HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry May 2018
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

 1,083 371 266 446 177 270 27.3 10.1

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 448 115 125 208 96 112 28.7 13.1

Professional and related occupations

 635 256 141 238 80 158 26.3 7.9

Service occupations

 1,241 477 317 448 243 204 17.2 8.6

Sales and office occupations

 1,297 418 369 510 257 253 20.1 10.3

Sales and related occupations

 695 202 188 306 171 135 21.2 12.1

Office and administrative support occupations

 602 216 182 204 86 118 18.9 8.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 685 226 147 312 137 176 25.1 11.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 92 43 11 39 17 22 17.4 5.8

Construction and extraction occupations

 471 155 101 214 89 125 25.8 11.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 122 28 35 59 31 28 28.1 13.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 898 269 282 347 194 154 21.5 11.2

Production occupations

 396 106 112 178 88 91 24.4 12.6

Transportation and material moving occupations

 502 163 170 169 106 63 19.2 10.3

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 107 46 22 39 13 26 19.4 6.0

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 23 8 3 12 4 8 - -

Construction

 430 126 117 187 96 91 21.6 12.0

Manufacturing

 549 157 150 243 90 153 31.3 12.0

Durable goods

 343 94 97 153 57 96 32.9 11.9

Nondurable goods

 206 63 53 90 33 57 28.6 12.2

Wholesale and retail trade

 889 250 236 404 247 156 21.7 12.4

Transportation and utilities

 237 79 53 105 49 56 20.9 13.0

Information

 100 29 39 31 20 11 14.6 7.9

Financial activities

 182 69 39 74 38 36 16.9 9.2

Professional and business services

 691 243 197 251 111 139 21.0 9.4

Education and health services

 708 258 179 272 99 173 24.7 9.8

Leisure and hospitality

 732 316 209 207 120 87 13.3 6.7

Other services

 172 62 29 82 38 43 24.6 12.5

Public administration

 146 39 43 65 35 30 28.1 12.0

No previous work experience

 529 177 184 168 59 109 21.5 8.7

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).

 

Last Modified Date: June 01, 2018