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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 March 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

 1,816 447 486 884 316 568 28.4 14.0

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 814 186 198 430 187 243 30.6 16.5

Professional and related occupations

 1,002 260 288 454 130 325 26.7 13.0

Service occupations

 1,513 402 453 658 290 368 24.6 12.0

Sales and office occupations

 1,386 321 448 617 269 347 30.2 12.2

Sales and related occupations

 737 191 221 325 113 212 36.1 12.1

Office and administrative support occupations

 649 130 227 292 156 136 23.4 12.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 952 253 303 396 210 186 21.0 12.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 110 12 55 42 32 10 17.5 13.1

Construction and extraction occupations

 658 203 207 247 128 120 18.6 10.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 183 37 40 106 50 56 31.7 17.4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,028 299 270 459 220 239 23.1 12.1

Production occupations

 325 112 79 133 44 89 28.8 11.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

 704 187 190 326 177 150 20.5 12.3

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 158 32 66 61 41 20 17.2 12.7

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 28 2 19 7 7 0 - -

Construction

 704 200 222 282 157 125 19.0 11.1

Manufacturing

 514 156 141 217 84 133 25.9 12.5

Durable goods

 336 124 76 136 46 89 24.3 11.9

Nondurable goods

 178 32 65 81 38 43 29.0 13.4

Wholesale and retail trade

 844 212 264 367 131 236 32.6 11.4

Transportation and utilities

 325 68 85 172 125 47 20.9 15.2

Information

 115 15 30 70 19 51 32.6 19.8

Financial activities

 317 108 68 141 67 73 25.5 12.0

Professional and business services

 862 220 254 388 158 231 27.7 11.7

Education and health services

 1,029 285 291 453 150 302 24.3 12.2

Leisure and hospitality

 884 199 267 418 180 238 27.9 13.5

Other services

 300 92 53 156 64 91 31.2 15.3

Public administration

 216 29 89 98 52 46 20.2 13.5

No previous work experience

 610 116 187 306 108 198 26.2 14.7

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: April 03, 2026