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

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

HOUSEHOLD DATA
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A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	September 2021
	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	1,580	397	322	861	182	679	33.5	19.3
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	669	153	130	386	80	306	37.3	22.5
Professional and related occupations	911	244	192	475	102	373	30.7	16.8
Service occupations	1,758	554	380	823	215	609	28.4	13.2
Sales and office occupations	1,525	476	313	736	169	567	28.8	13.5
Sales and related occupations	782	256	160	366	78	288	29.2	12.1
Office and administrative support occupations	743	220	153	370	91	279	28.4	14.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	700	237	131	332	57	274	29.9	13.3
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	71	39	8	24	4	20	-	-
Construction and extraction occupations	427	134	78	215	49	166	31.5	14.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	202	63	46	92	4	88	31.1	12.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,298	355	290	653	193	460	28.1	14.7
Production occupations	463	150	67	247	75	172	29.7	16.7
Transportation and material moving occupations	835	205	223	406	118	288	27.3	13.9

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	77	37	18	22	0	22	17.3	6.9
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	48	7	13	27	0	27	-	-
Construction	450	154	72	224	49	175	31.1	14.4
Manufacturing	583	211	108	264	92	172	26.4	12.1
Durable goods	373	146	71	157	50	106	26.3	11.4
Nondurable goods	210	65	37	107	42	65	26.6	15.0
Wholesale and retail trade	1,125	264	254	607	141	466	31.0	17.9
Transportation and utilities	463	148	90	225	47	178	26.1	13.6
Information	103	23	23	58	20	37	32.4	17.3
Financial activities	259	79	42	139	21	118	35.0	19.3
Professional and business services	813	182	194	437	122	315	31.4	17.8
Education and health services	1,027	316	233	478	119	358	28.2	12.9
Leisure and hospitality	1,067	346	221	500	113	386	29.7	13.0
Other services	278	72	48	158	29	129	34.3	23.2
Public administration	129	26	44	59	22	37	22.4	13.4

No previous work experience	486	179	125	182	70	112	19.8	9.8
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). Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). Effective with January 2020 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2017 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: October 08, 2021