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 105 21 39 46 26 20 16.8 13.5

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,198 390 310 498 150 348 25.1 10.4

Production occupations

 411 125 136 150 44 106 23.3 9.6

Transportation and material moving occupations

 788 265 175 348 106 242 26.1 11.3

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 66 13 21 32 19 13 - -

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 22 9 8 5 1 4 - -

Construction

 384 162 118 105 40 65 16.0 8.7

Manufacturing

 641 201 185 255 122 133 23.6 9.7

Durable goods

 413 125 122 166 86 81 22.9 9.7

Nondurable goods

 228 76 63 89 36 53 24.8 9.8

Wholesale and retail trade

 890 223 238 429 151 278 28.2 13.8

Transportation and utilities

 359 136 58 165 53 112 25.1 12.0

Information

 141 47 25 69 17 52 41.7 13.3

Financial activities

 257 45 44 168 53 115 46.4 25.9

Professional and business services

 723 250 203 270 90 181 23.5 10.4

Education and health services

 1,554 604 508 442 153 290 17.5 7.0

Leisure and hospitality

 893 318 281 293 90 203 19.5 8.7

Other services

 260 56 122 83 24 58 22.8 9.8

Public administration

 146 46 58 42 14 29 15.9 8.7

No previous work experience

 1,149 356 436 357 160 197 20.2 8.2

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: August 01, 2025