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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 September 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

 1,837 460 466 911 318 593 29.2 14.4

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 719 152 162 405 180 225 26.8 16.9

Professional and related occupations

 1,118 308 304 506 138 368 30.7 13.1

Service occupations

 1,556 556 384 616 236 380 22.4 9.3

Sales and office occupations

 1,047 229 307 510 175 335 27.5 14.1

Sales and related occupations

 463 127 124 212 79 133 25.1 13.0

Office and administrative support occupations

 585 102 184 299 96 203 29.4 15.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 537 214 131 192 37 155 18.9 9.2

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 52 25 18 10 0 10 - -

Construction and extraction occupations

 358 153 91 115 30 85 16.4 8.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 126 37 22 68 7 61 28.8 20.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,007 353 260 394 180 214 21.8 9.9

Production occupations

 341 141 67 133 59 74 24.4 8.8

Transportation and material moving occupations

 665 211 193 261 121 140 20.4 10.4

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 54 21 15 18 9 10 - -

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 6 4 1 1 1 0 - -

Construction

 370 123 134 113 30 84 18.1 9.8

Manufacturing

 431 105 138 188 83 105 28.1 11.8

Durable goods

 264 73 70 121 43 78 33.6 12.3

Nondurable goods

 167 32 68 67 40 27 19.2 11.4

Wholesale and retail trade

 792 229 146 417 174 242 27.2 15.8

Transportation and utilities

 377 137 111 129 48 81 19.4 9.6

Information

 212 26 42 144 37 107 39.9 29.1

Financial activities

 225 29 74 121 37 84 29.8 17.3

Professional and business services

 788 232 191 364 111 253 29.1 13.0

Education and health services

 1,151 355 288 507 164 343 24.0 12.2

Leisure and hospitality

 889 304 267 317 148 170 18.6 9.3

Other services

 251 93 54 105 29 76 19.1 9.6

Public administration

 96 28 30 38 9 29 44.3 10.5

No previous work experience

 836 203 251 381 131 251 28.0 13.1

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: October 02, 2026